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module · Ruby 4.1

Timeout

1 instance methods 1 class methods

Timeout long-running blocks

Synopsis

Example

require 'timeout'
status = Timeout.timeout(5) {
  # Something that should be interrupted if it takes more than 5 seconds...
}

Timeout provides a way to auto-terminate a potentially long-running operation if it hasn’t finished in a fixed amount of time.

Constants

The version

3.1
- Introduce non-blocking Timeout.timeout using timeout_after hook. [Feature #17470]