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  • note the TeamCity version in use, including the build number (can be found in the footer and the teamcity-server.log). Consider checking if the issue is still relevant in the most recent TeamCity version;
  • do not create duplicate postings, if you still do, make sure to note all previous postings on the same topic you have made or found;
  • do not combine several issues into one posting, post the most important issue first, or post several issues noting others if they are related;
  • note the pattern of issue occurrence (first time, recurring), how it was mitigated before, whether there were any recent environment changes;
  • be specific: note exact times, error messages, etc.;
  • describe the expected and actual behavior;
  • detail the related settings configured in TeamCity (include screenshots, settings files, actual values, REST API entity representations);
  • include related screenshots of the TeamCity UI (always include the entire page and the browser URL in the capture);
  • include related text messages as text (not as image), include the messages with all the details;
  • when reporting build procedure issues, try to reproduce them without TeamCity on the agent machine in the same environment and let us know the results;
  • do not include large portions (above 10Kb) of the textual data into the email text, rather attach it in a file;
  • attach/upload archive with TeamCity server logs (see details, ideally, the entire <server home>\logs directory with all the directories inside. If impractical, all the files updated around or later than the issue time); if related to the build-time or agent behavior, attach the entire <agent home>\logs directory and the build logs for the related build (downloaded via dedicated link from the build results);
  • for performance/slowness/delays issues, take a set of (10+ spread across the issue time) server or agent thread dumps during the issue occurrence and make sure to send us the dumps;
  • when sending files greater than 500Kb in size or more than three files, package them into a single archive;
  • when replacing/masking data in logs, note the replacements patterns used;
  • note if there is an anti-virus installed and if there is a network proxy or reverse proxy in front of the TeamCity server;
  • when relevant, note the OS, versions of any manually installed components like Java, the TeamCity distribution used (.exe, .tar.gz)
  • note any customizations/not standard environment settings;
  • list any non-bundled plugins installed;
  • if any, note the previous manual modifications of the TeamCity Data Directory or the database;
  • when suggesting an improvement or feature or asking for settings advice, detail why you need the feature and what the original goal you want to achieve is. Suggestions as to how you would like to see the feature are welcome too;
  • check the sections below for common cases and specific information to collect and send to us.

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Then send us a detailed description of the issue accompanied with the thread dumps and full server (or agent) logs covering the issue. Unless it is undesirable for some reason, the preferred way is to file an issue into our issue tracker and let us know via feedback email. Please include all the relevant details of investigation, including the CPU/IO load information, what specifically is slow and what is not, note URLs, visible effects, etc.
For large amounts of data, please use our FTP.

Server Thread Dump

When an operation on the server is slow, please take a set of the server thread dumps (10+) spread over the time of the slowness.

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If the UI is not accessible (or the server is not yet fully started), you can take a server thread dump manually using the approaches described below.

You can also adjust the teamcity.diagnostics.requestTime.threshold.ms=30000 internal property to change the timeout after which a thread dump is automatically created in the threadDumps-<date> directory under TeamCity logs whenever there is a user-originated web request taking longer than timeout.

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If the UI is not accessible, you can take the dump thread manually using the approaches described below. Note that the TeamCity agent consists of two java processes: the launcher and agent itself. The agent is triggered by the launcher. You will usually be interested in the agent (nested) process and not the launcher one.

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  • run jstack <pid_of_java_process> (using jstack from the Java installation as used by the process) or kill -3 <pid_of_java_process>. In the latter case output will appear in <TeamCity Home>/logs/catalina.out or <TeamCity agent home>/logs/error.log.

See also Server Performance section above.

Database-related Slowdowns

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The log can also be sent to us for analysis.

