Bug 11892 - Missing workflow for identifying taskhash errors
Summary: Missing workflow for identifying taskhash errors
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: BitBake
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: bitbake (show other bugs)
Version: 2.1.2
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: Medium enhancement
Target Milestone: 5.99
Assignee: Richard Purdie
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Reported: 2017-08-03 16:26 UTC by Svein Seldal
Modified: 2026-03-20 14:05 UTC (History)
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Description Svein Seldal 2017-08-03 16:26:17 UTC
Recipes and images might and will contain sigdata that change from one run to the next, deliberately or inadvertently. Unless taken proper care of the result is very often a "taskhash mismatch" error. However, the root cause for taskhash mismatch errors is often extremely difficult to find. My personal experience is that workdays have been lost due to them.

On a general level, bitbake is missing methods for efficiently identifying "taskhash mismatch" errors. The root cause might be poorly or wrongly written recipes, but the tools should be able to highlight where the failure is originating from.
Comment 1 Richard Purdie 2017-08-13 12:52:59 UTC
https://www.kc8apf.net/2017/01/tired-of-taskhash-mismatch/ has some info about this.
Comment 3 Randy MacLeod 2023-10-24 14:24:26 UTC
Bulk move from 4.99 or 0.00 to 5.99
Comment 4 Richard Purdie 2026-03-20 14:05:14 UTC
Significant work was done on this during the STF projects. If there is a specific case where it is still hard to identify the cause, we should document the specific cases so we can find ways to improve them. Resolve this bug as the base work was completed.