# Timeout Triage

DevFeed: [Timeout Triage](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/timeout-triage-20271.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://gbrownmozilla.wordpress.com/2016/10/28/timeout-triage/>)

Author: gbrown-mozilla

Published: 2016-10-28T18:39:45Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Mozilla Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mozilla-automation.md>)

Topics: [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bug.md>), [Tool](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tool.md>)

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## AI overview

This article discusses how to investigate intermittent test timeouts by comparing successful and failed run durations. It distinguishes possible intermittent hangs from legitimately long-running tests and proposes clearer documentation and tools for identifying timeout risks.

## Source excerpt

Many of our frequent intermittent test failures are timeouts. There are a lot of ways that a test - or ... Continue reading ->