# Elastic Timeout not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-timeout-not-working/314791>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 20, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-timeout-not-working/314791 "2022-09-20T16:13:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-timeout-not-working/314791/2 "2022-09-20T18:28:37Z")

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Elasticsearch only checks for a timed-out request at certain points during execution of the query, and only covers certain aspects of the execution. It also doesn't account for network delays etc. If you need a hard timeout in your application, you need to do it on the client side.

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