job_wait times out when job ends with status error

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Bug Summary

When a AAP job ends with status error the module will still wait for event_processing_finished and this can take long time (hours) hence the job will wait until timeout is reached.

AWX version

4.5.15

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Installation method

N/A

Modifications

no

Ansible version

2.16

Operating system

RHEL 9

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Steps to reproduce

force a job to end with status error. ensure event processing time take longer than job_wait timeout setting.

• name: Configure Windows test VM
  ansible.controller.job_launch:
  job_template: "This Job will fail with status error"
  register: Job

• name: Wait for job to fail with status error
  ansible.controller.job_wait:
  job_id: "{{ Job.id }}"
  timeout: 7200
  interval: 30

Expected results

wait_job should not timeout it should report back that job failed sooner.

Actual results

TASK [Wait for server to be configured] ****************************************
task path: /runner/project/automated_tests/tasks/windows_configure_vm.yml:24
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "elapsed": 7204.267789, "finished": null, "id": 352663, "msg": "Monitoring of Job - 352663 aborted due to timeout", "started": "2025-01-23T09:00:18.690410Z", "status": "running"}

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