---
id: "bug-1905"
status: "open"
status_updated: "2026-10-01"
status_note: "newly logged"
component: "worker"
severity: "wrong-result"
timestamp: "2026-10-01T14:32:18Z"
last_seen: "2026-10-01T14:32:18Z"
occurrences: 1
files: ["src/worker/src/controller_connector.c", "src/worker/src/xcecd_dbus_manager.c"]
tags: ["virtual-cluster", "job-control", "kill"]
related: []
---

# bug-1905: xcecd_virtual ignores kill of a running job: job keeps RUN until its sleep time elapses

## Description
**Observed:**
```
14:17:47,625 controller_connector.c:1546 Received job control request to send SIGINFO for job ID: 1-0-1790864259-0
14:17:47,625 controller_connector.c:1610 Job control task handled directly for job ID: 1-0-1790864259-0
14:27:40,008 xcecd_worker_utils.c:847  Sleep time 600 >= 600 seconds elapsed for worker 1009 (job 1-0-1790864259-0)
ctrl-1: on_job_finish job finish jobid 1-0-1790864259-0 exit code 0
```
`xcecli jobs kill` of a RUN job (plain `sleep 600`, and array elements `arr3[2]`, `arr3[3]`) is accepted (apiserver: `overallStatus accepted`, SIGTERM) and reaches the virtual worker, but the job stays RUN and finishes DONE with exit 0 when its sleep time elapses. Killing a PEND job works (EXIT).

**Expected:** the virtual worker ends a killed running job as EXITED with exit code 128+signal on its next poll (the `killed_signal` branch in `xcecd_dbus_manager.c:259-262`).
**Impact:** kill of running jobs cannot be exercised on virtual-worker deployments (tests, soaks); the real worker path (`ipc_master_send_job_signal`) is not affected by this record.
**Found by:** spec task (job-array-one-based-index task 10.2 live REST flow)

## Environment
- OS: no /etc/os-release; Docker container; NixOS kernel; kernel Linux 6.18.33 x86_64
- libc: glibc 2.42-47 (interpreter /nix/store/wb6rhpznjfczwlwx23zmdrrw74bayxw4-glibc-2.42-47/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2)
- Toolchain: gcc (GCC) 15.2.0, meson 1.9.1
- Build: asan (src/build.jai)
- Code: scheduler-framework @ 6439e585-dirty
- Deployment: 3-node HA (xce-deploy-ha) + scheduler + apiserver + one xcecd_virtual worker, single host

## Reproduction
1. Deploy with xce-deploy-ha and `start-all.sh`; `xcecli login -u admin -p admin --url http://localhost:8080`.
2. `xcecli jobs submit -J plain2 sleep 600 </dev/null`; wait until `xcecli jobs list` shows RUN.
3. `xcecli jobs kill <id> </dev/null`; `xcecli jobs list -a <id>` still shows RUN, and the job ends DONE after 600 s.
- Frequency: deterministic (3/3 kills of running jobs, 2026-10-01)
- Evidence: /home/claude/tmp/bug-1905/kill-trace.log

## Root cause
TODO: required for fixed/partial

## Fix
TODO: required for fixed/partial

## Verification
- Test: TODO: name + file; RED before the fix, GREEN after
- Suites: TODO: suite results and build profile
- Live: TODO: soak/deploy run, or n/a and why

## References
- Related: none