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Defining Job task execution timeout

You can define execution timeout for Job tasks to terminate task runs when their durations exceed a threshold.

You can define a custom task timeout manually.

Defining custom Job task execution timeout

Define custom execution timeout on Job tasks.

Before you begin

  • You must have Editor (Author) permission on the space where the task is located to create or edit the task.
  • You must have Operator (Execute) permission on the space where the task is located to set task execution timeout.

Procedure

  1. In the task details page, click the Edit button then select Processing.
  2. In Task timeout, select Custom.
  3. Enter a value.
    The default value is 5 minutes and the minimum is 1.
    Page to define custom task timeout.
  4. Click Continue then save and close.

Results

You can see the defined timeout value from the Trigger box. When exceeding this value, the task execution terminates and the Timed out status displays in Last 5 runs.
Task timeout value and Timed out status displayed in task details page

You can also see all executions stopped by a timeout from the Terminated tab in the Operations page with the Timed out status.

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