Commit 9c302174 authored by Grzegorz Bizon's avatar Grzegorz Bizon Committed by Marcel Amirault

Add docs about when a pending build is removed from queue

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Once all jobs are completed for the current stage, the server "unlocks" all the jobs from the next stage by changing their state to `pending`. These can now be picked by the scheduling algorithm when the runner requests new jobs, and continues like this until all stages are completed.
If a job is not picked up by a runner in 24 hours it is automatically removed from
the processing queue after that time. If a pending job is stuck, when there is no
runner available that can process it, it is removed from the queue after 1 hour.
In both cases the job's status is changed to `failed` with an appropriate failure reason.
### Communication between runner and GitLab server
After the runner is [registered](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/register/) using the registration token, the server knows what type of jobs it can execute. This depends on:
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