[SalesForce] Getting “Failed to login” error while run Ant Migration Tool Target

I'm trying to run Ant Migration Tool Target using Jenkins CI from my server and getting next error:

BUILD FAILED
/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/<Jenkins Build Job Name>/build.xml:41: Failed to login: Failed to parse detail:  START_TAG seen ...</sf:exceptionMessage><sf:upgradeURL>... @1:752 due to: com.sforce.ws.ConnectionException: unable to find end tag at:  START_TAG seen ...</sf:exceptionMessage><sf:upgradeURL>... @1:752
    at com.salesforce.ant.SFDCAntTask.doLogin(SFDCAntTask.java:227)
    at com.salesforce.ant.SFDCAntTask.getMetadataConnection(SFDCAntTask.java:257)
    at com.salesforce.ant.SFDCMDAPIAntTaskRunner.runTask(SFDCMDAPIAntTaskRunner.java:20)
    at com.salesforce.ant.DeployTask.execute(DeployTask.java:76)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:292)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:106)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:435)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:456)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1393)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1364)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExecutor.java:41)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1248)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:851)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:235)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:280)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:109)
Caused by: com.sforce.ws.ConnectionException: Failed to parse detail:  START_TAG seen ...</sf:exceptionMessage><sf:upgradeURL>... @1:752 due to: com.sforce.ws.ConnectionException: unable to find end tag at:  START_TAG seen ...</sf:exceptionMessage><sf:upgradeURL>... @1:752
    at com.sforce.ws.transport.SoapConnection.parseDetail(SoapConnection.java:238)
    at com.sforce.ws.transport.SoapConnection.createException(SoapConnection.java:204)
    at com.sforce.ws.transport.SoapConnection.receive(SoapConnection.java:150)
    at com.sforce.ws.transport.SoapConnection.send(SoapConnection.java:99)
    at com.sforce.soap.partner.PartnerConnection.login(PartnerConnection.java:1433)
    at com.salesforce.ant.SFDCAntTask.doLogin(SFDCAntTask.java:221)
    ... 20 more

Total time: 5 seconds
Build step 'Invoke Ant' marked build as failure
Finished: FAILURE

An important thing that I need to mention here is that I'm trying to run Ant on the Sandbox org, but when I try to run the same Target to the some another Dev org it's work fine.

This is a really strange error. Hope anybody can help me with that.
Thanks in advance.

Best Answer

Just to enumerate the things to double-check when this problem arise:

  • Username
  • Password. Is it right? Is it expired?
  • Token
  • Connecting to Sandbox or Production? Check the URL.
  • TLS version (+1.1).