From 2fd6cd3c69f30c49179cde9e68ef7697dbada393 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brett Cannon Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 10:36:26 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Document `keepalive` for buildbot workers may be the reason for frequent disconnects (#1221) Co-authored-by: Ezio Melotti --- testing/new-buildbot-worker.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/testing/new-buildbot-worker.rst b/testing/new-buildbot-worker.rst index cbe039064f..39742669ef 100644 --- a/testing/new-buildbot-worker.rst +++ b/testing/new-buildbot-worker.rst @@ -195,6 +195,13 @@ by tests that fail. Unfortunately we do not currently have a way to notify you only of failures on your builders, so doing periodic spot checks is also a good idea. +.. note:: + If your buildbot worker is disconnecting regularly, it may be a symptom of the + default ``keepalive`` value (``600`` for 10 minutes) being `set + `_ + too high. You can change it to a lower value (e.g. ``180`` for 3 minutes) + in the ``buildbot.tac`` file found in your build area. + Latent workers --------------