Timeout Derivation

Last updated 2026-10-02

This page explains how go-queue computes each task's timeout from the base timeout, the preset's priority, and the 15–120 second clamp.

Calculation Steps

The timeout is fixed at Enqueue time (core/priority.go:17); later promotion does not change it.

1. Base: PresetConfig.Timeout when > 0, otherwise Config.Timeout
2. Apply the multiplier for the preset's priority
3. Clamp to 15–120 seconds
4. WithTimeout(d) replaces the result with d and skips the clamp

Multipliers

The multiplier comes from the preset's priority at Enqueue. A retried task keeps its original timeout even though it re-enters at PriorityRetry.

When a task exceeds its timeout, see Execution and Retries for what happens to the task and its goroutine.