topic Timeout firing after execution leaves sub-process? in Alfresco Forum https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/timeout-firing-after-execution-leaves-sub-process/m-p/24955#M10824 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>&nbsp; Please see the attached diagram.</P><P></P><P>I have a workflow that uses a subprocess. &nbsp;The subprocess waits for a set of series to arrive (labeled #1,&nbsp;<A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.alfresco.com/thread/228258-how-to-handle-a-race-condition-signaling-an-execution" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">see the associated question</A>), when everything is ready, the workflow should proceed to the plugin (a JavaDelegate, labeled #3). &nbsp;But the plugin takes longer than the sub-process timeout (labeled #2) and the workflow exits (labeled #4) through the timeout branch, not the "plugin" branch.</P><P></P><P>If the "plugin" is async, all works well, but if not, the sub-process timeout fires and the workflow exits unexpectedly. &nbsp;I would not have expected this behavior.</P><P></P><P>Should Activiti detect that the execution has left the sub-process and cancel the timeout?</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>-dan</P><P></P><P><IMG alt="" class="image-1 jive-image j-img-original" src="https://connect.hyland.com/legacyfs/online/alfresco/14897_workflow.png" style="width: 620px; height: 300px;" /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 03 Jul 2017 16:55:30 GMT blezek 2017-07-03T16:55:30Z Timeout firing after execution leaves sub-process? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/timeout-firing-after-execution-leaves-sub-process/m-p/24955#M10824 Hi,&nbsp; Please see the attached diagram.I have a workflow that uses a subprocess. &nbsp;The subprocess waits for a set of series to arrive (labeled #1,&nbsp;see the associated question), when everything is ready, the workflow should proceed to the plugin (a JavaDelegate, labeled #3). &nbsp;But the plugin takes longer Mon, 03 Jul 2017 16:55:30 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/timeout-firing-after-execution-leaves-sub-process/m-p/24955#M10824 blezek 2017-07-03T16:55:30Z Re: Timeout firing after execution leaves sub-process? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/timeout-firing-after-execution-leaves-sub-process/m-p/24956#M10825 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Why is it inconvenient if it is asynchronous?</P><P></P><P>If it is synchronous, since the transaction is not committed until Recieve task is arreived, the timer job cannot check that the subprocess has completed.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 04 Jul 2017 03:35:16 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/timeout-firing-after-execution-leaves-sub-process/m-p/24956#M10825 Anonymous 2017-07-04T03:35:16Z