---
alias: user-guide-automation-task-core-timer-timeout
tags:
- automation tasks
description: "This documentation outlines a task for scheduling events after a defined time interval"
---

# Timeout

:iot-timer-timeout-lg:

The **Timeout** task allows users to configure a task that triggers after a specified time interval. It can also be set to trigger repeatedly at regular intervals.

![Screenshot showing the Timeout configuration settings.](../images/timeout.png)

## Inputs

| Name      | Data Type | Description                              |
| --------- | --------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| Interval  | `Integer` | Interval from activation time until emit |
| Activates | `any`     | Activates the Timeout execution          |

## Outputs

| Name      | Data Type  | Description                                            |
| --------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| Timestamp | `DateTime` | Current time upon execution                            |
| Success   | `Boolean`  | If there was no problem emits a true                   |
| Error     | `Error`    | Error that occurred during the processing of this task |

## Settings

| Name     | Data Type | Default | Description                       |
| -------- | --------- | ------- | --------------------------------- |
| Interval | `Integer` | 10000   | Number of milliseconds to Timeout |

## Behavior

The Timeout task, allows the user to a set of time that if it does not receive a value `true` in the `Enable/Disable` input it will emit an error. The timeout can be disabled by passing a value `false` in the `Enable/Disable` input.