Re: Possible infinite loop on buildfarm animals

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
To: Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, buildfarm-members(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Possible infinite loop on buildfarm animals
Date: 2024-03-17 19:38:46
Message-ID: 202403171938.34kpjnr7lwb7@alvherre.pgsql
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On 2024-Mar-17, Noah Misch wrote:

> Other than CLOBBER_CACHE animals, the server rejects results older than 24h:
> https://github.com/PGBuildFarm/server-code/blob/8572ac7/cgi-bin/pgstatus.pl#L273

> The same 24h should probably be the default wait_timeout. One might use a
> longer timeout if wanting to attach a debugger to a process of a stuck run.
> If one just wants an intervention-free buildfarm animal, 24h is good.

Maybe that should be the default value embedded in the buildfarm client
script, which can be overridden for specific purposes such as
CLOBBER_CACHE animals?

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Álvaro Herrera PostgreSQL Developer — https://www.EnterpriseDB.com/
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