---
title: "Ensured Response Time"
description: "Configure per-operation request timeouts with ensured-response-time.conf."
stack: "Enterprise Stack (commercial) — version 1.1.1"
stack_version: "1.1.1"
stack_comparison: https://docs.walt.id/community-vs-enterprise.md
canonical_url: https://docs.walt.id/enterprise-stack/setup/configurations/config-files/ensured-response-time
generated: 2026-10-01
---
# Ensured Response Time

`ensured-response-time.conf` sets timeouts for instrumented API operations. If the file is missing, the API uses `abortOnTimeout = false` and `defaultTimeout = 5s`.

When a timeout is exceeded and `abortOnTimeout` is `false`, the request continues and a warning is logged. When `abortOnTimeout` is `true`, the request is aborted and the client receives a timeout error.

## Example File

```hocon[ensured-response-time.conf]
# if set to true, handling of the request will be aborted if it takes longer than the specified timeout duration (client will receive a timeout response).
# If false, the request will continue to be processed even after the timeout has been reached.
abortOnTimeout = false

defaultTimeout = 5s

# operation-specific timeouts (overrides default timeout for the specified operation)
operationTimeout = {
  "receive-credentials-full": 10s
}
```

## Fields

### `abortOnTimeout`

_Boolean_ — Whether to abort the request when the timeout is exceeded. Default is `false`.

### `defaultTimeout`

_Duration_ — Default timeout for instrumented operations, for example `5s`. Default is `5s`.

### `operationTimeout`

_Object_ — Map of operation name to timeout. Keys are internal operation names (for example `"receive-credentials-full"`). An entry overrides `defaultTimeout` for that operation only.