From 85ed6030c49f960b6a98420361db36fb7895fcaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stan Ulbrych <stan@python.org>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:41:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use more reasonable timeouts for some jobs

---
 .github/workflows/build.yml                    | 18 +++++++++---------
 .github/workflows/lint.yml                     |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/mypy.yml                     |  2 +-
 .../workflows/new-bugs-announce-notifier.yml   |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/require-pr-label.yml         |  4 ++--
 .github/workflows/reusable-check-html-ids.yml  |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/reusable-cifuzz.yml          |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/reusable-context.yml         |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/reusable-docs.yml            |  6 +++---
 .github/workflows/reusable-install.yml         |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/reusable-macos.yml           |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/reusable-san.yml             |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml          |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/reusable-wasi.yml            |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/reusable-windows.yml         |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/stale.yml                    |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/tail-call.yml                | 10 ++--------
 .github/workflows/verify-ensurepip-wheels.yml  |  2 +-
 18 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index d6d61029b89d90d..40f1f903382d492 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     container:
       image: ghcr.io/python/autoconf:2025.01.02.12581854023
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: 5
     needs: build-context
     if: needs.build-context.outputs.run-tests == 'true'
     steps:
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
     # Don't use ubuntu-latest but a specific version to make the job
     # reproducible: to get the same tools versions (autoconf, aclocal, ...)
     runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: 30
     needs: build-context
     if: needs.build-context.outputs.run-tests == 'true'
     steps:
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ jobs:
   build-ubuntu-ssltests:
     name: 'Ubuntu SSL tests'
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: 10
     needs: build-context
     if: needs.build-context.outputs.run-ubuntu == 'true'
     strategy:
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Android (${{ matrix.arch }})
     needs: build-context
     if: needs.build-context.outputs.run-android == 'true'
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: 30
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ jobs:
     name: iOS
     needs: build-context
     if: needs.build-context.outputs.run-ios == 'true'
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: 40
     runs-on: macos-26
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ jobs:
   test-hypothesis:
     name: "Hypothesis tests on Ubuntu"
     runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: 30
     needs: build-context
     if: needs.build-context.outputs.run-ubuntu == 'true'
     env:
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ jobs:
   build-asan:
     name: 'Address sanitizer'
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: 30
     needs: build-context
     if: needs.build-context.outputs.run-ubuntu == 'true'
     strategy:
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ jobs:
   cross-build-linux:
     name: Cross build Linux
     runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: 30
     needs: build-context
     if: needs.build-context.outputs.run-ubuntu == 'true'
     steps:
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ jobs:
   all-required-green:  # This job does nothing and is only used for the branch protection
     name: All required checks pass
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 5
+    timeout-minutes: 2
     needs:
     - build-context  # Transitive dependency, needed to access `run-tests` value
     - check-docs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 8a79ea20d5f50bc..12bab081d13927f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 10
+    timeout-minutes: 5
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mypy.yml b/.github/workflows/mypy.yml
index 3cdce4f5952e3d0..f3ef7691eeceae1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mypy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mypy.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
   mypy:
     name: Run mypy on ${{ matrix.target }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 10
+    timeout-minutes: 5
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/new-bugs-announce-notifier.yml b/.github/workflows/new-bugs-announce-notifier.yml
index 864d0f48904bcc3..4bdfc7898a29b42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/new-bugs-announce-notifier.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/new-bugs-announce-notifier.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-slim
     permissions:
       issues: read
-    timeout-minutes: 10
+    timeout-minutes: 5
     steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # v6.3.0
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/require-pr-label.yml b/.github/workflows/require-pr-label.yml
index 8af254c10786e1b..a6f378d5d1754ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/require-pr-label.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/require-pr-label.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-slim
     permissions:
       pull-requests: read
-    timeout-minutes: 10
+    timeout-minutes: 2
 
     steps:
       - name: Check there's no DO-NOT-MERGE
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-slim
     permissions:
       pull-requests: read
-    timeout-minutes: 10
+    timeout-minutes: 2
 
