[JENKINS-49157] Timeout: Unexpected build status after interrupting shell script

When a timeout interrupts a shell script (bash in my case), the build result is set to failure instead of the expected aborted.

Example (also true for scripted pipelines):

pipeline {

    agent any


    options {

timeout(time: 3, unit: 'SECONDS')

    }

    stages{

stage('run') {

    steps {

sh 'sleep 5'

// working:

// sleep(time: 5, unit: 'SECONDS')

    }

}

    }

}

Output:

Started by user admin

Running in Durability level: MAX_SURVIVABILITY

[Pipeline] node

Running on Jenkins in /mnt/data/jenkins-weekly/jenkins_home/workspace/timeout-pipeline

[Pipeline] {

[Pipeline] timeout

Timeout set to expire in 3 sec

[Pipeline] {

[Pipeline] stage

[Pipeline] { (run)

[Pipeline] sh

[timeout-pipeline] Running shell script

+ sleep 5

Cancelling nested steps due to timeout

Sending interrupt signal to process

sh: line 1: 32445 Terminated      JENKINS_SERVER_COOKIE=$jsc '/mnt/data/jenkins-weekly/jenkins_home/workspace/timeout-pipeline@​tmp/durable-7559496c/script.sh' > '/mnt/data/jenkins-weekly/jenkins_home/workspace/timeout-pipeline@​tmp/durable-7559496c/jenkins-log.txt' 2>&1

[Pipeline] }

[Pipeline] // stage

[Pipeline] }

[Pipeline] // timeout

[Pipeline] }

[Pipeline] // node

[Pipeline] End of Pipeline

ERROR: script returned exit code 143

Finished: FAILURE

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Originally reported by kgerstl, imported from: Timeout: Unexpected build status after interrupting shell script

• status: Open
  
• priority: Minor
  
• component(s): workflow-durable-task-step-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 2
  
• watchers: 7
  
• imported: 20251212-090250
  

Raw content of original issue

When a timeout interrupts a shell script (bash in my case), the build result is set to failure instead of the expected aborted.


Example (also true for scripted pipelines):



pipeline {

    agent any


    options {

        timeout(time: 3, unit: 'SECONDS')

    }

    stages{

        stage('run') {

            steps {

                sh 'sleep 5'

                // working:

                // sleep(time: 5, unit: 'SECONDS')

            }

        }

    }

}





Output:



Started by user admin

Running in Durability level: MAX_SURVIVABILITY

[Pipeline] node

Running on Jenkins in /mnt/data/jenkins-weekly/jenkins_home/workspace/timeout-pipeline

[Pipeline] {

[Pipeline] timeout

Timeout set to expire in 3 sec

[Pipeline] {

[Pipeline] stage

[Pipeline] { (run)

[Pipeline] sh

[timeout-pipeline] Running shell script

+ sleep 5

Cancelling nested steps due to timeout

Sending interrupt signal to process

sh: line 1: 32445 Terminated              JENKINS_SERVER_COOKIE=$jsc '/mnt/data/jenkins-weekly/jenkins_home/workspace/timeout-pipeline@tmp/durable-7559496c/script.sh' > '/mnt/data/jenkins-weekly/jenkins_home/workspace/timeout-pipeline@tmp/durable-7559496c/jenkins-log.txt' 2>&1

[Pipeline] }

[Pipeline] // stage

[Pipeline] }

[Pipeline] // timeout

[Pipeline] }

[Pipeline] // node

[Pipeline] End of Pipeline

ERROR: script returned exit code 143

Finished: FAILURE

• environment: Jenkins 2.103 (.war) with Pipeline 2.5 on Fedora 26, Oracle JDK 1.8.0_121.