Increase SWT-Bench image build timeout to 10 hours#521
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Increase the SWT-Bench image build workflow timeout to 9 hours as a temporary workaround for long-running image builds.\n\nTODO comments point back to the open tracking issues so this can be removed once the underlying regressions are fixed.\n\nCo-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>
Record the observed full SWT-Bench image-build duration next to the temporary 9 hour timeout so the workaround is grounded in a measured run.\n\nCo-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>
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🟢 Good taste - This is pragmatic operational engineering.
Linus-Style Verdict:
This solves a real problem (builds timing out) with the simplest possible fix (config change) while the root cause is being addressed in #510 and #504. The comment is longer than typical but justified - it explains why previous evidence understated the problem and documents the corrective action.
No data structures to bikeshed, no complexity to complain about, zero breaking change risk. This is exactly what a stopgap should look like.
Verdict: ✅ Merge it. Don't let perfect be the enemy of operational.
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This remains a stopgap for long-running SWT-Bench image builds while the underlying regressions tracked in #510 and #504 are still open.
The previous timeout rationale was based on run
23043936501, but that run was not a full cold build: it skipped many prebuilt images and understated the true cold-build duration. The current evidence collected in #510 points to roughly8to8.5hours for a full cold SWT-Bench build on the degraded path, so10hours is a safer operational timeout.