# How do I control the timeout for agent waiting?

**URL:** <https://forum.buildkite.community/t/how-do-i-control-the-timeout-for-agent-waiting/185>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [December 26, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/how-do-i-control-the-timeout-for-agent-waiting/185 "2018-12-26T18:22:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![nathan.pierce](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.buildkite.community/nathan.pierce/32/393_2.png) [@nathan.pierce](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/nathan.pierce)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/how-do-i-control-the-timeout-for-agent-waiting/185/1 "2018-12-26T18:22:58Z")

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I had an issue where my job was waiting for an agent for more than 24 hours. What setting should I use to timeout after an hour?

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**Author:** ![anon18197598](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9d8465/32.png) [@anon18197598](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/anon18197598)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/how-do-i-control-the-timeout-for-agent-waiting/185/2 "2018-12-28T00:04:03Z")

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Presently there is no timeout for builds that are waiting for an agent to appear, I’m afraid! Can you tell us a bit more about what happened? Did the build have incorrect tags, or was there an issue with an auto-scaling mechanism or similar?

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**Author:** ![nathan.pierce](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.buildkite.community/nathan.pierce/32/393_2.png) [@nathan.pierce](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/nathan.pierce)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/how-do-i-control-the-timeout-for-agent-waiting/185/3 "2018-12-28T00:47:59Z")

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Thanks for the reply. Agents were locked up and didn’t fire alarms. Nothing major, just curious.

Where can I submit a feature request?

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**Author:** ![anon18197598](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9d8465/32.png) [@anon18197598](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/anon18197598)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/how-do-i-control-the-timeout-for-agent-waiting/185/4 "2018-12-28T22:26:44Z")

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Check out [https://forum.buildkite.community/c/feature-requests](https://forum.buildkite.community/c/feature-requests)!