Bazel CI failure: Bazel test command is too long on Windows

http://ci.bazel.io/blue/rest/organizations/jenkins/pipelines/CR/pipelines/bazel-tests/runs/383/nodes/36/steps/468/log/?start=0

All tests passed, but we are getting an error:

ERROR: Skipping '//src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar:desugar_testdaa_by_disabling_lambda_desugaring_test': no such target '//src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar:desugar_testdaa_by_disabling_lambda_desugaring_test': target 'desugar_testdaa_by_disabling_lambda_desugaring_test' not declared in package 'src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar' (did you mean 'desugar_testdata_by_disabling_lambda_desugaring_test'?) defined by C:/jenkins/workspace/cr/bazel-tests-node=windows-x86_64,toolchain=msvc/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar/BUILD.
ERROR: Skipping '//src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar:desugar_testdaa_by_disabling_lambda_desugaring_test': no such target '//src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar:desugar_testdaa_by_disabling_lambda_desugaring_test': target 'desugar_testdaa_by_disabling_lambda_desugaring_test' not declared in package 'src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar' (did you mean 'desugar_testdata_by_disabling_lambda_desugaring_test'?) defined by C:/jenkins/workspace/cr/bazel-tests-node=windows-x86_64,toolchain=msvc/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar/BUILD.

I suspect this is because the bazel test command exceeds the max length (8K) of command line on Windows.

c:\bazel_ci\installs\latest\bazel.exe --bazelrc=c:\jenkins\workspace\CR\bazel-tests-node=windows-x86_64,toolchain=msvc/bazel.bazelrc test //third_party/def_parser:def_parser_test //src/tools/launcher/util:util_test //src/tools/launcher/util:data_parser_test //src/test/shell/bazel:bazel_windows_example_test //src/test/shell/bazel:bazel_bootstrap_distfile_test //src/test/py/bazel:launcher_test //src/test/py/bazel:bazel_windows_test //src/test/py/bazel:bazel_windows_dynamic_link_test //src/test/py/bazel:bazel_server_mode_test //src/test/py/bazel:bazel_external_repository_test //src/test/py/bazel:bazel_clean_test //src/test/native:windows_jni_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/common/options/testing:OptionsTesterTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/common/options:options_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/skyframe:skyframe_base_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skylark:SkylarkTests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/serialization:SerializationTests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/packages:BazelPackageLoaderTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe:SkyframeTests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/repository:RepositoryTests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/platform:PlatformRulesTests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/objc:ObjcRulesTests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/config:ConfigRulesTests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/apple:AppleRulesTests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/apple:AppleConfigurationSerializationTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android:ResourceFilterTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android:LocalResourceContainerTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android:ApkManifestActionTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android:AndroidSkylarkSplitTransitionTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android:AndroidLibraryTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android:AndroidInstrumentationTestTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android:AndroidInstrumentationRuleImplTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android:AndroidHostServiceFixtureTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android:AndroidDeviceTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android:AndroidDeviceScriptFixtureTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android:AndroidDataBindingTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android:AndroidCommonTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android:AndroidBinaryTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android:AndroidBinaryMultidexTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/buildtool:BuildtoolTests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/buildeventstream/transports:BuildEventTransportTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/buildeventservice:BuildEventServiceTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/repository/downloader:DownloaderTestSuite //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/repository/cache:RepositoryCacheTests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/repository:RepositoryTests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/whitelisting:WhitelistingTests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/platform:PlatformAnalysisTests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:worker-tests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:windows_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:windows-tests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:test-rules-tests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:syntax_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:standalone-tests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:shell_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:server_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:sandbox-tests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:runtime-tests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:rules-tests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:remote-tests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:profiler-tests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:pkgcache_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:packages_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:java-rules-tests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:graph_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:foundations_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:filegroup-rules-tests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:exec-tests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:exec-local-tests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:cpp-rules-tests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:bazel-rules-tests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:analysis_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:analysis_select_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:analysis_constraints_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:analysis_config_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:analysis_actions_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:actions_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:StrictDepsUtilsTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:ProtoLangToolchainTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:ProtoCompileActionBuilderTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:CcProtoLibraryTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:BazelProtoLibraryTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:BazelDocumentationTests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/docgen:DocumentationTests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/ziputils:ziputils-tests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/resources:RClassGeneratorTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/junctions:JunctionCreatorTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/idlclass:IdlClassTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/dexer:AllTests //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar/runtime:ThrowableExtensionTestWithReuseDesugaringStrategy //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar/runtime:ThrowableExtensionTestWithNullDesugaringStrategy //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar/runtime:ThrowableExtensionTestWithMimicDesugaringStrategy //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar/runtime:ConcurrentWeakIdentityHashMapTest //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar:testdata_sanity_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar:testdata_desugared_twice_jar_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar:testdata_desugared_java8_jar_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar:testdata_desugared_jar_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar:testdata_desugared_for_try_with_resources_test_twice //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar:testdata_desugared_for_try_with_resources_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar:testdata_desugared_for_disabling_try_with_resources_with_large_minsdkversion_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar:testdata_desugared_core_library_jar_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar:stateless_lambda_has_no_factory_method_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar:simple_method_reference_has_no_factory_method_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar:no_stubs_for_lambdas_in_implemented_interface //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar:jacoco_legacy_default_method_regression_test //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar:interface_has_method_bodies_removed //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar:initializer_of_functional_interface_should_not_execute //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar:inherited_abstract_method_gets_no_default_method_stub //src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar:desugar_testda

[laszlocsomor]

related commit: https://github.com/bazelbuild/continuous-integration/commit/61b5986cfdbbbae4644f81d4c5f1e9490967a776

[davido]

Why not just to use the standard approach on windows and provide respone file as input instead of too long command line? This is what LibreOffice build tool chain is doing in all places.

See for example: [1].

• [1] https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa367156(v=vs.85).aspx