gistfile1.txt

--- a/agent/dockerclient/dockerapi/docker_client.go
+++ b/agent/dockerclient/dockerapi/docker_client.go
@@ -811,6 +811,10 @@ func (dg *dockerGoClient) containerMetadata(ctx context.Context, id string) Dock
        ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, dockerclient.InspectContainerTimeout)
        defer cancel()
        dockerContainer, err := dg.InspectContainer(ctx, id, dockerclient.InspectContainerTimeout)
+       if dockerContainer.State.Status == "exited" {
+               seelog.Info("[TESTING] inspecting an exited container [%s]. return timeout error instead", dockerContainer.Name)
+               err = &DockerTimeoutError{30 * time.Second, "inspecting"}
+       }
        if err != nil {
                return DockerContainerMetadata{DockerID: id, Error: CannotInspectContainerError{err}}
        }