The Help message for the "fail" checkbox currently says:

      "If checked, the build will be failed rather than aborted."

      This can be taken to mean that the build will be allowed to complete, and then be marked as failed. However I'm told that it means:

      "If checked, the build will be marked as failed rather than marked as aborted."

      Perhaps the help text can be updated to make it clearer?

          [JENKINS-7289] Ambiguous help text for "fail" checkbox

          km added a comment -

          Clarified the text. Thanks for the bug report.

          km added a comment - Clarified the text. Thanks for the bug report.

          Code changed in hudson
          User: : km
          Path:
          trunk/hudson/plugins/build-timeout/src/main/webapp/help-failConfig.html
          http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/35533
          Log:
          [FIXED JENKINS-7289]
          Improved the help text.

          SCM/JIRA link daemon added a comment - Code changed in hudson User: : km Path: trunk/hudson/plugins/build-timeout/src/main/webapp/help-failConfig.html http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/35533 Log: [FIXED JENKINS-7289] Improved the help text.

            kohsuke Kohsuke Kawaguchi
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