From 0136bb4dcac22e7cd59c3265d51297daa1fe65ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <peter@steipete.me>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:37:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] test: shorten cron process-group timeout probe (#109457)

---
 src/cron/command-runner.test.ts | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cron/command-runner.test.ts b/src/cron/command-runner.test.ts
index 1f91413cb22c..bc9cd1c8ead8 100644
--- a/src/cron/command-runner.test.ts
+++ b/src/cron/command-runner.test.ts
@@ -139,9 +139,8 @@ describe("runCronCommandJob", () => {
   it.skipIf(process.platform === "win32")("kills shell process groups on timeout", async () => {
     const tempDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-cron-command-"));
     const childPidPath = path.join(tempDir, "child.pid");
-    const childScript = "setInterval(() => {}, 1000)";
     const shellCommand = [
-      `${JSON.stringify(process.execPath)} -e ${JSON.stringify(childScript)} &`,
+      "sleep 60 &",
       "child_pid=$!",
       `printf '%s' "$child_pid" > ${JSON.stringify(childPidPath)}`,
       'wait "$child_pid"',
@@ -151,7 +150,7 @@ describe("runCronCommandJob", () => {
       job: makeCommandJob({
         kind: "command",
         argv: ["sh", "-lc", shellCommand],
-        timeoutSeconds: 1,
+        timeoutSeconds: 0.5,
       }),
     });