[JENKINS-46062] Timeout timer inside a pipeline with a docker stage runs out to soon

JenkinsFile:

        stage('Application testcases') {

          agent {

            dockerfile {

              label 'master'

              dir "dockerlocation"

            }

          }

          steps {

            timeout(time: 20, unit: 'MINUTES') {

               sh 'script.sh'

            }

          }

        }

Logs:

14:50:43 Timeout set to expire in 20 min

...

[Pipeline] }

[Pipeline] // timeout

[Pipeline] }

14:53:01 $ docker stop --time=1 0f6750852e4f010149cde95cd2d53a42a1ccd6b84b01db1a26bfb12e93b7c151

---
Originally reported by roel0, imported from: Timeout timer inside a pipeline with a docker stage runs out to soon

• status: Open
  
• priority: Trivial
  
• component(s): docker-workflow-plugin, workflow-basic-steps-plugin
  
• label(s): docker, jenkins, pipeline, triaged-2018-11
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 0
  
• watchers: 1
  
• imported: 2025-12-07
  

JenkinsFile:


        stage('Application testcases') {

          agent {

            dockerfile {

              label 'master'

              dir "dockerlocation"

            }

          }

          steps {

            timeout(time: 20, unit: 'MINUTES') {

               sh 'script.sh'


            }

          }

        }


Logs:


 


14:50:43 Timeout set to expire in 20 min

...

[Pipeline] }

[Pipeline] // timeout

[Pipeline] }

14:53:01 $ docker stop --time=1 0f6750852e4f010149cde95cd2d53a42a1ccd6b84b01db1a26bfb12e93b7c151

environment

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```