Note
Build Isolation is currently supported only in Free-Style and Maven jobs.
When executing the same chain of integration (snapshot) builds in parallel, a situation may arise in which downstream builds resolve snapshot dependencies which are not the original dependencies existing when the build was triggered.
This can happen when a root upstream build has run and triggered downstream builds that depend on its produced artifacts. Then the upstream has run again before the running downstream builds has finished, so these builds may resolve newly created upstream artifacts that are not meant for them, leading to conflicts.
Solution
The Jenkins plugin offers a new checkbox for its Maven/Gradle builds 'Enable isolated resolution for downstream builds' which plants a new 'build.root' property that is added to the resolution URL.
This property will then be read by the direct children of this build and implanting them in their resolution URLs respectively, thus guaranteeing that the parent artifact resolved is the one that was built prior to the build being run.
Maven: In order for Maven to use the above feature, the checkbox needs to be checked for the root build only, and make sure that all artifacts are being resolved from Artifactory by using the 'Resolve artifacts from Artifactory' feature. This will enforce Maven to use the resolution URL with Maven builds, alongside with the 'build.root' property as a matrix param in the resolution URL.
Gradle: Once the 'Enable isolated resolution for downstream builds' has been checked, the build.root property will be added to all existing resolvers.