ctest 10 minute timeout introduced between 3.31.0 and 4.1.0?

Markus87
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 08:17:37 +0000
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ctest -T test -R SomeTest --debug
3.31.0: CTest\cmCTestRunTest.cxx:836 247: Test timeout computed to be: 10000000

4.10.0: Test timeout computed to be: 600

I checked the offending source code and did some debugging, but the 10 minutes have been there in 3.31.0 too, something else must have changed.

Does anyone have any link to the documentation for the 10 minutes default timeout? I have found nothing.

Whats also curious --timeout 0 is ignored if added. (values > 0 are not ignored)
If I remove -T test the 10 minutes timeout goes away.

What do you think, worth opening an issue?

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