Actions snapshot, restore, and forcemerge will override this value to 21600 if timeout_override is unset. The close action will override the value to 180 if unset.

Some actions have a default value for timeout_override. The following table shows these default values:

All other actions have no default value for timeout_override.

This setting must be an integer number of seconds, or an error will result.

This setting is particularly useful for the forceMerge action, the snapshot action, and any other action where a longer timeout from the client-defined default would be desirable.