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Vitest

hookTimeout ​

  • Type: number
  • Default: 10_000 in Node.js, 30_000 if browser.enabled is true
  • CLI: --hook-timeout=10000, --hookTimeout=10000

Default timeout of a hook in milliseconds. Use 0 to disable timeout completely.

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