# Tests marked as failed but are still running

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/tests-marked-as-failed-but-are-still-running/30169>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [May 2, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/tests-marked-as-failed-but-are-still-running/30169 "2019-05-02T18:24:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![howardjohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a6a055/32.png) [@howardjohn](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/howardjohn)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/tests-marked-as-failed-but-are-still-running/30169/1 "2019-05-02T18:24:42Z")

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Example: [https://circleci.com/gh/istio/istio/405501](https://circleci.com/gh/istio/istio/405501)

In this test, it has been marked as “Failed”, but the last step “make test.integration.kube” is still “running”. I assume it isn’t literally running, but it is reported as such.

This is a major issue for us, since after this step we have a step that reports success/fail to an external system, so if it gets stuck like this we don’t know that the tests failed

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**Author:** ![halfer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/halfer/32/9083_2.png) [@halfer](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/halfer)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/tests-marked-as-failed-but-are-still-running/30169/2 "2019-05-02T21:29:38Z")

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At the moment, it seems to be “Failed”, but the filters show this:

`Show containers:All (1)Successful (0)Failed (0)`

which seems to indicate that it has not failed. It is also still running, which is a bit strange.

It’s been running for over 22 hours at this point, is that expected/normal? I wonder if there is a job time limit that has been triggered.

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**Author:** ![howardjohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a6a055/32.png) [@howardjohn](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/howardjohn)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/tests-marked-as-failed-but-are-still-running/30169/3 "2019-05-02T21:41:13Z")

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I don’t think it is actually running. At the top it is fixed at [(05:15)], which I think is the container runtime maybe?

This test outputs logging almost immediately and consistently, typically takes 30 min, which is why I think it isn’t running

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**Author:** ![halfer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/halfer/32/9083_2.png) [@halfer](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/halfer)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/tests-marked-as-failed-but-are-still-running/30169/4 "2019-05-02T22:03:54Z")

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It’s in a halfway state, isn’t it? `make test.integration.kube` is still ticking away…

I’d suggest opening a bug report by email.