timeout

Language reference / timeout

Meaning and placement

task

Go-duration string · quoted · e.g. ”30s” “5m” “1h30m” “2.5s”. Max 24h.

Property	Declaration
Requirement	Optional in this object
Schema location	`/$defs/task/properties/timeout`
type	”string”
pattern	”^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?(ns\|us\|µs\|ms\|s\|m\|h)([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?(ns\|us\|µs\|ms\|s\|m\|h))*$”

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In a source template

Excerpt from templates/fanout.nika.yaml, source lines 118–127. This is a fragment, not a runnable workflow.

illustration

      items: "${{ with.read == null ? [] : with.read }}"
      max_parallel: 4                 # SLOT: the polite ceiling
      fail_fast: false
    timeout: "60s"                  # SLOT: per-iteration bound
    retry:
      max_attempts: 3
      backoff_strategy: exponential
      jitter: true
    on_error:
      recover: null                 # a failed item yields null at its index · the batch lives

Templates containing this field

Template	Source
`templates/fanout.nika.yaml`	Line 121

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Contract and implementation

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Meaning and placement

task

In a source template

Templates containing this field

Contract and implementation

​Meaning and placement

​task

​In a source template

​Templates containing this field

​Contract and implementation

Meaning and placement

task

In a source template

Templates containing this field

Contract and implementation