The RunParameter descriptor accepts a Project name. The autocompletion only works for Items from Jenkins root. The TextField has no context and therefore when jobs are organized in Folders, a full relative path from the Root (or an absolute path) needs to be provided. Even though the job is a sibling:

We could improve the auto completion to inject the context @​AncestorInPath (similar to other auto completion for Project names like BuildTrigger and Parameterized Build Trigger).

https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/blob/master/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/RunParameterDefinition.java#L154

Originally reported by allan_burdajewicz, imported from: Improve Run Parameters folders support for auto-completion

• assignee: andreineagu
• status: Open
• priority: Minor
• component(s): core
• label(s): newbie-friendly
• resolution: Unresolved
• votes: 0
• watchers: 4
• imported: 2025-11-24

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The RunParameter descriptor accepts a Project name. The autocompletion only works for Items from Jenkins root. The TextField has no context and therefore when jobs are organized in Folders, a full relative path from the Root (or an absolute path) needs to be provided. Even though the job is a sibling:

  

We could improve the auto completion to inject the context @AncestorInPath (similar to other auto completion for Project names like BuildTrigger and Parameterized Build Trigger).

https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/blob/master/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/RunParameterDefinition.java#L154

• environment: Jenkins 2.60.3