Why are Jenkins "extended emails" not including extended information?

Question

We installed email-ext 2.24.1 into Jenkins 1.447. We set "Extended Email Notification" "Default Content" to

$PROJECT_NAME - Build # $BUILD_NUMBER - $BUILD_STATUS:

Check console output at $BUILD_URL to view the results.

Failed tests (regressions compared to previous builds): ${FAILED_TESTS, onlyRegressions=true}

Changes: ${CHANGES, showPaths=true, format="%a: %r %p \n--\"%m\", pathFormat="\n\t- %p"}

We went to a project, and selected "Editable Email Notification" and left the default settings, where "Default Subject" says $DEFAULT_SUBJECT and "Default Content" says $DEFAULT_CONTENT.

In emails that come out, it's as if email-ext doesn't exist. I just see build information, nothing about the tests that failed or the changes since last success.

Why do the emails not show Failed tests and Changes? And how do I debug this? Are there logs somewhere showing what is getting run?

Edit: I added "HALLOO" to the project "Default Content". Didn't show up.

Screenshot of the email portion of the global configuration:

Screenshot of the email portion of the job configuration page:

Answer 1

In the Post build actions section, delete the E-mail notification altogether. This will ensure your instance is using only Editable email notification

This is possible in my version (1.477), not sure when this function of adding/deleting post-build actions released.

Answer 2

You need to un-check the box for default email notifications and then add your recipients list to the extended email configuration. Using the $DEFAULT_RECIPIENTS will only work if you have configured defaults.