| #https://www.notion.so/n8n/Frontmatter-432c2b8dff1f43d4b1c8d20075510fe4 | |
| title: Configure workflow timeout settings | |
| description: Set execution timeouts to determine how long workflows can run. | |
| contentType: howto | |
| # Configure workflow timeout settings | |
| A workflow times out and gets canceled after this time (in seconds). If the workflow runs in the main process, a soft timeout happens (takes effect after the current node finishes). If a workflow runs in its own process, n8n attempts a soft timeout first, then kills the process after waiting for a fifth of the given timeout duration. | |
| `EXECUTIONS_TIMEOUT` default is `-1`. For example, if you want to set the timeout to one hour: | |
| ```bash | |
| export EXECUTIONS_TIMEOUT=3600 | |
| ``` | |
| You can also set maximum execution time (in seconds) for each workflow individually. For example, if you want to set maximum execution time to two hours: | |
| ```bash | |
| export EXECUTIONS_TIMEOUT_MAX=7200 | |
| ``` | |
| Refer to [Environment variables reference](/hosting/configuration/environment-variables/executions.md) for more information on these variables. | |