# "Long" actions die and produce crazy behavior

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/long-actions-die-and-produce-crazy-behavior/5883
**Category:** Bugs
**Created:** [January 8, 2014, 8:31am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/long-actions-die-and-produce-crazy-behavior/5883 "2014-01-08T08:31:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author: ![christian.leh](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@christian.leh](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/christian.leh)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2014, 8:31am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/long-actions-die-and-produce-crazy-behavior/5883/1 "2014-01-08T08:31:33Z")

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it seems that actions lasting for 1 minute or longer will cause everything to "explode"

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### Author: ![Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/vincent/32/938_2.png) [@Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Vincent)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2014, 9:04am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/long-actions-die-and-produce-crazy-behavior/5883/2 "2014-01-08T09:04:00Z")

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Hi Christian

We're currently investigating this issue, we had it here today on our own build server. I wasn't able to reproduce it again though.&nbsp;

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### Author: ![christian.leh](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@christian.leh](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/christian.leh)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2014, 9:24am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/long-actions-die-and-produce-crazy-behavior/5883/3 "2014-01-08T09:24:39Z")

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great, because it really sucks and prevents us from using concurrent builds, too.

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### Author: ![Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/vincent/32/938_2.png) [@Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Vincent)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2014, 10:23am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/long-actions-die-and-produce-crazy-behavior/5883/4 "2014-01-08T10:23:55Z")

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Hi Christian   
  
 Can you check the Continua Event Log, if there is an entry can you email it to support @ [finalbuilder.com](http://finalbuilder.com)?

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### Author: ![christian.leh](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@christian.leh](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/christian.leh)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2014, 10:39am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/long-actions-die-and-produce-crazy-behavior/5883/5 "2014-01-08T10:39:07Z")

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Sent.

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### Author: ![Sparky](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/sparky/32/10_2.png) [@Sparky](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Sparky)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2014, 9:41am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/long-actions-die-and-produce-crazy-behavior/5883/6 "2014-01-09T09:41:16Z")

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Hi Christian,

The new build[&nbsp;v1.0.0.2832](https://www.finalbuilder.com/Downloads/ContinuaCI.aspx)&nbsp;includes changes to call to get the agent property which should fix this issue

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### Author: ![christian.leh](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@christian.leh](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/christian.leh)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2014, 10:02am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/long-actions-die-and-produce-crazy-behavior/5883/7 "2014-01-09T10:02:53Z")

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Yeah, seems to work. The output of mstest states all 2479 tests but because of this issue ([https://www.finalbuilder.com/Support/Forums/aft/13335.aspx](https://www.finalbuilder.com/Support/Forums/aft/13335.aspx)) i cannot see them anywhere in the UI. there are only 115 listed.   
  
 we have two unit test actions: first one with 115 and second one with the 2364.   
  
 so it seems that after the first one is writing its results, second one cannot do it anymore because of the error above.

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### Author: ![christian.leh](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@christian.leh](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/christian.leh)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2014, 10:03am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/long-actions-die-and-produce-crazy-behavior/5883/8 "2014-01-09T10:03:43Z")

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Correct link: [https://www.finalbuilder.com/Support/Forums/aft/13335.aspx](https://www.finalbuilder.com/Support/Forums/aft/13335.aspx)

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### Author: ![Sparky](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/sparky/32/10_2.png) [@Sparky](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Sparky)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2014, 7:04am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/long-actions-die-and-produce-crazy-behavior/5883/9 "2014-01-10T07:04:04Z")

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HI Christian,

The latest build should fix the log writer issue which is in turn causing this issue
