Plugins » Katello

Cloned from https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=965230
Description of problem:
There are times when syncing RHEL repositories via Katello fail without a clear explanation. After DEV performed some investigation, it looks like there is a valid reason for the failure but pulp only exposes a generic failure message tucked in a traceback attribute with the message:

PulpExecutionException: Importer indicated a failed response

Eventually this pulp task gets moved to a 'history' queue where finally it gets the actual error failure added to its 'summary' attribute:

{"error"=>"Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository:                                 ACME_Corporation-FailProduct-FailRepo. Please verify its path and try again"}

Also, see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=965218 for some needed pulp work.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

• python-pulp-client-lib-2.1.1-0.10.beta.el6.noarch
• python-pulp-bindings-2.1.1-0.10.beta.el6.noarch
• pulp-selinux-2.1.1-0.10.beta.el6.noarch
• pulp-server-2.1.1-0.10.beta.el6.noarch
• pulp-admin-client-2.1.1-0.10.beta.el6.noarch
• pulp-rpm-plugins-2.1.1-0.10.beta.el6.noarch
• pulp-builtins-admin-extensions-2.1.1-0.10.beta.el6.noarch
• python-pulp-rpm-common-2.1.1-0.10.beta.el6.noarch
• katello-glue-pulp-1.4.2-1.git.411.375f44b.el6.noarch
• python-pulp-common-2.1.1-0.10.beta.el6.noarch

How reproducible:

Steps to Reproduce:
1. I was able to trigger it by syncing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x86_64 (RPMs) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x86_64 - Optional (RPMs)
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Actual results:

Sync fails but there's no UI explanation as to why it failed.

Expected results:

Additional info: