VM is not stopped after 'Shutdown timeout'

[William Edwards]

https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/chapter-qm.html says:

Shutdown timeout: Defines the duration in seconds Proxmox VE should wait for the VM to be offline after issuing a shutdown command. By default this value is set to 180, which means that Proxmox VE will issue a shutdown request and wait 180 seconds for the machine to be offline. If the machine is still online after the timeout it will be stopped forcefully.

The `qmshutdown` task is ended after 'Shutdown timeout' (as the VM did not respond to the ACPI signal).

However, unlike the documentation says, the VM is not force stopped. It still has the state `running`.

The task log is attached.

What am I misunderstanding?

 

[fabian]

the shutdown timeout refers to automatic shutdown when powering down the PVE host itself. for a regular, manual shutdown there is the "--forceStop" option that controls whether to issue a stop after a failed shutdown (it defaults to 0/false).

 

[William Edwards]

the shutdown timeout refers to automatic shutdown when powering down the PVE host itself. for a regular, manual shutdown there is the "--forceStop" option that controls whether to issue a stop after a failed shutdown (it defaults to 0/false).

I did not read the documentation correctly! Thank you.