diff --git a/jenkins/ci-pipelines/ci_stage_3.groovy b/jenkins/ci-pipelines/ci_stage_3.groovy
index c428e08..05d795d 100644
--- a/jenkins/ci-pipelines/ci_stage_3.groovy
+++ b/jenkins/ci-pipelines/ci_stage_3.groovy
@@ -200,7 +200,9 @@
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         stage("Copy Artifacts") {
             // cleanup any previous repo
-            sh 'rm -rf repo'
+            sh "tree -fD repo || exit 0"
+            sh 'rm -rvf repo'
+            sh "tree -fD repo && lsof repo || exit 0"
             dir("repo") {
                 packageList = []
                 dir("${RELEASE}") {
@@ -303,6 +305,8 @@
                 ci_helper.check_status_http_server(NODE_IP_ADDRESS, repo_port)
             }
 
+            sh "tree -fD repo"
+
             // Unpack devops package into temporary location so that we use it from upstream if it was part of a patch
             osm_devops_dpkg = sh(returnStdout: true, script: "find ./repo/release/pool/ -name osm-devops*.deb").trim()
             devopstempdir = sh(returnStdout: true, script: "mktemp -d").trim()