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Vitest

testTimeout ​

  • Type: number
  • Default: 5_000 in Node.js, 15_000 if browser.enabled is true
  • CLI: --test-timeout=5000, --testTimeout=5000

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

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