### Status Update 2024-12-11 For cancelled pipelines: Available as default behavior (https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/10158) For timed out pipelines (Opt-in behavior): users can set appropriate values for `timeout` and `RUNNER_SCRIPT_TIMEOUT` or `RUNNER_AFTER_SCRIPT_TIMEOUT` to get the desired behaviour. See https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/runners/configure_runners.html#set-script-and-after_script-timeouts ### Release notes <!--What is the problem and solution you're proposing? This content sets the overall vision for the feature and serves as the release notes that will populate in various places, including the [release post blog](https://about.gitlab.com/releases/categories/releases/) and [Gitlab project releases](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/releases). "--> ### Problem to Solve It's possible to want a `after_script` step for a gitlab-ci.yml, where it's important that it always run. However, the current behavior of `after_script` is that if a build **times out** the cleanup stage is skipped (even though this does not appear to be the original intent: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ci-multi-runner/issues/102#note_11619214). ### Intended users * [Sasha (Software Developer)](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/product-marketing/roles-personas/#sasha-software-developer) * [Devon (DevOps Engineer)](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/product-marketing/roles-personas/#devon-devops-engineer) ### Proposal Pending for this use case. The old proposal was moved to https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/387230+ which will be scheduled first. #### _Possible_ Workaround Users may be able to make use of the [Job Event webhook](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/integrations/webhook_events.html#job-events) to shut down or cleanup external environments. 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