From c217b80be2827473070f4f9a2e2cdafe639753bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: can1357 <me@can.ac>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 23:23:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] timeout: return timed-out status after kill grace period

---
 src/uu/timeout/src/timeout.rs | 2 +-
 tests/by-util/test_timeout.rs | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/uu/timeout/src/timeout.rs b/src/uu/timeout/src/timeout.rs
index 6944794f19c..3927a022ab5 100644
--- a/src/uu/timeout/src/timeout.rs
+++ b/src/uu/timeout/src/timeout.rs
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ fn wait_or_kill_process(
                 });
                 Ok(exit_code)
             } else {
-                Ok(ExitStatus::TimeoutFailed.into())
+                Ok(ExitStatus::CommandTimedOut.into())
             }
         }
         Ok(None) => {
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_timeout.rs b/tests/by-util/test_timeout.rs
index 4bbc532e9cc..25262abfc5d 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_timeout.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_timeout.rs
@@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ fn test_preserve_status() {
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_kill_after_preserves_timeout_exit_without_preserve_status() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&["-k", "1", "1", "sleep", "10"])
+        .fails_with_code(124)
+        .no_output();
+}
 #[test]
 fn test_preserve_status_even_when_send_signal() {
     // When sending CONT signal, process doesn't get killed or stopped.