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title: "timeout · RUAL Documentation"
description: "Updates the default connection timeout of 120 seconds"
canonical: https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/http%20connection/httpconnection_set_timeout
language: en
---

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# timeout

This block is part of the [`http connection`](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/http%20connection) group and was last modified in core [`v10.3.11`](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/100311).

Updates the default connection timeout of 120 seconds

- flow `flow`

- connection required `httpconnection`

- seconds required `number` Number of seconds the connection should wait before closing, a number between `1` and `600`. We currently do not allow connections to exceed 10 minutes of wait time.

- flow `flow`

- connection `httpconnection`

Overrides the cluster default request timeout for this request, in seconds; the deadline is derived from the original request context, so it can EXTEND an already-shortened timeout. Values <= 1 or above 600 are silently ignored : note 1 is rejected, so the effective range is 2-600. The connection passes through unchanged.

A typical wiring for [timeout](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/http%2520connection/httpconnection_set_timeout): a [function trigger](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/globals/trigger_custom_function) starts the flow; the `flow` out pin feeds [debug](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/state%2520ui/state_debug).

[![Studio canvas example for the timeout block: typical wiring for timeout.](https://docs.rual.nl/canvas-examples/httpconnection_set_timeout.png)](https://docs.rual.nl/canvas-examples/httpconnection_set_timeout.png?v=3)

## Version history

Introduced in [`v10.3.11`](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/100311).

- [Back to `http connection`](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/http%20connection): Return to the main group to view all sub-groups

- [Back to `response`](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/http%20connection?group=response): Return to the group to view all blocks within this group

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