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OutOfMemory Problems

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  • Determine what process encounters the error (the actual building process, the TeamCity server, or the TeamCity agent). You can track memory and CPU usage by TeamCity with the charts on the Administration | Server Administration | Diagnostics page of your TeamCity web UI.
  • If the server is to blame, please check you have increased memory settings from the default ones for using the server in production (see the section).
  • If the build process is to blame, set "JVM Command Line Parameters" settings in the build runner.  Increase value for '-Xmx' JVM option, like -Xmx1200m, e.g. Java Inspections builds may specifically need to increase -Xmx value.
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    If the TeamCity server is to blame and increasing the memory size does not help, please report the case for us to investigate. For this, while the server is high on memory consumption, take several server thread dumps as described above, get the memory dump (see below) and all the server logs including threadDumps-* sub-directories, archive the results and send them to us for further analysis. Make sure that Xmx setting is less than 8Gb before getting the dump:
    • to get a memory dump (hprof file) automatically when an OutOfMemory error occurs, add the following server JVM option: -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError. When OOM error occurs next time, the java_xxx.hprof file will be created in the process startup directory (<TeamCity Home>/bin or <TeamCity Agent home>/bin);
    • for the server, you can also take memory dump manually when the memory usage is at its peak. Go to the Administration | Server Administration | Diagnostics page of your TeamCity web UI and click Dump Memory Snapshot.
    • another approach to take a memory dump manually is to use the jmap standard JVM command line utility of the full JVM installation of the same version as the Java used by the process. Example command line is:
      jmap -dump:file=<file_on_disk_to_save_dump_into>.hprof <pid_of_the_process>

See how to change JVM options for the server and for agents.

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"Too many open files" Error

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TeamCity Server Logs
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Version Control debug logging
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First, please enable the generic VCS debug logging, as described above.

Uncomment the SVN-related parts (the SVN.LOG appender and javasvn.output category) of the Log4j configuration file on the server and on the agent (if the agent-side checkout is used). The log will be saved to the logs/teamcity-svn.log file. Generic VCS log should be also taken from logs/teamcity-vcs.log

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the build log and the agent log will contain the line "Patch is saved to file ${file.name}"
Get the file and provide it with the problem description.

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Logging for .NET Runners

To investigate process launch issues for .Net-related runners, enable debugging as described below. The detailed information will then be printed into the build log. It is recommended not to have the debug logging for a long time and revert the settings after investigation.

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  1. Open the <agent home>/plugins/dotnetPlugin/bin folder.
  2. Make a backup copy of teamcity-log4net.xml
  3. Replace teamcity-log4net.xml with the content of teamcity-log4net-debug.xml
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After a debug log is created, it is recommended to roll back the change.
The change in the teamcity-log4net.xml will be removed on the build agent autoupgrade.

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Remote Run Problems

The changes that are sent from the IDE to the server on a remote run can be retrieved from the server .BuildServer/system/changes directory. Locate the <change_number>.changes file that corresponds to your change (you can pick the latest number available or deduce the URL of the change from the web UI).
The file contains the patch in the binary form. Please provide it with the problem description.

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Logging in IntelliJ IDEA/Platform-based IDEs

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  • Provide us your IDEA VCS settings and TeamCity VCS settings (for the build configurations you expect to be suitable with your IDEA project)
  • Enable debug logs for the TeamCity IntelliJ plugin (see above)
  • Enable the TeamCity server debug logs (see above)
  • In the TeamCity IntelliJ plugin, try to start a remote run build
  • Provide us debug logs from the TeamCity IntelliJ plugin and from the TeamCity server.

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Logging in TeamCity Eclipse plugin

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Read more about Eclipse Debug mode Gathering Information About Your Plug-in and built-in Eclipse help.

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TeamCity Visual Studio Addin issues

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To troubleshoot common Visual Studio problems please run Visual Studio executable file with /Log command Line switch and send us resulting log file.

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dotCover Issues

To collect additional logs generated by JetBrains dotCover, add the teamcity.agent.dotCover.log configuration parameter to the build configuration with a path to an empty directory on the agent.
All dotCover log files will be placed there and TeamCity will publish zipped logs as hidden build artifact .teamcity/.NETCoverage/dotCoverLogs.zip.

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Files under 10 MB in size can be attached right into the tracker issue (if you do not want the attachments to be publicly accessible, limit the attachment visibility to "teamcity-developers" user group only).
You can also send small files (up to 2 MB) via email: teamcity-support@jetbrains.com or via online form (up to 20 MB). Please do not forget to mention your TeamCity version and environment and archive the files before attaching.

FTP
If the file is over 10 MB, you You can upload the archived files to ftp://ftp.intellij.net/.uploads and let us know the exact file name. If you receive the permission denied error on an upload attempt, please rename the file. It's OK that you do not see the file listing on the FTP.
The FTP accepts standard anonymous credentials: username: "anonymous", password: "<your e-mail>".
In addition to usual, unencrypted connections, TLS ones are also supported.In case of access issues, time-out errors, etc. please try using passive FTP mode.

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You can upload a file larger files via https://uploads.services.jetbrains.com/ form and let us know the exact file name.

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