diff --git a/reframe/core/schedulers/__init__.py b/reframe/core/schedulers/__init__.py
index 5809d12ec5..fb987245a7 100644
--- a/reframe/core/schedulers/__init__.py
+++ b/reframe/core/schedulers/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import reframe.utility.typecheck as typ
 from reframe.core.exceptions import JobError, JobNotStartedError
 from reframe.core.launchers import JobLauncher
-from reframe.core.logging import (getlogger, DEBUG2)
+from reframe.core.logging import getlogger, DEBUG2
 
 
 class JobScheduler(abc.ABC):
diff --git a/reframe/core/schedulers/pbs.py b/reframe/core/schedulers/pbs.py
index a5e4abeb30..bdd73282db 100644
--- a/reframe/core/schedulers/pbs.py
+++ b/reframe/core/schedulers/pbs.py
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
 import reframe.core.schedulers as sched
 import reframe.utility.osext as osext
 from reframe.core.backends import register_scheduler
-from reframe.core.config import settings
-from reframe.core.exceptions import (JobError, JobSchedulerError)
+from reframe.core.exceptions import JobError, JobSchedulerError
 from reframe.utility import seconds_to_hms
 
 
@@ -263,7 +262,8 @@ def poll(self, *jobs):
                   job.max_pending_time):
                 if (time.time() - job.submit_time >= job.max_pending_time):
                     self.cancel(job)
-                    job._exception = JobError('maximum pending time exceeded')
+                    job._exception = JobError('maximum pending time exceeded',
+                                              job.jobid)
 
 
 @register_scheduler('torque')
diff --git a/reframe/core/schedulers/slurm.py b/reframe/core/schedulers/slurm.py
index 7aa82507f9..6b74c0f7e2 100644
--- a/reframe/core/schedulers/slurm.py
+++ b/reframe/core/schedulers/slurm.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from contextlib import suppress
 
-import reframe.core.environments as env
 import reframe.core.runtime as rt
 import reframe.core.schedulers as sched
 import reframe.utility.osext as osext
@@ -432,7 +431,8 @@ def _cancel_if_pending_too_long(self, job):
         if t_pending >= job.max_pending_time:
             self.log(f'maximum pending time for job exceeded; cancelling it')
             self.cancel(job)
-            job._exception = JobError('maximum pending time exceeded')
+            job._exception = JobError('maximum pending time exceeded',
+                                      job.jobid)
 
     def _cancel_if_blocked(self, job, reasons=None):
         if (job.is_cancelling or not slurm_state_pending(job.state)):
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ def _do_cancel_if_blocked(self, job, reason_descr):
             if reason_details is not None:
                 reason_msg += ', ' + reason_details
 
-            job._exception = JobBlockedError(reason_msg)
+            job._exception = JobBlockedError(reason_msg, job.jobid)
 
     def wait(self, job):
         # Quickly return in case we have finished already