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no-gnu-timeout-on-macosmacOS has no timeout binary; the command dies before the real work runs — use gtimeout or drop it.
macOS has no timeout binary; the command dies before the real work runs — use gtimeout or drop it.
| field | value |
|---|---|
| project | (no project) |
| kind | bash |
| census verdict | fires |
| probe | timeout 5 make test |
| probe tool | Bash |
| gate exit on the probe | 2 |
| refused by | no-gnu-timeout-on-macos |
timeout is not on macOS; the shell aborts and an empty exit code masquerades as a red test suite — use the tool's timeout parameter instead.
| field | value |
|---|---|
| project | rabadon |
| kind | bash |
| census verdict | fires |
| probe | timeout 5 make test |
| probe tool | Bash |
| gate exit on the probe | 2 |
| refused by | no-gnu-timeout-on-macos |
36 of the 778 records in the published field dataset (field.jsonl, 2026-07-27 to 2026-08-26) carry this id. STOP is a refusal in enforce mode; WOULD_BLOCK is the same verdict recorded in watch mode, where nothing is stopped.
| event | records |
|---|---|
| WOULD_BLOCK | 28 |
| STOP | 8 |
Counted from field.jsonl, the file the field page is built from.