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Summary

The run_with_timeout() helper in test/e2e/e2e-timeout.sh sent only SIGTERM via the timeout command. When a NemoClaw process ignored SIGTERM (e.g., blocked on an uninterruptible SSH child during TC-SBX-08 Process Recovery), the inner per-command timeout was ineffective and the outer overall E2E timeout (2700s) had to clean up, stalling all subsequent test cases with exit code 124.

This adds --kill-after=10 so SIGKILL is sent 10 seconds after SIGTERM, ensuring hung processes are forcibly terminated.

Related Issue

Fixes #2983

Changes

• Add _TIMEOUT_KILL_AFTER=10 constant in test/e2e/e2e-timeout.sh
• Pass --kill-after=$_TIMEOUT_KILL_AFTER to $TIMEOUT_CMD in run_with_timeout()
• Add inline comment referencing refactor(cli): migrate policy mutation commands to oclif #2804-nightly for context

Type of Change

• Code change (feature, bug fix, or refactor)
• Code change with doc updates
• Doc only (prose changes, no code sample modifications)
• Doc only (includes code sample changes)

Verification

• npx prek run --all-files passes
• bash -n test/e2e/e2e-timeout.sh passes (syntax check)
• Tests added or updated for new or changed behavior
• No secrets, API keys, or credentials committed
• Docs updated for user-facing behavior changes

AI Disclosure

• AI-assisted — tool: Claude Code (nemoclaw-diagnosis skill)

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Signed-off-by: Hai Nguyen haingu@nvidia.com

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✨ Thanks for submitting this PR that proposes a fix to the E2E testing framework by adding a timeout kill after parameter to prevent hung tests. This change improves the reliability of the E2E tests by ensuring that hung processes are forcibly terminated.

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Related open PRs:

• #2804 refactor(cli): migrate policy mutation commands to oclif

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Related open issues:

• #2983 nightly-e2e: sandbox-operations-e2e hangs at TC-SBX-08 due to missing --kill-after in run_with_timeout