Batchmode Builds Failing After Update to Unity 2022.3 (APK Still Created)

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I’ve recently updated my project from Unity 2020 to Unity 2022.3. Since the update, I’ve been encountering issues with builds. This problem seems to be related to a timeout, but I don’t believe that’s the actual root cause.

Details:

  • Environment: Local windows & Jenkins CI, Unity 2022.3
  • Pipeline & Build Code: No changes from the previous working version.
  • Issue on Jenkins: The error suggests a timeout, but the APK is built correctly.

Here’s the error I encounter in Jenkins:

[exec] Aborting batchmode due to failure:
[exec] Timeout after 300 seconds while waiting async operations to finish. executeMethod 'Framework.BuildAutomation.Build.PerformAndroidBuild'
[exec]

The 300-second timeout doesn’t seem to be the actual issue, as removing the -quit flag allows the build to continue indefinitely (even beyond an hour) without breaking the pipeline.

However, when I try using EditorApplication.Exit(0); instead of the -quit flag, Jenkins throws a different error:

/Users/jenkins/.jenkins/Ant/build.xml:255: Unity3D failed to create a build. Please take a look at the log for details.

Interestingly, the APK is also generated in this case.

What I’ve Tried:

  • Removing the -quit flag: This prevents the timeout but causes Jenkins to hang indefinitely.
  • Using EditorApplication.Exit(0);: This leads to another error related to the Ant build script, despite the APK being built successfully.

I’ve come across a similar issue discussed here: Unity Forum Discussion, but it didn’t provide a working solution for my case.

Has anyone else faced similar issues after updating to Unity 2022.3 in a Jenkins environment? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Update: build doesn’t work in batchmode windows as well, so it is no CI / jenkins settings. Locally from cmd it ends up in same way

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Fail reason wasn’t actually connected to timeout log, there was another one much higher in build logs.

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I just had the exact same issue:

  • batch mode simply never exiting, despite the build completing successfully.

This is on a machine that never had these issues before, it just randomly happened and broke my build pipeline. In my case, I solved it by adding EditorApplication.Exit(0); to the end of the build script.

Unity version: 2022.3.51f1