[Launch options](https://cdpfleet.com/docs/options)

# `overall_timeout`

Hard cap on the session's total lifetime, regardless of activity.

**Use it for:** A hard time budget per job, so a stuck loop can't hold a thread for hours: batch scrapers and agents with a deadline.

**Browsers:** [Google Chrome](https://cdpfleet.com/docs/browsers/chrome#opt-overall_timeout), [Microsoft Edge](https://cdpfleet.com/docs/browsers/edge#opt-overall_timeout), [Brave](https://cdpfleet.com/docs/browsers/brave#opt-overall_timeout), [Opera](https://cdpfleet.com/docs/browsers/opera#opt-overall_timeout), [Naver Whale](https://cdpfleet.com/docs/browsers/whale#opt-overall_timeout), [Yandex Browser](https://cdpfleet.com/docs/browsers/yandex#opt-overall_timeout), [Chromium](https://cdpfleet.com/docs/browsers/chromium#opt-overall_timeout), [Patchright](https://cdpfleet.com/docs/browsers/patchright#opt-overall_timeout), [Rebrowser](https://cdpfleet.com/docs/browsers/rebrowser#opt-overall_timeout), [Camoufox](https://cdpfleet.com/docs/browsers/camoufox#opt-overall_timeout), [Firefox](https://cdpfleet.com/docs/browsers/firefox#opt-overall_timeout), [WebKit](https://cdpfleet.com/docs/browsers/webkit#opt-overall_timeout).

## Details

-   **Type:** `number | string`
-   **Default:** your plan's maximum session length (24 h)
-   **Example:** `{"overall_timeout":"30m"}`

A number of seconds (`90`, `1.5`) or a string with a unit: `500ms`, `45s`, `10m`, `2h` (digits only, no spaces or decimals). Clamped to 1 s – 24 h. An unparseable value silently falls back to the default. cdpfleet also caps it at your plan's maximum session length (24 h) and, for shared threads, at your remaining daily minutes.

## Used in

-   [Short-lived sessions for burst jobs](https://cdpfleet.com/docs/examples#burst-timeouts)
-   [A hard time cap for batch jobs](https://cdpfleet.com/docs/examples#overall-timeout-cap)
-   [Long-running session](https://cdpfleet.com/docs/examples#long-session)

All options: [launch options](https://cdpfleet.com/docs/options).

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