[18:08:26] To answer my own question. jsub supports -l h_rt= specify the maximum run time (hours, minutes and seconds) [18:08:27] So let's see if the scheduler actually kills the job if it runs longer than 48 hours. qstat -r does report: [18:08:28] Hard Resources: h_rt=172800 (0.000000) (re @MaartenDammers: I have a job that gets stuck every once in a while. Does jsub/qsub have an option for maximum runtime (say 48 hours) after which...) [18:57:18] @MaartenDammers: you can also use `timeout` to enforce a max runtime if the jsub thing doesn't work [19:18:38] I expect plan A to work. I've seen jobs getting killed because they went over the allocated amount of memory so I would expect the same here. (re @wmtelegram_bot: @MaartenDammers: you can also use `timeout` to enforce a max runtime if the jsub thing doesn't work) [19:19:58] It's for https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListFiles/GeographBot . It gets stuck ever so often. Usually weeks without problems. It uploads several thousands of files per day. If it doesn't for more than 48 hours, we know it didn't work. [19:44:24] fingers crossed!