JobTimeout (system and user params)

This page applies to Harlequin v13.1r0 and later; both Harlequin Core and Harlequin MultiRIP

The number of seconds after which a job in progress is automatically abandoned. This is to guard against infinite loops in the job.

The system parameter is the default value applied to all jobs. It takes effect at the start of each job, after the configuration file and the page features have been run. It accepts a value of 0, which means no timeout. If you try to set a value shorter than 15 s, the parameter is set to 15.

The user parameter is the time left for this job. It is initialized from the system parameter at the start of a job. If it reads as 0, this job has no timeout set. During the job itself you can set it, to any value, even less than 15 s, and even 0, suppressing any previous timeout.

For the Harlequin MultiRIP, the default is 360000 (100 hours) and can be changed in the Configure RIP dialog. For the Host Renderer, it is set to 0, no timeout.

Any job reaching timeout will fail with the error:

%%[ Error: timeout; OffendingCommand: setjobtimeout; File: %console% ]%

Default: 100 hours (HMR), no timeout (HHR)