How to extend timeout for tests in circleci?

Question

Im running some tests in circleci and some of the tests are taking longer then 10 min cause its ui tests that run on a headless browser that Im installing in my circle.yml

How can I extend the time of the timeout?

thanks

Answer 1

You can add the timeout modifier to your command to increase the timeout beyond the default 600 seconds (10min).

For example, if you ran a test called my-test.sh, you could do the following:

test:
  override:
    - ./my-test.sh:
        timeout: 900

Note that the command ends with a colon (:), with the modifier on the next line, double-indented (4 spaces instead of 2).

Reference: https://circleci.com/docs/configuration#modifiers

Answer 2

If you're using Circle CI 2.0, the syntax is no_output_timeout:

- run:
    name: Running Tests
    command: ./my-test.sh
    no_output_timeout: 20m

More details: https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/configuration-reference/#run

Answer 3

You need to use the timeout modifier in your config as explained in this doc: https://circleci.com/docs/configuration#modifiers

Here is an example doubling the default 600s to 1200s:

commands:
    - /bin/bash build_scripts/deploy_to_eb.sh:
        timeout: 1200

Cheers