Introduce reason for destroying runner

in order to return a specific error for OOM Killed Executions.

internal/api/ws/codeocean_writer.go

@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ func (cw *codeOceanOutputWriter) Close(info *runner.ExitInfo) {
 	switch {
 	case errors.Is(info.Err, context.DeadlineExceeded) || errors.Is(info.Err, runner.ErrorRunnerInactivityTimeout):
 		cw.send(&dto.WebSocketMessage{Type: dto.WebSocketMetaTimeout})
+	case errors.Is(info.Err, runner.ErrOOMKilled):
+		cw.send(&dto.WebSocketMessage{Type: dto.WebSocketOutputError, Data: runner.ErrOOMKilled.Error()})
 	case info.Err != nil:
 		errorMessage := "Error executing the request"
 		log.WithContext(cw.ctx).WithError(info.Err).Warn(errorMessage)

internal/api/ws/codeocean_writer_test.go

@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ func TestCodeOceanOutputWriter_SendExitInfo(t *testing.T) {
 			dto.WebSocketMessage{Type: dto.WebSocketMetaTimeout}},
 		{"Error", &runner.ExitInfo{Err: websocket.ErrCloseSent},
 			dto.WebSocketMessage{Type: dto.WebSocketOutputError, Data: "Error executing the request"}},
+		// CodeOcean expects this exact string in case of a OOM Killed runner.
+		{"Specific data for OOM Killed runner", &runner.ExitInfo{Err: runner.ErrOOMKilled},
+			dto.WebSocketMessage{Type: dto.WebSocketOutputError, Data: "the allocation was OOM Killed"}},
 		{"Exit", &runner.ExitInfo{Code: 21},
 			dto.WebSocketMessage{Type: dto.WebSocketExit, ExitCode: 21}},
 	}

internal/nomad/job.go

@@ -196,3 +196,20 @@ func partOfJobID(id string, part uint) (dto.EnvironmentID, error) {
 	}
 	return dto.EnvironmentID(environmentID), nil
 }
+
+func isOOMKilled(alloc *nomadApi.Allocation) bool {
+	state, ok := alloc.TaskStates[TaskName]
+	if !ok {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	var oomKilledCount uint64
+	for _, event := range state.Events {
+		if oomString, ok := event.Details["oom_killed"]; ok {
+			if oom, err := strconv.ParseBool(oomString); err == nil && oom {
+				oomKilledCount++
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return oomKilledCount >= state.Restarts
+}

internal/nomad/job_test.go

@@ -141,3 +141,18 @@ func TestEnvironmentIDFromRunnerID(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err = EnvironmentIDFromRunnerID("")
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 }
+
+func TestOOMKilledAllocation(t *testing.T) {
+	event := nomadApi.TaskEvent{Details: map[string]string{"oom_killed": "true"}}
+	state := nomadApi.TaskState{Restarts: 2, Events: []*nomadApi.TaskEvent{&event}}
+	alloc := nomadApi.Allocation{TaskStates: map[string]*nomadApi.TaskState{TaskName: &state}}
+	assert.False(t, isOOMKilled(&alloc))
+
+	event2 := nomadApi.TaskEvent{Details: map[string]string{"oom_killed": "false"}}
+	alloc.TaskStates[TaskName].Events = []*nomadApi.TaskEvent{&event, &event2}
+	assert.False(t, isOOMKilled(&alloc))
+
+	event3 := nomadApi.TaskEvent{Details: map[string]string{"oom_killed": "true"}}
+	alloc.TaskStates[TaskName].Events = []*nomadApi.TaskEvent{&event, &event2, &event3}
+	assert.True(t, isOOMKilled(&alloc))
+}

internal/nomad/nomad.go

@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ var (
 	ErrorPlacingAllocations                                    = errors.New("failed to place all allocations")
 	ErrorLoadingJob                                            = errors.New("failed to load job")
 	ErrorNoAllocatedResourcesFound                             = errors.New("no allocated resources found")
+	ErrorOOMKilled                         RunnerDeletedReason = errors.New("the allocation was OOM Killed")
+	ErrorAllocationRescheduled             RunnerDeletedReason = errors.New("the allocation was rescheduled")
+	ErrorAllocationStopped                 RunnerDeletedReason = errors.New("the allocation was stopped")
+	ErrorAllocationStoppedUnexpectedly     RunnerDeletedReason = fmt.Errorf("%w unexpectedly", ErrorAllocationStopped)
+	ErrorAllocationRescheduledUnexpectedly RunnerDeletedReason = fmt.Errorf(
+		"%w correctly but rescheduled", ErrorAllocationStopped)
+	// ErrorAllocationCompleted is for reporting the reason for the stopped allocation.
+	// We do not consider it as an error but add it anyway for a complete reporting.
+	ErrorAllocationCompleted RunnerDeletedReason = errors.New("the allocation completed")
 )
 
 // resultChannelWriteTimeout is to detect the error when more element are written into a channel than expected.
@@ -37,7 +46,8 @@ type AllocationProcessing struct {
 	OnNew     NewAllocationProcessor
 	OnDeleted DeletedAllocationProcessor
 }
-type DeletedAllocationProcessor func(jobID string) (removedByPoseidon bool)
+type RunnerDeletedReason error
+type DeletedAllocationProcessor func(jobID string, RunnerDeletedReason error) (removedByPoseidon bool)
 type NewAllocationProcessor func(*nomadApi.Allocation, time.Duration)
 
 type allocationData struct {
@@ -191,7 +201,7 @@ func (a *APIClient) MonitorEvaluation(evaluationID string, ctx context.Context)
 		go func() {
 			err = a.WatchEventStream(ctx, &AllocationProcessing{
 				OnNew:     func(_ *nomadApi.Allocation, _ time.Duration) {},
-				OnDeleted: func(_ string) bool { return false },
+				OnDeleted: func(_ string, _ error) bool { return false },
 			})
 			cancel() // cancel the waiting for an evaluation result if watching the event stream ends.
 		}()
@@ -411,11 +421,15 @@ func handlePendingAllocationEvent(alloc *nomadApi.Allocation, allocData *allocat
 	case structs.AllocDesiredStatusRun:
 		if allocData != nil {
 			// Handle Allocation restart.
-			callbacks.OnDeleted(alloc.JobID)
+			var reason error
+			if isOOMKilled(alloc) {
+				reason = ErrorOOMKilled
+			}
+			callbacks.OnDeleted(alloc.JobID, reason)
 		} else if alloc.PreviousAllocation != "" {
 			// Handle Runner (/Container) re-allocations.
 			if prevData, ok := allocations.Get(alloc.PreviousAllocation); ok {
-				if removedByPoseidon := callbacks.OnDeleted(prevData.jobID); removedByPoseidon {
+				if removedByPoseidon := callbacks.OnDeleted(prevData.jobID, ErrorAllocationRescheduled); removedByPoseidon {
 					// This case handles a race condition between the overdue runner inactivity timeout and the rescheduling of a
 					// lost allocation. The race condition leads first to the rescheduling of the runner, but right after to it
 					// being stopped. Instead of reporting an unexpected stop of the pending runner, we just not start tracking it.
@@ -466,7 +480,7 @@ func handleCompleteAllocationEvent(alloc *nomadApi.Allocation, _ *allocationData
 	case structs.AllocDesiredStatusRun:
 		log.WithField("alloc", alloc).Warn("Complete allocation desires to run")
 	case structs.AllocDesiredStatusStop:
-		callbacks.OnDeleted(alloc.JobID)
+		callbacks.OnDeleted(alloc.JobID, ErrorAllocationCompleted)
 		allocations.Delete(alloc.ID)
 	default:
 		log.WithField("alloc", alloc).Warn("Other Desired Status")
@@ -477,32 +491,40 @@ func handleCompleteAllocationEvent(alloc *nomadApi.Allocation, _ *allocationData
 func handleFailedAllocationEvent(alloc *nomadApi.Allocation, allocData *allocationData,
 	allocations storage.Storage[*allocationData], callbacks *AllocationProcessing) {
 	// The stop is expected when the allocation desired to stop even before it failed.
-	expectedStop := allocData.allocDesiredStatus == structs.AllocDesiredStatusStop
+	reschedulingExpected := allocData.allocDesiredStatus != structs.AllocDesiredStatusStop
-	handleStoppingAllocationEvent(alloc, allocations, callbacks, expectedStop)
+	handleStoppingAllocationEvent(alloc, allocations, callbacks, reschedulingExpected)
 }
 
 // handleLostAllocationEvent logs only the last of the multiple lost events.
 func handleLostAllocationEvent(alloc *nomadApi.Allocation, allocData *allocationData,
 	allocations storage.Storage[*allocationData], callbacks *AllocationProcessing) {
 	// The stop is expected when the allocation desired to stop even before it got lost.
-	expectedStop := allocData.allocDesiredStatus == structs.AllocDesiredStatusStop
+	reschedulingExpected := allocData.allocDesiredStatus != structs.AllocDesiredStatusStop
-	handleStoppingAllocationEvent(alloc, allocations, callbacks, expectedStop)
+	handleStoppingAllocationEvent(alloc, allocations, callbacks, reschedulingExpected)
 }
 
 func handleStoppingAllocationEvent(alloc *nomadApi.Allocation, allocations storage.Storage[*allocationData],
-	callbacks *AllocationProcessing, expectedStop bool) {
+	callbacks *AllocationProcessing, reschedulingExpected bool) {
+	replacementAllocationScheduled := alloc.NextAllocation != ""
+	correctRescheduling := reschedulingExpected == replacementAllocationScheduled
+
 	removedByPoseidon := false
-	if alloc.NextAllocation == "" {
+	if !replacementAllocationScheduled {
-		removedByPoseidon = callbacks.OnDeleted(alloc.JobID)
+		var reason error
+		if correctRescheduling {
+			reason = ErrorAllocationStoppedUnexpectedly
+		} else {
+			reason = ErrorAllocationRescheduledUnexpectedly
+		}
+		removedByPoseidon = callbacks.OnDeleted(alloc.JobID, reason)
 		allocations.Delete(alloc.ID)
 	}
 
 	entry := log.WithField("job", alloc.JobID)
-	replacementAllocationScheduled := alloc.NextAllocation != ""
+	if !removedByPoseidon && !correctRescheduling {
-	if !removedByPoseidon && expectedStop == replacementAllocationScheduled {
 		entry.WithField("alloc", alloc).Warn("Unexpected Allocation Stopping / Restarting")
 	} else {
-		entry.Debug("Expected Allocation Stopping / Restarting")
+		entry.Trace("Expected Allocation Stopping / Restarting")
 	}
 }
 

internal/nomad/nomad_test.go

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 var (
 	noopAllocationProcessing = &AllocationProcessing{
 		OnNew:     func(_ *nomadApi.Allocation, _ time.Duration) {},
-		OnDeleted: func(_ string) bool { return false },
+		OnDeleted: func(_ string, _ error) bool { return false },
 	}
 	ErrUnexpectedEOF = errors.New("unexpected EOF")
 )
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ func TestHandleAllocationEvent_IgnoresReschedulesForStoppedJobs(t *testing.T) {
 
 	err := handleAllocationEvent(time.Now().UnixNano(), allocations, &rescheduledEvent, &AllocationProcessing{
 		OnNew:     func(_ *nomadApi.Allocation, _ time.Duration) {},
-		OnDeleted: func(_ string) bool { return true },
+		OnDeleted: func(_ string, _ error) bool { return true },
 	})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -596,6 +596,28 @@ func TestHandleAllocationEvent_IgnoresReschedulesForStoppedJobs(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.False(t, ok)
 }
 
+func TestHandleAllocationEvent_ReportsOOMKilledStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	restartedAllocation := createRecentAllocation(structs.AllocClientStatusPending, structs.AllocDesiredStatusRun)
+	event := nomadApi.TaskEvent{Details: map[string]string{"oom_killed": "true"}}
+	state := nomadApi.TaskState{Restarts: 1, Events: []*nomadApi.TaskEvent{&event}}
+	restartedAllocation.TaskStates = map[string]*nomadApi.TaskState{TaskName: &state}
+	restartedEvent := eventForAllocation(t, restartedAllocation)
+
+	allocations := storage.NewLocalStorage[*allocationData]()
+	allocations.Add(restartedAllocation.ID, &allocationData{jobID: restartedAllocation.JobID})
+
+	var reason error
+	err := handleAllocationEvent(time.Now().UnixNano(), allocations, &restartedEvent, &AllocationProcessing{
+		OnNew: func(_ *nomadApi.Allocation, _ time.Duration) {},
+		OnDeleted: func(_ string, r error) bool {
+			reason = r
+			return true
+		},
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.ErrorIs(t, reason, ErrorOOMKilled)
+}
+
 func TestAPIClient_WatchAllocationsReturnsErrorWhenAllocationStreamCannotBeRetrieved(t *testing.T) {
 	apiMock := &apiQuerierMock{}
 	apiMock.On("EventStream", mock.Anything).Return(nil, tests.ErrDefault)
@@ -638,7 +660,7 @@ func assertWatchAllocation(t *testing.T, events []*nomadApi.Events,
 		OnNew: func(alloc *nomadApi.Allocation, _ time.Duration) {
 			newAllocations = append(newAllocations, alloc)
 		},
-		OnDeleted: func(jobID string) bool {
+		OnDeleted: func(jobID string, _ error) bool {
 			deletedAllocations = append(deletedAllocations, jobID)
 			return false
 		},

internal/runner/aws_runner.go

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func NewAWSFunctionWorkload(
 	workload.executions = storage.NewMonitoredLocalStorage[*dto.ExecutionRequest](
 		monitoring.MeasurementExecutionsAWS, monitorExecutionsRunnerID(environment.ID(), workload.id), time.Minute, ctx)
 	workload.InactivityTimer = NewInactivityTimer(workload, func(_ Runner) error {
-		return workload.Destroy(false)
+		return workload.Destroy(nil)
 	})
 	return workload, nil
 }
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func (w *AWSFunctionWorkload) GetFileContent(_ string, _ http.ResponseWriter, _
 	return dto.ErrNotSupported
 }
 
-func (w *AWSFunctionWorkload) Destroy(_ bool) error {
+func (w *AWSFunctionWorkload) Destroy(_ DestroyReason) error {
 	w.cancel()
 	if err := w.onDestroy(w); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error while destroying aws runner: %w", err)

internal/runner/aws_runner_test.go

@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ func TestAWSFunctionWorkload_Destroy(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	err = r.Destroy(false)
+	var reason error
+	err = r.Destroy(reason)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.True(t, hasDestroyBeenCalled)
 }

internal/runner/inactivity_timer.go

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const (
 	TimerExpired  TimerState = 2
 )
 
-var ErrorRunnerInactivityTimeout = errors.New("runner inactivity timeout exceeded")
+var ErrorRunnerInactivityTimeout DestroyReason = errors.New("runner inactivity timeout exceeded")
 
 type InactivityTimerImplementation struct {
 	timer     *time.Timer

internal/runner/nomad_manager.go

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (m *NomadRunnerManager) markRunnerAsUsed(runner Runner, timeoutDuration int
 
 func (m *NomadRunnerManager) Return(r Runner) error {
 	m.usedRunners.Delete(r.ID())
-	err := r.Destroy(false)
+	err := r.Destroy(ErrDestroyedByAPIRequest)
 	if err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("cannot return runner: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func monitorAllocationStartupDuration(startup time.Duration, runnerID string, en
 }
 
 // onAllocationStopped is the callback for when Nomad stopped an allocation.
-func (m *NomadRunnerManager) onAllocationStopped(runnerID string) (alreadyRemoved bool) {
+func (m *NomadRunnerManager) onAllocationStopped(runnerID string, reason error) (alreadyRemoved bool) {
 	log.WithField(dto.KeyRunnerID, runnerID).Debug("Runner stopped")
 
 	if nomad.IsEnvironmentTemplateID(runnerID) {
@@ -189,8 +189,17 @@ func (m *NomadRunnerManager) onAllocationStopped(runnerID string) (alreadyRemove
 
 	r, stillActive := m.usedRunners.Get(runnerID)
 	if stillActive {
+		// Mask the internal stop reason because the runner might disclose/forward it to CodeOcean/externally.
+		switch {
+		case errors.Is(reason, nomad.ErrorOOMKilled):
+			reason = ErrOOMKilled
+		default:
+			log.WithField(dto.KeyRunnerID, runnerID).WithField("reason", reason).Debug("Internal reason for allocation stop")
+			reason = ErrAllocationStopped
+		}
+
 		m.usedRunners.Delete(runnerID)
-		if err := r.Destroy(true); err != nil {
+		if err := r.Destroy(reason); err != nil {
 			log.WithError(err).Warn("Runner of stopped allocation cannot be destroyed")
 		}
 	}

internal/runner/nomad_manager_test.go

@@ -259,7 +259,8 @@ func (s *ManagerTestSuite) TestUpdateRunnersRemovesIdleAndUsedRunner() {
 	s.Require().True(ok)
 	mockIdleRunners(environment.(*ExecutionEnvironmentMock))
 
-	testRunner := NewNomadJob(allocation.JobID, nil, nil, s.nomadRunnerManager.onRunnerDestroyed)
+	testRunner := NewNomadJob(allocation.JobID, nil, s.apiMock, s.nomadRunnerManager.onRunnerDestroyed)
+	s.apiMock.On("DeleteJob", mock.AnythingOfType("string")).Return(nil)
 	environment.AddRunner(testRunner)
 	s.nomadRunnerManager.usedRunners.Add(testRunner.ID(), testRunner)
 
@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@ func (s *ManagerTestSuite) TestUpdateRunnersRemovesIdleAndUsedRunner() {
 		call.Run(func(args mock.Arguments) {
 			callbacks, ok := args.Get(1).(*nomad.AllocationProcessing)
 			s.Require().True(ok)
-			callbacks.OnDeleted(allocation.JobID)
+			callbacks.OnDeleted(allocation.JobID, nil)
 			call.ReturnArguments = mock.Arguments{nil}
 		})
 	})
@@ -400,7 +401,7 @@ func testStoppedInactivityTimer(s *ManagerTestSuite, stopAllocation bool) {
 	s.Require().False(runnerDestroyed)
 
 	if stopAllocation {
-		alreadyRemoved := s.nomadRunnerManager.onAllocationStopped(runner.ID())
+		alreadyRemoved := s.nomadRunnerManager.onAllocationStopped(runner.ID(), nil)
 		s.False(alreadyRemoved)
 	}
 

internal/runner/nomad_runner.go

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import (
 const (
 	// runnerContextKey is the key used to store runners in context.Context.
 	runnerContextKey dto.ContextKey = "runner"
+	// destroyReasonContextKey is the key used to store the reason of the destruction in the context.Context.
+	destroyReasonContextKey dto.ContextKey = "destroyReason"
 	// SIGQUIT is the character that causes a tty to send the SIGQUIT signal to the controlled process.
 	SIGQUIT = 0x1c
 	// executionTimeoutGracePeriod is the time to wait after sending a SIGQUIT signal to a timed out execution.
@@ -39,6 +41,10 @@ var (
 	ErrorUnknownExecution                  = errors.New("unknown execution")
 	ErrorFileCopyFailed                    = errors.New("file copy failed")
 	ErrFileNotFound                        = errors.New("file not found or insufficient permissions")
+	ErrAllocationStopped     DestroyReason = errors.New("the allocation stopped")
+	ErrOOMKilled             DestroyReason = nomad.ErrorOOMKilled
+	ErrDestroyedByAPIRequest DestroyReason = errors.New("the client wants to stop the runner")
+	ErrCannotStopExecution   DestroyReason = errors.New("the execution did not stop after SIGQUIT")
 )
 
 // NomadJob is an abstraction to communicate with Nomad environments.
@@ -71,7 +77,7 @@ func NewNomadJob(id string, portMappings []nomadApi.PortMapping,
 	job.executions = storage.NewMonitoredLocalStorage[*dto.ExecutionRequest](
 		monitoring.MeasurementExecutionsNomad, monitorExecutionsRunnerID(job.Environment(), id), time.Minute, ctx)
 	job.InactivityTimer = NewInactivityTimer(job, func(r Runner) error {
-		err := r.Destroy(false)
+		err := r.Destroy(ErrorRunnerInactivityTimeout)
 		if err != nil {
 			err = fmt.Errorf("NomadJob: %w", err)
 		}
@@ -230,14 +236,15 @@ func (r *NomadJob) GetFileContent(
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (r *NomadJob) Destroy(local bool) (err error) {
+func (r *NomadJob) Destroy(reason DestroyReason) (err error) {
+	r.ctx = context.WithValue(r.ctx, destroyReasonContextKey, reason)
 	r.cancel()
 	r.StopTimeout()
 	if r.onDestroy != nil {
 		err = r.onDestroy(r)
 	}
 
-	if !local && err == nil {
+	if err == nil && (!errors.Is(reason, ErrAllocationStopped) || !errors.Is(reason, ErrOOMKilled)) {
 		err = util.RetryExponential(time.Second, func() (err error) {
 			if err = r.api.DeleteJob(r.ID()); err != nil {
 				err = fmt.Errorf("error deleting runner in Nomad: %w", err)
@@ -290,14 +297,22 @@ func (r *NomadJob) handleExitOrContextDone(ctx context.Context, cancelExecute co
 	}
 
 	err := ctx.Err()
-	if r.TimeoutPassed() {
+	if reason, ok := r.ctx.Value(destroyReasonContextKey).(error); ok {
-		err = ErrorRunnerInactivityTimeout
+		err = reason
+		if r.TimeoutPassed() && !errors.Is(err, ErrorRunnerInactivityTimeout) {
+			log.WithError(err).Warn("Wrong destroy reason for expired runner")
+		}
 	}
 
 	// From this time on the WebSocket connection to the client is closed in /internal/api/websocket.go
 	// waitForExit. Input can still be sent to the executor.
 	exit <- ExitInfo{255, err}
 
+	// This condition prevents further interaction with a stopped / dead allocation.
+	if errors.Is(err, ErrAllocationStopped) || errors.Is(err, ErrOOMKilled) {
+		return
+	}
+
 	// This injects the SIGQUIT character into the stdin. This character is parsed by the tty line discipline
 	// (tty has to be true) and converted to a SIGQUIT signal sent to the foreground process attached to the tty.
 	// By default, SIGQUIT causes the process to terminate and produces a core dump. Processes can catch this signal
@@ -318,8 +333,8 @@ func (r *NomadJob) handleExitOrContextDone(ctx context.Context, cancelExecute co
 	case <-exitInternal:
 		log.WithContext(ctx).Debug("Execution terminated after SIGQUIT")
 	case <-time.After(executionTimeoutGracePeriod):
-		log.WithContext(ctx).Info("Execution did not quit after SIGQUIT")
+		log.WithContext(ctx).Info(ErrCannotStopExecution.Error())
-		if err := r.Destroy(false); err != nil {
+		if err := r.Destroy(ErrCannotStopExecution); err != nil {
 			log.WithContext(ctx).Error("Error when destroying runner")
 		}
 	}

internal/runner/nomad_runner_test.go

@@ -114,12 +114,14 @@ func (s *ExecuteInteractivelyTestSuite) SetupTest() {
 	s.manager = &ManagerMock{}
 	s.manager.On("Return", mock.Anything).Return(nil)
 