     steps:
       # Check that the PR is not awaiting changes from the author due to previous review.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-check-html-ids.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-check-html-ids.yml
index bdebacc9eed06bc..dfbfd108bdd48ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-check-html-ids.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-check-html-ids.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
   check-html-ids:
     name: 'Check for removed HTML IDs'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 30
+    timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
       - name: 'Check out PR head'
         uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-cifuzz.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-cifuzz.yml
index 0d02232686339bf..0f0228540f604da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-cifuzz.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-cifuzz.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
   cifuzz:
     name: ${{ inputs.oss-fuzz-project-name }} (${{ inputs.sanitizer }})
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: 40
     steps:
       - name: Build fuzzers (${{ inputs.sanitizer }})
         id: build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-context.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-context.yml
index f307326bae41209..a10c3ccc452e44e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-context.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-context.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
   compute-changes:
     name: Create context from changed files
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 10
+    timeout-minutes: 5
     outputs:
       run-android: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.run-android }}
       run-ci-fuzz: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.run-ci-fuzz }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-docs.yml
index 6b1a9076c8251b0..1475a34a7aa9e1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-docs.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
   build-doc:
     name: 'Docs'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: 10
     env:
       branch_base: 'origin/${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}'
       branch_pr: 'origin/${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}'
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ jobs:
   doctest:
     name: 'Doctest'
     runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: 15
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
       with:
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ jobs:
   check-epub:
     name: 'Check EPUB'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 30
+    timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-install.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-install.yml
index 337da684882d29f..fa3cd312464cf8a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-install.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-install.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
   build-install-test:
     name: build, install and test
     runs-on: ubuntu-26.04-arm
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: 30
     env:
       PYTHONSTRICTEXTENSIONBUILD: 1
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-macos.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-macos.yml
index 5393e9e34040b95..08471c92c336ef9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-macos.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
   build-macos:
     name: build and test (${{ inputs.os }})
     runs-on: ${{ inputs.os }}
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: 30
     env:
       HOMEBREW_NO_ANALYTICS: 1
       HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE: 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-san.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-san.yml
index 133b8ff8d7579b4..101db1b9f107586 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-san.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-san.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
         || ''
       }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: 40
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml
index 2129f2f6d6e926b..db84ee3ea444355 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
   build-ubuntu-reusable:
     name: build and test (${{ inputs.os }})
     runs-on: ${{ inputs.os }}
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: 30
     env:
       OPENSSL_VER: 3.5.7
       PYTHONSTRICTEXTENSIONBUILD: 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-wasi.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-wasi.yml
index b0dda62d0b291c2..1c5277f041172fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-wasi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-wasi.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
   build-wasi-reusable:
     name: 'build and test'
     runs-on: ubuntu-26.04-arm
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: 30
     env:
       WASMTIME_VERSION: 38.0.3
       CROSS_BUILD_WASI: cross-build/wasm32-wasip1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-windows.yml
index b1b711be4538fda..b6c0b0113e29e69 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-windows.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     name: Build and test (${{ inputs.arch }}, ${{ inputs.interpreter }})
     runs-on: ${{ inputs.arch == 'arm64' && 'windows-11-arm' || 'windows-2025' }}
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: ${{ inputs.free-threading && 60 || 40 }}
     env:
       ARCH: ${{ inputs.arch }}
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 0283e9f621dcf05..5724de342fc2285 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       actions: write
       pull-requests: write
-    timeout-minutes: 10
+    timeout-minutes: 5
 
     steps:
     - name: "Check PRs"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tail-call.yml b/.github/workflows/tail-call.yml
index 81e8235f236ea70..eab9f19c2a440be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tail-call.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tail-call.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
   macos:
     name: ${{ matrix.target }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: 30
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           brew update
@@ -60,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
   linux:
     name: ${{ matrix.target }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: 30
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -78,9 +75,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
       - name: Build
         run: |
           # On ubuntu-26.04 image, clang is clang-21 by default
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify-ensurepip-wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/verify-ensurepip-wheels.yml
index 7def8c9e78abb8d..931966e36b2ecb7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify-ensurepip-wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify-ensurepip-wheels.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   verify:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 10
+    timeout-minutes: 5
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with: