We have been experiencing the same thing since February.
Our test runs pass all tests in the TestComplete suite but fail with an exit code -8 in Jenkins and sometimes with an exit code -1. I was told that the latter code generally refers to a license issue but also that a bad license would have prevented the execution from the start.
File a ticket with SmartBear Support. I wish I had a resolution for you, but it hasn't happened yet.
See this thread:
Dear qa_qed!
Thanks for your reply, please let me know when you have any updates on your issue.
Unfortunately, my issue has been present for more than a year ago. Previously i asked for some help at support, but they couldn't give me a proper solution, only asking me for more information - and now we have no support subscription.
However, I don't know, did I introduce the issue correctly. I meant sometimes happens, a job fails with this -8 exit code stuff, but on another day, the same test passes, with exactly the same settings.
When the job fails, I have no testcomplete report at all. Only Jenkins says in TestComplete report: "Failed to start"
