Policy
Timeout for inactive BITS jobs
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: WindowsServer2003, WindowsXP
This policy setting specifies the number of days a pending BITS job can remain inactive before the job is considered abandoned. By default BITS will wait 90 days before considering an inactive job abandoned. After a job is determined to be abandoned, the job is deleted from BITS and any downloaded files for the job are deleted from the disk. Note: Any property changes to the job or any successful download action will reset this timeout. Consider increasing the timeout value if computers tend to stay offline for a long period of time and still have pending jobs. Consider decreasing this value if you are concerned about orphaned jobs occupying disk space. If you enable this policy setting, you can configure the inactive job timeout to specified number of days. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the default value of 90 (days) will be used for the inactive job timeout.
Registry values
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No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
| Scope | Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer | Inactive Job Timeout in Days: ID BITS_Job_Timeout_Time | decimal | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\BITS Value name JobInactivityTimeout Type REG_DWORD | Range: 1 to 999 |