I'm trying to use the PMD plugin for Jenkins. Everything works fine except for one thing. When the Jenkins build fails, the reports in the build won't update. This could be a problem because if you've got a critical error in your code, you have to go to the workspace manually and read the .xml file (which is generated by PMD) to see what your error is.
I found someone who had the same problem, however this post was last updated in 2009. At the end of the post you can see that someone explains that this isn't a feature yet. http://jenkins-ci.361315.n4.nabble.com/pmd-post-build-publishing-after-failing-build-td376948.html
I can confirm that he pmd results are being generated, because I can see them in my Jenkins' workspace. However, the reports won't show up in the build.
Jenkins console log (print screen because of VM):

As you can see here, the Jenkins build failed because of a PMD rule violation. Which is good, however when we go to the build, you can't see the PMD report.
I already installed the PMD plugin in Jenkins, and this used to work until I changed the ruleviolation. You can see my gradle's code for PMD here:
task pmd (type: Pmd) {
ignoreFailures = false
description 'Run pmd'
group 'verification'
rulePriority = 2
ruleSets = ["java-android",
"java-basic",
"java-braces",
"java-strings",
"java-design",
"java-unusedcode"]
source = fileTree('src/main/java')
reports {
xml.enabled = true
html.enabled = false
}
}
check.doLast {
project.tasks.getByName("pmd").execute()
}
