---
title: "The <code class=\"codeph\">response-timeout</code> property"
description: 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.
component: pingdirectory
version: 11.0
page_id: pingdirectory:pingdatasync_server_administration_guide:pd_sync_response_timeout
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingdirectory/11.0/pingdatasync_server_administration_guide/pd_sync_response_timeout.html
revdate: September 13, 2023
---

# 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"
```