Jenkins Grace Period

This page started from the next occurred error, right after an execution of a timeout() call: > Body did not finish within grace period; terminating with extreme prejudice After finishing the time specified in timeout(), an upload to Artifactory has to happen but it got interrupted by the termination of grace period. Then the job failed with above error. THEORY In Jenkins, the grace period is primarily associated with job terminations, agent disconnections, and shutdowns. It allows Jenkins to handle ongoing processes more gracefully rather than forcefully killing them immediately. The grace period is the waiting time before Jenkins forcibly terminates an ongoing process, such as a build or an agent connection For job termination: Initial termination request: Jenkins first sends a soft termination signal to the running job, Grace period: It waits for a certain time before taking more aggressive action, Force kill: If the job does not stop within the grace period, Jenkins fills the process forcefully. The grace period in time is between 5 and 60 seconds,and can not be configured by developers in Jenkins. Benefits of grace period: Prevents abrupt job termination Ensures proper cleanup Improves agent stability Enhances Jenkins shutdown Reduces build failures Prevents data corruption Optimizes cloud environments Improves user experience SOLUTION The solution used for this issue is increasing time specified in timeout(). Bibliography https://issues.jenkins.io/browse/JENKINS-56964 https://issues.jenkins.io/browse/JENKINS-54607 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62057908/timeout-counter-continues-even-if-flow-is-paused-in-jenkins https://wiki.jenkins.io/JENKINS/Pipeline-Basic-Steps-Plugin.html

Mar 12, 2025 - 14:00

This page started from the next occurred error, right after an execution of a timeout() call:

> Body did not finish within grace period; terminating with extreme prejudice

After finishing the time specified in timeout(), an upload to Artifactory has to happen but it got interrupted by the termination of grace period. Then the job failed with above error.

THEORY

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In Jenkins, the grace period is primarily associated with job terminations, agent disconnections, and shutdowns. It allows Jenkins to handle ongoing processes more gracefully rather than forcefully killing them immediately.

The grace period is the waiting time before Jenkins forcibly terminates an ongoing process, such as a build or an agent connection

For job termination:

Initial termination request: Jenkins first sends a soft termination signal to the running job,
Grace period: It waits for a certain time before taking more aggressive action,
Force kill: If the job does not stop within the grace period, Jenkins fills the process forcefully.

The grace period in time is between 5 and 60 seconds,and can not be configured by developers in Jenkins.

Benefits of grace period:

Prevents abrupt job termination
Ensures proper cleanup
Improves agent stability
Enhances Jenkins shutdown
Reduces build failures
Prevents data corruption
Optimizes cloud environments
Improves user experience

SOLUTION

The solution used for this issue is increasing time specified in timeout().