Re: Possible infinite loop on buildfarm animals

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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