diff --git a/vars/commonPipelineEnvironment.groovy b/vars/commonPipelineEnvironment.groovy
index 832fa9111..19554c3b4 100644
--- a/vars/commonPipelineEnvironment.groovy
+++ b/vars/commonPipelineEnvironment.groovy
@@ -206,11 +206,15 @@ class commonPipelineEnvironment implements Serializable {
     }
 
     void writeValueToFile(script, String filename, value){
-        if (value){
-            if (!(value in CharSequence)) filename += '.json'
-            if (script.fileExists(filename)) return
-            if (!(value in CharSequence)) value = groovy.json.JsonOutput.toJson(value)
-            script.writeFile file: filename, text: value
+        try{
+            if (value){
+                if (!(value in CharSequence)) filename += '.json'
+                if (script.fileExists(filename)) return
+                if (!(value in CharSequence)) value = groovy.json.JsonOutput.toJson(value)
+                script.writeFile file: filename, text: value
+            }
+        }catch(StackOverflowError error) {
+            script.echo("failed to write file: " + filename)
         }
     }