What is a 'good' timeout value?

So if it is a task important to the user then 60 seconds delay is OK. Otherwise more than 10 seconds is an issue. The peculiar thing is that the 20 to 50 seconds timeframe does not have great bearing on user impact -- it's all time after "attention lost" but before "will abandon a task".

1. What is a reasonable connect timeout?
2. What is timeout value?
3. What is the default timeout value?
4. How long should my request timeout be?

What is a reasonable connect timeout?

Connect Timeout

Meaning, in general, that you cannot contact the service. Setting a low connect timeout, like 2 seconds, might be useful to prevent your application (worker, job, etc.) to remain “blocked” for a long time, as the server probably has a problem.

What is timeout value?

Timeout values describe the amount of time to wait before timing out in the ACI server definition, how each timeout value is set, and the resulting error message that is returned to the requesting application.

What is the default timeout value?

The default value is 100,000 milliseconds (100 seconds).

How long should my request timeout be?

The default value is 120 seconds. This stanza entry affects request and response data sent as two or more fragments. The stanza entry specifies the timeout (in seconds) between each request data fragment after the first data fragment is received by WebSEAL.