# "Unauthorized" project build fails but Duration timer continues running

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unauthorized-project-build-fails-but-duration-timer-continues-running/35462>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [April 15, 2020, 8:57am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unauthorized-project-build-fails-but-duration-timer-continues-running/35462 "2020-04-15T08:57:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![mfabiani-av](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/mfabiani-av/32/25016_2.png) [@mfabiani-av](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/mfabiani-av)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 8:57am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unauthorized-project-build-fails-but-duration-timer-continues-running/35462/1 "2020-04-15T08:57:44Z")

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A colleague pushed changes to Github, but he was not registered on CircleCI. The commit triggered a build pipeline but it failed with error “Unauthorized”.  
Now in the list of Pipelines, those Pipelines appear to be Cancelled but the Duration timer is still ticking (now is up to 18hrs and counting). This is only an issue **in the new UI** , the old UI doesn’t show any duration.

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**Author:** ![Jiropole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4491bb/32.png) [@Jiropole](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/Jiropole)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unauthorized-project-build-fails-but-duration-timer-continues-running/35462/2 "2020-05-22T15:34:40Z")

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I have same issue, although not triggered by anything out of the ordinary. Worked 4 days ago, suddenly Unauthorized – on checkout, I presume, but there are 0 details associated with the error.

Did you figure this out @mfabiani-av?

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**Author:** ![mfabiani-av](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/mfabiani-av/32/25016_2.png) [@mfabiani-av](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/mfabiani-av)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 7:52am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unauthorized-project-build-fails-but-duration-timer-continues-running/35462/3 "2020-05-26T07:52:13Z")

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@Jiropole We solved the “Unauthorized” issue (my colleague had not registered on CircleCI yet, so his push to github was not authorized to be built). Next build worked fine, but this bug report is really about the timer that continues running even if the build has failed.

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**Author:** ![Jiropole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4491bb/32.png) [@Jiropole](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/Jiropole)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unauthorized-project-build-fails-but-duration-timer-continues-running/35462/4 "2020-05-29T16:13:13Z")

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Thanks @mfabiani-av. My issue was different, only resolved by regenerating the WebHooks key. But yes, the timer running is definitely confusing.