Timeout on a Build Step of Jenkins

Question

In Jenkins, is there a way to give different timeouts to each or selected build step?
Build-time plugin out gives functionality of timeout "Abort the build if it's stuck" on complete project, what I need is to give different timeouts for each step. This way I can make my process more efficient.

Answer 1

If you don't want to use the Jenkins plugin and want to timeout a script or any command then you can use the Linux inbuilt utility "timeout".

timeout -s KILL 1m ./test

The above command will run test executable for 1 minute and if it continues to execute after the timeout then the command will timeout and kill the process by KILL utility.

Answer 2

Please install Build Timeout plugin for your Jenkins.

Jenkins> Manage Jenkins> Manage Plugins

search for Build Timeout in available tab.. Install it. You would be finding it in Build environment as "Abort the build if it's stuck". Set the Timeout strategy and time. Absolute Deadline Elastic Likely Stuck No Activity

in my case i have used No Activity.

Hope it Helps.

Answer 3

I think the timeout command from GNU coreutils might be what you want. This is under the assumption that your build steps are scripts.

Answer 4

Build-timeout Plugin isn't applicable to pipelines. refer to wiki

For pipeline time out, try something like:

timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MINUTES') {
  node {
    sh 'foo'
  }
}

Similar answer from another thread: How to add a timeout step to Jenkins Pipeline

Answer 5

As of current versions of Jenkins, this can be done. Hit 'Configure', then select the 'Build Environment' tab, and then set your timeout.

Here's an screenshot:

Answer 6

In pipeline jobs you can wrap your step(s) with timeout as follows:

timeout(time: 5, unit: 'MINUTES') { // steps to execute }