`Build was canceled` on an orb command when `background: true` is added

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I am getting a Build was canceled error when I call one of the orb commands from a project without any explanation as to why the build was canceled. This error only comes up when I add background: true to the command. When I comment out background: true, the command runs without issues.

I have to have the background: true because I want this command to run in the background without the need for other jobs to wait for it to complete since it takes longer to finish.

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Here is what my orb command that I am calling looks like:

- run:
      name: Scan
      environment:
        RELEASE_VERSION: <<parameters.release-version>>
      command:
        << include(scripts/scan.sh) >>
      background: true
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This likely means the process still returned an exit code. When running a background process, it is expected that the process is long-running. If the process were to exit before the next step begins, I believe this would explain what you are seeing.

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I still don’t understand. Why would the process return an exit code when background:true is passed and it runs fine when background:true is commented out.

All I want is for my set of commands in << include(scripts/scan.sh) >> to be run in the background.

Or does background:true only work with individual unix commands and not with a set of commands in bash script?

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I just learned that all background jobs complete with a status of cancelled. This automatically happens when the “foreground” jobs complete. So the background job is running until the foreground job (next step) fails or completes. Hope this helps

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