Apply withStartupTimeoutSeconds to the wait strategy in JdbcDatabaseContainer

[aymenjam]

JdbcDatabaseContainer.withStartupTimeoutSeconds() only sets a field that the default JDBC wait loop reads. Many JDBC containers override waitUntilContainerStarted() to use their wait strategy instead, so the value is ignored. For example, new PostgreSQLContainer(...).withStartupTimeoutSeconds(300) still fails after the 60 seconds of its log wait strategy.

Affected containers: Oracle Free, Oracle XE, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, CockroachDB, CrateDB, Db2, OceanBase, QuestDB and YugabyteDB.

withStartupTimeoutSeconds() now also sets the startup timeout of the wait strategy, like GenericContainer.withStartupTimeout(Duration) does. Containers that use the JDBC wait loop do not change.

Closes #8590

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• Bug Fixes
  • JDBC database containers now apply the configured startup timeout to their startup checks, keeping the readiness wait aligned with the startup limit.
  • If a startup check does not support a container-wide timeout, the JDBC startup timeout remains configured, and container startup can proceed without that configuration causing an exception.

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withStartupTimeoutSeconds now applies the configured timeout to the JDBC container’s wait strategy. If the strategy rejects a general timeout, the method logs the exception and retains the JDBC startup timeout. Tests cover both cases.

Changes

JDBC Startup Timeout

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Apply and verify the JDBC startup timeout modules/jdbc/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/JdbcDatabaseContainer.java, modules/jdbc/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/JdbcDatabaseContainerTest.java	withStartupTimeoutSeconds now sets the wait strategy timeout and logs an IllegalStateException if the strategy rejects it. Tests verify that an accepting strategy receives a 42-second timeout and that an individual-timeout-only strategy does not prevent the JDBC timeout from being stored.

Priority: ⬆️ High

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: eddumelendez

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 736c9

The configured startup timeout now reaches JDBC containers that use their wait strategy. No issue requiring a fix before merge was identified.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to b6e5a

Normal timeout propagation follows the existing container API. However, a supported composite-wait mode now makes the JDBC setter throw after updating part of its configuration. The examined path introduces no new identity or credential boundary, and the impact is limited to caller-configured readiness strategies.

Retained concerns

• Low · architecture · observed: The JDBC timeout setter newly exposes strategy-specific configuration failures after updating its legacy field. Installing WaitAllStrategy in WITH_INDIVIDUAL_TIMEOUTS_ONLY mode makes the setter throw while leaving the JDBC timeout changed and strategy configuration unchanged. This changes the public setter's failure contract and leaves recovery to the caller; the strategy's rejection itself predates this PR.

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Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The examined mutation reaches the container's selected strategy and its configured composite children. If callers reuse mutable strategy objects, those shared objects also receive the mutation; actual cross-container sharing and wider environment exposure were not established.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The timeout remains configuration supplied by the container caller. Readiness still executes the selected strategy or the JDBC connection/query loop; the examined change does not replace these checks with an unconditional readiness result.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 20.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 5 functions across 2 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly states the main change: applying the JDBC startup timeout to the wait strategy.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the previous behavior, the change, its scope, and the related issue. It meets the template’s requirement for a brief description and context.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Issue #8590 requires withStartupTimeoutSeconds() to extend Oracle Free and Oracle XE startup waits. JdbcDatabaseContainer.withStartupTimeoutSeconds() now also calls `getWaitStrategy().withStartupT…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The implementation and tests relate directly to #8590. Applying the timeout to JDBC wait strategies addresses the reported defect across containers that use those strategies. The `IllegalStateExceptio…

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Review comments at
@modules/jdbc/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/JdbcDatabaseContainer.java:
- Line 127: Update withStartupTimeoutSeconds to retain the JDBC timeout while
skipping getWaitStrategy().withStartupTimeout for a WaitAllStrategy in
WITH_INDIVIDUAL_TIMEOUTS_ONLY mode; continue applying the group timeout for
strategies that allow it.
- Line 127: Update JdbcDatabaseContainer so a startup timeout set by
withStartupTimeoutSeconds is also applied when waitingFor installs a replacement
strategy, regardless of call order. Track whether the timeout was explicitly
configured and apply it only in that case, preserving custom strategy timeouts
when it was not.

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[aymenjam]

About the call order: if waitingFor() is called after withStartupTimeoutSeconds(), the new strategy keeps its own timeout. GenericContainer.withStartupTimeout(Duration) works the same way: the last call wins. Changing waitingFor() is out of scope for #8590, so I kept this PR small.