# Postman newman - Timeout example

**URL:** <https://community.postman.com/t/postman-newman-timeout-example/5845>\
**Category:** Help Hub\
**Tags:** newman-project, tests, collections\
**Created:** [June 11, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/postman-newman-timeout-example/5845 "2019-06-11T00:56:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![rjayaram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3d9bf3/32.png) [@rjayaram](https://community.postman.com/u/rjayaram)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/postman-newman-timeout-example/5845/1 "2019-06-11T00:56:34Z")

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I have postman newman tests scheduled through jenkins. This collection has many end points and tests. If one of the services is failing due to timeout, I would like to fail the test as functional failure. For example, currently if there is a latency issue with one of the end points it fails with the following error. I want this to fail gracefully. Meaning the build can be marked as functional failure after it reaches certain time limit. Where should I specify the timeout in milliseconds?

I was reading the below documentation. If I specify timeout in milli seconds will it be used for all tests in this collection? Is there a way to specify different timeout value for different services?

[https://learning.getpostman.com/docs/postman/collection\_runs/command\_line\_integration\_with\_newman/](https://learning.getpostman.com/docs/postman/collection_runs/command_line_integration_with_newman/)

TypeError: Cannot read property ‘\_destroySSL’ of undefined **06:01:41** at Timeout.destroySSL [as \_onTimeout] (\_tls\_wrap.js:546:8) **06:01:41** at listOnTimeout (internal/timers.js:531:17) **06:01:41** at processTimers (internal/timers.js:475:7) **06:01:41** npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE **06:01:41** npm ERR! errno 1

Thanks, Rjayaram

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**Author:** ![tmccann](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/user_avatar/community.postman.com/tmccann/32/3550_2.png) [@tmccann](https://community.postman.com/u/tmccann)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/postman-newman-timeout-example/5845/2 "2019-06-12T13:51:15Z")

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@rjayaram You are correct on this, the `delay-request` option applies to all calls in the collection. There is no way that you can specify a delay that is specific to a request other than using a function like:

`setTimeout(function(){}, 30000);` where this is in millisec.

You can add this to either the Pre-Request or the Tests tabs to have it explicitly wait for that time before proceeding.

Hope this helps answer your question