Azure Pipelines "ran longer than the maximum time" Timeout

The job exceeded its configured (or default) maximum time, so Azure Pipelines canceled it. The work was still running when the limit hit.

What this error means

The job is canceled with "The job running on agent X ran longer than the maximum time of N minutes." It often only happens on slow runs.

azure-pipelines

##[error]The job running on agent Hosted Agent ran longer than the
maximum time of 60 minutes. For more information, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink

Common causes

Work genuinely too slow

A build or test step ran past the limit on a slow agent or under load.

A hung step

A command waiting on input or deadlocked never returns.

Limit set too low

timeoutInMinutes does not allow headroom for variance.

How to fix it

Raise or scope the timeout

Set a realistic timeoutInMinutes on the job.
Split very long jobs into stages.

azure-pipelines.yml

jobs:
  - job: integration
    timeoutInMinutes: 90

Remove hangs

Run commands non-interactively and add per-step timeouts.

How to prevent it

If you run on GitHub Actions, self-healing managed runners such as Latchkey auto-retry transient failures, so a one-off slow run does not fail the job. On Azure DevOps, right-size timeoutInMinutes per job.