jenkinsci / jenkinsci/workflow-basic-steps-plugin

Allow (declarative) pipeline timeout's to mark builds as failed instead of aborted

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Description

### What feature do you want to see added?

Add an option to the Timeout option to allow setting what status the build should have if it times out.
Currently the timeout option in the Declarative pipeline will not mark a build as failed if it's "triggered", and instead aborts it. This results in the build health (icon) not being affected, and no mail being sent out due to the failure.
This makes it easy to miss builds that fail due to the timeout.
And from what I can tell there is no (easy) way to make the timeout mark a build as failed instead of aborted.

This was changed in the timeout plugin some years back from what I can tell:
https://issues.jenkins.io/browse/JENKINS-9203
https://issues.jenkins.io/browse/JENKINS-9548
And maybe this is relevant?:
https://issues.jenkins.io/browse/JENKINS-55295

### Upstream changes

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### Are you interested in contributing this feature?

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Research direction

Start by tracing the Declarative Pipeline Timeout option and reviewing JENKINS-9203, JENKINS-9548, and JENKINS-55295. Define how timeout outcomes should affect build status, health, and notifications, then add coverage for the selected status behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
ci-cd
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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