PM45834: Step with filter applied always passes upon a timeout, regardless of filter match status - regression

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• If a step used a filter set, but the filter set made no matches,
  AND the step timed out - the step would be marked
  as passing.
  Without using filters, the timeout would fail the step, and if
  there are no matches the step _should_ behave as if there were
  no filter sets used.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  Symptom:
  A step with a filter applied and times out does not fail, it
  passes.
  
  Cause:
  The engine only looks for certain returns from the agent for
  application of a filter. The timeout event, or TMO, is not
  one of them. This timeout event has a special case applied
  where the filter code looks for TMO, only in the wrong
  place. The agent response looks like:
  320 EXEC ExecStart["/tmp","server.ibm.com"]
  300 HEARTBEAT 1
  320 TMO ExecTimeout[+10]
  251 RESULT 999
  260 EOR
  
  The TMO entry is the type, not the log line. The filter code
  was errantly looking for TMO in the line.
  

Problem conclusion

• Fix:
  Adjust the filter code to look for TMO in the type of log
  line, not the log line itself. Also made it possible to
  filter on the TMO type...if one should want to.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  BUILD FORGE EE

• Fixed component ID

  5724S2701

Applicable component levels

• R712 PSN

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