How can I change the default website connection timeout in Chrome?

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I want to change the default timeout in Chrome. In Firefox I can set the value of network.http.connection-timeout in about:config - but how can I do that in Chrome?

In case anyone comes here wondering how to simulate XHR connection errors while developing web apps, you can use device mode to do so. — Jannik Jochem, Apr 13 '15 at 07:50
**Note** that newer versions of Firefox no longer use [that configuration](http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.http.connect.timeout). It also uses the system-level configuration which can be changed as mentioned in [NOSUKE's answer](https://superuser.com/a/1110259/117986). — ADTC, Oct 21 '17 at 22:31

score 75 · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-23T04:00:16.977

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You can't. Google has been ignoring requests to implement this feature for over six years, so I wouldn't hold your breath.

edited Jan 23 '15 at 04:00

answered Aug 19 '13 at 06:06

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WOW. That is why Chrome should not be the dominant Browser. Just because Google does not like something, they should not be able to prevent it. – Blackbam Mar 07 '18 at 12:51
@Blackbam I can't and won't agree with you. If anything they are pushing vendors and everyone else to deliver better user experiences. There is no need to wait for a page to load above a certain threshold time. If the server can't handle the requests, it's better to kill active pending request, so the server doesn't die of overload. – Rumplin Jan 30 '20 at 18:07
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@Rumplin A user should have the power to change it. You can not deliver pages which load like super long. But still you should be able to configure a tool to certain needs. – Blackbam Jan 30 '20 at 18:57
Ironically, this is the **most** annoying (for me) on https://drive.google.com – ViperGeek Feb 05 '21 at 19:14

score 16 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 12 '13 at 17:46

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It's hopeless. They just won't do anything about enabling users to change Chrome's timeout settings. But you could switch to any of four other Gecko-based browsers in common use that have no timeout problems. Or you could start using one of the Mozilla-based browsers.

answered Sep 12 '13 at 17:46

andre garnet

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I was tempted to mark this as "not an answer", but I realized that you are suggesting an alternative solution. I would suggest editing it and indicating that so others aren't tempted to downvote or flag it. – Sep 12 '13 at 19:05
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Mozilla is Gecko based.... WebKit / Blink (Google's WebKit fork) is probably what you meant? – Gert van den Berg Feb 02 '17 at 19:11

score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 22 '17 at 04:52

I dealt with this issue by editing the registry. I think the registry affects not only IE but also Chrome in Windows 10. I tried extend time-out. then I can extend it and max time-out is about 7Hrs in my case.

Reference: Microsoft Support

Click Start or press Win-R to get Run box, type regedit, and then click OK.

Locate and then click the following key in the registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings

On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.

Type KeepAliveTimeout, and then press Enter.

On the Edit menu, click Modify.

Type the appropriate time-out value (in milliseconds), and then click OK. For example, to set the time-out value to two minutes, type 120000.

Make another DWORD value ServerInfoTimeout and set it to the same value.

Restart machine.

As of today, this doesn't seem to work – shayaan Dec 14 '17 at 20:50 — shayaan, Dec 14 '17 at 20:50

How can I change the default website connection timeout in Chrome?

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