# Defining Job task execution timeout

You can define execution timeout for Job tasks to terminate task runs when their durations exceed a threshold.

You can define a custom task timeout manually.

## Defining custom Job task execution timeout

Define custom execution timeout on Job tasks.

### Before you begin

* You must have Editor (Author) permission on the space where the task is located to create or edit the task.
* You must have Operator (Execute) permission on the space where the task is located to set task execution timeout.

### Procedure

1. In the task details page, click the Edit button then select Processing.
2. In Task timeout, select Custom.
3. Enter a value.

   The default value is 5 minutes and the minimum is 1.

   ![Page to define custom task timeout.](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/management-console-user-guide/Resources/images/tmc-set-task-execution-timeout-in-engine-step.png)
4. Click Continue then save and close.

### Results

You can see the defined timeout value from the Trigger box. When exceeding this value, the task execution terminates and the Timed out status displays in Last 5 runs. ![Task timeout value and Timed out status displayed in task details page](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/management-console-user-guide/Resources/images/tmc-timed-out-status-run-history-task-details-page.png)

You can also see all executions stopped by a timeout from the Terminated tab in the Operations page with the Timed out status.