{
  "slug": "bk-build-watch-supports-timeout-5f6f1bcdf48b",
  "title": "bk build watch supports --timeout",
  "tools": [
    "bk"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-09-21T01:13:16.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-09-21T01:13:16.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When waiting for a build, run `bk build watch` with `--timeout` to bound build resolution and watching; expiry stops polling and returns a nonzero error without canceling the build.",
    "examples": [
      "bk build watch 429 --pipeline my-pipeline --timeout 20m"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v3.57.0",
      "<build-number>: Build number to watch; omit to watch the most recent build.",
      "--pipeline: Pipeline slug or org/pipeline slug; required when no pipeline context supplies it.",
      "--timeout: Maximum time to resolve and watch the build; accepts durations such as 30s or 20m. Default 0 means no timeout. Expiry does not cancel the build.",
      "Omitting `--timeout` or setting it to `0` preserves unlimited watching.",
      "Negative durations are rejected.",
      "Expiry does not cancel the build."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "When waiting for a build during repository work, bound how long the watch command runs.",
  "before": "Watch without a timeout; it could run endlessly.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/buildkite/cli/releases/tag/v3.57.0",
    "https://github.com/buildkite/cli/pull/992",
    "https://buildkite.com/docs/platform/cli/reference/build"
  ],
  "rank": 0.98027,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v2+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "wave2b-20261017",
    "verdict_id": "wave2b-20261017:wave2b-20261017-a01a8fd35b2ec50e-2:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "42b57b8b82eee2df4e8875bac3cee3e9a156397e097411e5b9acee6609e4f2d0"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "9e77175b2be9da9dda8a1c83dc64aeb9a3eae72499ec17344c237462099e90a1",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "wave2b-20261017:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.98 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.82 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}