FYI I am continuing to kill builds that run for long periods without making progress (e.g. [1]).
In each case, I also go into the build configuration and set the flag to kill stuck builds after 120 mins. It would be helpful if people set this timeout to a reasonable value for their project when creating new builds. [1] Recent stuck builds: http://hudson.zones.apache.org/hudson/job/Synapse%20-%201.3%20-%20SNAPSHOT/186/ http://hudson.zones.apache.org/hudson/job/Synapse%20-%20Trunk/1595/ http://hudson.zones.apache.org/hudson/job/HBase-Patch/1052/ Regards, Tim