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	s.runner = &NomadJob{
 		executions:      storage.NewLocalStorage[*dto.ExecutionRequest](),
 		InactivityTimer: s.timer,
 		id:              tests.DefaultRunnerID,
 		api:             s.apiMock,
-		ctx:             context.Background(),
+		ctx:             ctx,
+		cancel:          cancel,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -235,12 +237,30 @@ func (s *ExecuteInteractivelyTestSuite) TestExitHasTimeoutErrorIfRunnerTimesOut(
 	executionRequest := &dto.ExecutionRequest{}
 	s.runner.StoreExecution(defaultExecutionID, executionRequest)
 
-	exitChannel, cancel, err := s.runner.ExecuteInteractively(
+	exitChannel, _, err := s.runner.ExecuteInteractively(
 		defaultExecutionID, &nullio.ReadWriter{}, nil, nil, context.Background())
 	s.Require().NoError(err)
-	cancel()
+	err = s.runner.Destroy(ErrorRunnerInactivityTimeout)
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
 	exit := <-exitChannel
-	s.Equal(ErrorRunnerInactivityTimeout, exit.Err)
+	s.ErrorIs(exit.Err, ErrorRunnerInactivityTimeout)
+}
+
+func (s *ExecuteInteractivelyTestSuite) TestDestroyReasonIsPassedToExecution() {
+	s.mockedExecuteCommandCall.Run(func(args mock.Arguments) {
+		select {}
+	}).Return(0, nil)
+	s.mockedTimeoutPassedCall.Return(true)
+	executionRequest := &dto.ExecutionRequest{}
+	s.runner.StoreExecution(defaultExecutionID, executionRequest)
+
+	exitChannel, _, err := s.runner.ExecuteInteractively(
+		defaultExecutionID, &nullio.ReadWriter{}, nil, nil, context.Background())
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+	err = s.runner.Destroy(ErrOOMKilled)
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+	exit := <-exitChannel
+	s.ErrorIs(exit.Err, ErrOOMKilled)
 }
 
 func TestUpdateFileSystemTestSuite(t *testing.T) {

internal/runner/runner.go

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ type ExitInfo struct {
 
 type DestroyRunnerHandler = func(r Runner) error
 
+// DestroyReason specifies errors that are expected as reason for destroying a runner.
+type DestroyReason error
+
 type Runner interface {
 	InactivityTimer
 
@@ -59,8 +62,8 @@ type Runner interface {
 	GetFileContent(path string, content http.ResponseWriter, privilegedExecution bool, ctx context.Context) error
 
 	// Destroy destroys the Runner in Nomad.
-	// Iff local is true, the destruction will not be propagated to external systems.
+	// Depending on the reason special cases of the Destruction will be handled.
-	Destroy(local bool) error
+	Destroy(reason DestroyReason) error
 }
 
 // NewContext creates a context containing a runner.

internal/runner/runner_mock.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Code generated by mockery v2.30.1. DO NOT EDIT.
+// Code generated by mockery v2.30.16. DO NOT EDIT.
 
 package runner
 
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ type RunnerMock struct {
 	mock.Mock
 }
 
-// Destroy provides a mock function with given fields: local
+// Destroy provides a mock function with given fields: reason
-func (_m *RunnerMock) Destroy(local bool) error {
+func (_m *RunnerMock) Destroy(reason DestroyReason) error {
-	ret := _m.Called(local)
+	ret := _m.Called(reason)
 
 	var r0 error
-	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(bool) error); ok {
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(DestroyReason) error); ok {
-		r0 = rf(local)
+		r0 = rf(reason)
 	} else {
 		r0 = ret.Error(0)
 	}