# CI Fails Buildkite

> Fetch and diagnose vLLM Buildkite CI failure logs. Use when investigating failing CI jobs on a PR or build, when the user pastes a buildkite.com URL, or asks to fetch/diagnose CI logs.

- Skill: `vllm-project/ci-fails-buildkite` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add vllm-project/ci-fails-buildkite`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/vllm-project/ci-fails-buildkite/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: vllm-project (https://skillmd.com/u/vllm-project)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/vllm-project/ci-fails-buildkite

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# Diagnosing vLLM Buildkite CI Failures

Buildkite logs are public; no login needed.

`.buildkite/scripts/ci-fetch-log.sh` saves each log as `ci-<build>-<job-name>.log`, stripped of timestamps and ANSI codes. Existing files are kept; set `CI_FETCH_LOG_FORCE=1` to refetch.

## Fetching logs

```bash
# All failed jobs in a PR's latest build (current branch's PR if omitted):
.buildkite/scripts/ci-fetch-log.sh --pr <PR>

# All failed jobs in a build (--soft also includes soft-failed jobs;
# --all fetches every finished job):
.buildkite/scripts/ci-fetch-log.sh "https://buildkite.com/vllm/ci/builds/<N>"

# One job — `gh pr checks` URLs (#<job_uuid>) and web UI URLs (?sid=) both
# work; pass "-" as a second argument to stream to stdout:
.buildkite/scripts/ci-fetch-log.sh "https://buildkite.com/vllm/ci/builds/<N>#<job_uuid>"
```

To clean an already-downloaded log with `.buildkite/scripts/ci-clean-log.sh`:

```bash
./ci-clean-log.sh ci.log
```

## Reference

See [docs/contributing/ci/failures.md](../../../docs/contributing/ci/failures.md) for the full guide: filing CI failure issues, investigating/bisecting, reproducing flaky tests, and daily triage.