--- title: "The response-timeout property" description: Understand the response-timeout property, which sets how long PingDataSync waits for a source server search response before timing out. component: pingdirectory version: 10.3 page_id: pingdirectory:pingdatasync_server_administration_guide:pd_sync_response_timeout canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingdirectory/11.1/pingdatasync_server_administration_guide/pd_sync_response_timeout.html llms_txt: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingdirectory/llms.txt docs_for_agents: https://developer.pingidentity.com/build-with-ai/docs-for-agents.md revdate: 2023-09-13T00:00:00Z superseded_by: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingdirectory/11.1/pingdatasync_server_administration_guide/pd_sync_response_timeout.html --- # The `response-timeout` property The `response-timeout` property specifies how long PingDataSync should wait for a response from a search request to a source server before failing with LDAP result code 85 (client-side timeout). When a client-side timeout occurs, the Sync Source will retry the request according to the `max-failover-error-code-frequency` property before failing over to a different source server and performing the retry. The total number of retries will not exceed the `max-operation-attempts` property defined in the Sync Pipe configuration. A value of zero indicates that there should be no client-side timeout. The default value is one minute. Assuming a bidirectional topology, the property can be set with `dsconfig` on the Sync Source and Sync Destination, respectively. ```shell $ bin/dsconfig set-sync-source-prop \ --source-name src \ --set "response-timeout:8 s" ``` ```shell $ bin/dsconfig set-sync-destination-prop \ --destination-name U4389 \ --set "response-timeout:9 s" ```