Jenkins Pipeline Timeout Handling for Queue Wait Time

[Zhenye-Na]

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Problem Description

When using lockable resources in Jenkins pipelines with a timeout set, there is a potential issue with pipelines timing out due to the queue wait time. Specifically:

• There is a single lockable resource, e.g., LOCK_0.
• Two pipelines, PIPELINE_A and PIPELINE_B, are competing to acquire LOCK_0.
• Both pipelines have a timeout set to 12 hours.
• PIPELINE_A acquires LOCK_0 and runs for 10 hours.
• After PIPELINE_A finishes, PIPELINE_B starts, but it has been waiting in the queue for 10 hours.
• PIPELINE_B needs more than 2 hours to complete, which exceeds the remaining timeout.

The issue here is that PIPELINE_B times out due to the queue wait time, even though its actual execution time would have been within the timeout period.

Proposed Solutions

1. Is there a way to exclude the queue wait time from the timeout calculation?
2. Are there any existing workarounds to handle this scenario?
3. If not, could this be considered as a feature request?

Thanks!

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