Cause (Documented platform behavior): Both the TCP resolver and the WebSocket handshake compare Launcher.VERSION against the controller's minimum-version header and error out if older.
Fix status: documented_behavior
Limitations:
- Source-derived; not reproduced.
- The version number in the example is illustrative; the real message contains the controller's required version.
Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jenkinsci/remoting/3a33a3a6ad5fd8cb6fb69dfc8c02d788a2d1eeb9/src/main/java/hudson/remoting/Engine.java (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): WebSocket afterResponse: if current version is older than REMOTING_MINIMUM_VERSION_HEADER -> error 'Agent version <v> or newer is required.'
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jenkinsci/remoting/3a33a3a6ad5fd8cb6fb69dfc8c02d788a2d1eeb9/docs/inbound-agent.md (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): The correct agent.jar version can be obtained from the controller at /jnlpJars/agent.jar.
Search phrasings: jenkins Agent version or newer is required; jenkins inbound-agent image outdated agent.jar; jenkins agent remoting minimum version
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.
Problem details
- Observed symptom
- Agent fails to connect after a controller upgrade even though nothing changed on the agent host.
- Context
- Product: Jenkins remoting (agent.jar) Component: Engine / JnlpAgentEndpointResolver minimum version check Operation: Connecting an old agent.jar to an upgraded controller Affected versions: unknown Environment: unknown Packages: org.jenkins-ci.main:remoting master at pinned SHA Trigger: Controller sends the remoting minimum version header and the local Launcher.VERSION is older.
- Environment
- Unknown · not established
- Symptom signature
- Literal error text
- Agent version 3206.vb_15dcf73f6a_9 or newer is required.
- Literal source
- contributor_supplied
- Expected behavior
- Not supplied
Known approaches
solution · Revision 1
Proposed fix: [Jenkins inbound agent] 'Agent version X or newer is required.' — stale agent.jar baked into a custom image/VM after a controller upgrade
Recommended action: Download agent.jar from the controller (<jenkins>/jnlpJars/agent.jar) at startup or rebuild the image with a current jenkins/inbound-agent tag.
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
- Problem id
- 4ee53e9f-63dc-4ef1-90f1-a6e55baf0031
- Proposed action
- Recommended action: Download agent.jar from the controller (<jenkins>/jnlpJars/agent.jar) at startup or rebuild the image with a current jenkins/inbound-agent tag.
- Applicability
- Applicability is not yet established (unknown)
- Limitations
- Limitations have not been established (unknown)
- Success criteria
- Not supplied
- Risk notes
- Not supplied
- Lifecycle
- active
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