Joins can take forever to finish on historicals without ever timing out.

processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/Cursor.java

@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ public interface Cursor
 
   /**
    * Advance to the cursor to the next position. Callers should check {@link #isDone()} or
-   * {@link #isDoneOrInterrupted()} before getting the next value from a selector.
+   * {@link #isDoneOrInterrupted()} before getting the next value from a selector. However, underlying
+   * implementation may still check for thread interruption if advancing the cursor is a long-running operation.
    */
   void advanceUninterruptibly();
 

processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/join/PostJoinCursor.java

@@ -84,21 +84,6 @@ private void advanceToMatch()
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Matches tuples coming out of a join to a post-join condition uninterruptibly, and hence can be a long-running call.
-   * For this reason, {@link PostJoinCursor#advance()} instead calls {@link PostJoinCursor#advanceToMatch()} (unlike
-   * other cursors) that allows interruptions, thereby resolving issues where the
-   * <a href="https://github.com/apache/druid/issues/14514">CPU thread running PostJoinCursor cannot be terminated</a>
-   */
-  private void advanceToMatchUninterruptibly()
-  {
-    if (valueMatcher != null) {
-      while (!isDone() && !valueMatcher.matches(false)) {
-        baseCursor.advanceUninterruptibly();
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   @Override
   public ColumnSelectorFactory getColumnSelectorFactory()
   {
@@ -120,11 +105,17 @@ public void advance()
     advanceToMatch();
   }
 
+
+  /**
+   * Advancing the post-join requires evaluating the join on whole segment and advancing without interruption can take
+   * a long time if there are no matches but the join itself is big. This can leave the thread running well after
+   * the timeout elapses. One such issue is described in
+   * <a href="https://github.com/apache/druid/issues/14514">CPU thread running PostJoinCursor cannot be terminated</a>
+   */
   @Override
   public void advanceUninterruptibly()
   {
-    baseCursor.advanceUninterruptibly();
-    advanceToMatchUninterruptibly();
+    advance();
   }
 
   @Override

processing/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/join/PostJoinCursorTest.java

@@ -200,6 +200,17 @@ public Throwable getException()
 
   @Test
   public void testAdvanceWithInterruption() throws IOException, InterruptedException
+  {
+    testAdvance(true);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testAdvanceWithoutInterruption() throws IOException, InterruptedException
+  {
+    testAdvance(false);
+  }
+
+  private void testAdvance(boolean withInterruption) throws IOException, InterruptedException
   {
 
     final int rowsBeforeInterrupt = 1000;
@@ -214,7 +225,7 @@ public void testAdvanceWithInterruption() throws IOException, InterruptedExcepti
 
     countriesTable = JoinTestHelper.createCountriesIndexedTable();
 
-    Thread joinCursorThread = new Thread(() -> makeCursorAndAdvance());
+    Thread joinCursorThread = new Thread(() -> makeCursorAndAdvance(withInterruption));
     ExceptionHandler exceptionHandler = new ExceptionHandler();
     joinCursorThread.setUncaughtExceptionHandler(exceptionHandler);
     joinCursorThread.start();
@@ -234,7 +245,7 @@ public void testAdvanceWithInterruption() throws IOException, InterruptedExcepti
     fail();
   }
 
-  public void makeCursorAndAdvance()
+  public void makeCursorAndAdvance(boolean withInterruption)
   {
 
     List<JoinableClause> joinableClauses = ImmutableList.of(
@@ -272,7 +283,11 @@ public void inspectRuntimeShape(RuntimeShapeInspector inspector)
         }
       });
 
-      cursor.advance();
+      if (withInterruption) {
+        cursor.advance();
+      } else {
+        cursor.advanceUninterruptibly();
+      }
     }
   }
 }