• We could try to authenticate once again when the failure below occurs (three strikes).
• The job should be turned to failed if login back is not successful.

logs showing an authentication failure during test status monitoring:

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Executing Load Test:
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Test ID: 2418
Test Instance ID: 895
Timeslot Duration: 5:30(h:mm)
Post Run Action: Collate and Analyze
Use VUDS: false
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Run started (TestID: 2418, RunID: 8166, TimeslotID: 11182)

Set HP_RUN_ID Env Variable to 8166
RunID: 8166 - State = Initializing
RunID: 8166 - State = Running
Error: executeRequest exception: HTTP/1.1 401 Authentication needed
Error: Run could not start!
executeRequest exception: HTTP/1.1 401 Authentication needed
Logout failed
Empty Results
Result Status (PC RunID: 8166): UNSTABLE