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The SDK has a number of timeouts that can be configured to control how long the SDK will wait for a response from the E2B servers. The default is 60 seconds.

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Timeout creating sandbox

import { Sandbox } from 'e2b'

// Timeout 3s for the sandbox to open
const sandbox = await Sandbox.create({
  template: 'base',
  timeout: 3000,
})

await sandbox.close()

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Timeout process

import { Sandbox } from 'e2b'

const sandbox = await Sandbox.create({ template: 'base' })

// Timeout 3s for the process to start
const npmInit = await sandbox.process.start({
  cmd: 'npm init -y',
  timeout: 3000,
})
await npmInit.wait()

await sandbox.close()

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Timeout filesystem operations

import { Sandbox } from 'e2b'

const sandbox = await Sandbox.create({ template: 'base' })

// Timeout 3s for the write operation
await sandbox.filesystem.write('hello.txt', 'Hello World!', {timeout: 3000})

// Timeout 3s for the list operation
const files = await sandbox.filesystem.list('.', {timeout: 3000})
console.log(files)

// Timeout 3s for the read operation
const content = await sandbox.filesystem.read('hello.txt', {timeout: 3000})
console.log(content)

await sandbox.close()
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