The documentation mentions the ability to configure a timeout, but it neglects to mention the default state. I'll try and look at the source code to figure this out to post a helpful answer here shortly.
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If the CLI argument --timeout
is not supplied then the default is set to conf.timeout
, which is extracted via an ava.config.js
file (optional). So AVA does NOT have a default timeout without a user explicitly setting it.

wurde
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Interestingly this came up in our Spectrum chat recently: https://spectrum.chat/ava/general/is-there-any-default-global-timeout-for-tests-in-ava-nothing-found-in-docs~39300859-6795-4e56-8326-224719d72078 — It'd be good to have that added to our documentation. Perhaps you're interested in raising a PR? – Mark Wubben Mar 12 '19 at 09:01
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Sure. I can take a look and make a suggestion. – wurde Mar 12 '19 at 12:35
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I appreciate feedback. If my answer was accurate please upvote. – wurde Mar 12 '19 at 14:51
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The original answer still is informative. However, it appears like there is a default timeout of 10s now according to a a markdown file on AVA's github repo.

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