Print less severe message for incomplete deployment

4 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/client/go/internal/cli/cmd/root.go b/client/go/internal/cli/cmd/root.go
index 383ce7dd28d..8e0f3de4f72 100644
--- a/client/go/internal/cli/cmd/root.go
+++ b/client/go/internal/cli/cmd/root.go
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ type CLI struct {
 // the error.
 type ErrCLI struct {
 	Status int
+	warn   bool
 	quiet  bool
 	hints  []string
 	error
@@ -599,7 +600,11 @@ func (c *CLI) Run(args ...string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		if cliErr, ok := err.(ErrCLI); ok {
 			if !cliErr.quiet {
-				c.printErr(cliErr, cliErr.hints...)
+				if cliErr.warn {
+					c.printWarning(cliErr, cliErr.hints...)
+				} else {
+					c.printErr(cliErr, cliErr.hints...)
+				}
 			}
 		} else {
 			c.printErr(err)
diff --git a/client/go/internal/cli/cmd/status.go b/client/go/internal/cli/cmd/status.go
index 29a4a5775db..6056ee439b2 100644
--- a/client/go/internal/cli/cmd/status.go
+++ b/client/go/internal/cli/cmd/status.go
@@ -176,7 +176,11 @@ $ vespa status deployment -t local [session-id] --wait 600
 			waiter := cli.waiter(time.Duration(waitSecs) * time.Second)
 			id, err := waiter.Deployment(t, wantedID)
 			if err != nil {
-				return err
+				var hints []string
+				if waiter.Timeout == 0 {
+					hints = []string{"Consider using the --wait flag to wait for completion"}
+				}
+				return ErrCLI{Status: 1, warn: true, hints: hints, error: err}
 			}
 			if t.IsCloud() {
 				log.Printf("Deployment run %s has completed", color.CyanString(strconv.FormatInt(id, 10)))
diff --git a/client/go/internal/cli/cmd/status_test.go b/client/go/internal/cli/cmd/status_test.go
index 3c6277b9050..5ef96c462d8 100644
--- a/client/go/internal/cli/cmd/status_test.go
+++ b/client/go/internal/cli/cmd/status_test.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func TestStatusError(t *testing.T) {
 	cli.httpClient = client
 	assert.NotNil(t, cli.Run("status", "container"))
 	assert.Equal(t,
-		"Container default at http://127.0.0.1:8080 is not ready: unhealthy container default: status 500 at http://127.0.0.1:8080/status.html: wait timed out\n",
+		"Container default at http://127.0.0.1:8080 is not ready: unhealthy container default: status 500 at http://127.0.0.1:8080/status.html: giving up\n",
 		stdout.String())
 	assert.Equal(t,
 		"Error: services not ready: default\n",
@@ -122,13 +122,13 @@ func TestStatusLocalDeployment(t *testing.T) {
 	resp.Body = []byte(`{"currentGeneration": 42, "converged": false}`)
 	client.NextResponse(resp)
 	assert.NotNil(t, cli.Run("status", "deployment"))
-	assert.Equal(t, "Error: deployment not converged on latest generation: wait timed out\n", stderr.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, "Warning: deployment not converged on latest generation: giving up\nHint: Consider using the --wait flag to wait for completion\n", stderr.String())
 
 	// Explicit generation
 	stderr.Reset()
 	client.NextResponse(resp)
 	assert.NotNil(t, cli.Run("status", "deployment", "41"))
-	assert.Equal(t, "Error: deployment not converged on generation 41: wait timed out\n", stderr.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, "Warning: deployment not converged on generation 41: giving up\nHint: Consider using the --wait flag to wait for completion\n", stderr.String())
 }
 
 func TestStatusCloudDeployment(t *testing.T) {
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func TestStatusCloudDeployment(t *testing.T) {
 		Body:   []byte(`{"active": false, "status": "failure"}`),
 	})
 	assert.NotNil(t, cli.Run("status", "deployment", "42", "-w", "10"))
-	assert.Equal(t, "Waiting up to 10s for deployment to converge...\nError: deployment run 42 incomplete after waiting up to 10s: aborting wait: run 42 ended with unsuccessful status: failure\n", stderr.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, "Waiting up to 10s for deployment to converge...\nWarning: deployment run 42 incomplete after waiting up to 10s: aborting wait: run 42 ended with unsuccessful status: failure\n", stderr.String())
 }
 
 func isLocalTarget(args []string) bool {
diff --git a/client/go/internal/vespa/target.go b/client/go/internal/vespa/target.go
index 543ce2f4a29..36f69583b9a 100644
--- a/client/go/internal/vespa/target.go
+++ b/client/go/internal/vespa/target.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const (
 	AnyDeployment int64 = -2
 )
 
-var errWaitTimeout = errors.New("wait timed out")
+var errWaitTimeout = errors.New("giving up")
 var errAuth = errors.New("auth failed")
 
 // Authenticator authenticates the given HTTP request.