# Background jobs die after 2 hours

## post by kyle on Aug 15, 2023

I am experiencing a strange problem. When I run

`nohup python my_script.py > my_out.out &` the program stops executing after about 2-3 hours. There are no errors and I cannot find anything in the system logs.

A coworker suggested something about the kernel having a background program timeout. Anyone experience something similar and have a fix?

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