# Child workflow timeout

**URL:** <https://community.temporal.io/t/child-workflow-timeout/12104>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Tags:** python-sdk, child-workflow\
**Created:** [May 14, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/child-workflow-timeout/12104 "2024-05-14T17:39:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![mmoya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/mmoya/32/6833_2.png) [@mmoya](https://community.temporal.io/u/mmoya)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/child-workflow-timeout/12104/1 "2024-05-14T17:39:27Z")

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hello, we noticed that our child workflow is timing out after 10 minutes by default. Is there a way to override that? Thank you

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**Author:** ![jreynolds23](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/jreynolds23/32/1998_2.png) [@jreynolds23](https://community.temporal.io/u/jreynolds23)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/child-workflow-timeout/12104/2 "2024-05-14T18:36:40Z")

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What SDK are you using?

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**Author:** ![mmoya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/mmoya/32/6833_2.png) [@mmoya](https://community.temporal.io/u/mmoya)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/child-workflow-timeout/12104/3 "2024-05-14T18:50:15Z")

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I’m using the python sdk, version `1.6.0`

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**Author:** ![jreynolds23](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/jreynolds23/32/1998_2.png) [@jreynolds23](https://community.temporal.io/u/jreynolds23)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/child-workflow-timeout/12104/4 "2024-05-14T19:10:25Z")

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Child workflows do not have default timeouts. Can you explain what your use case is for this child workflow?

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**Author:** ![mmoya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/mmoya/32/6833_2.png) [@mmoya](https://community.temporal.io/u/mmoya)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/child-workflow-timeout/12104/5 "2024-05-14T20:33:57Z")

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we have a parent workflow that triggers our childworkflow that is triggered via a parent workflow that is a cron job. We’re currently running into a `WorkflowExecutionTimedOut` error that times out after 10 minutes

would we simply need to add something like `execution_timeout`: [Features - Python SDK feature guide | Temporal Documentation](https://docs.temporal.io/dev-guide/python/features#workflow-timeouts) to the estimated time we’d expect the child workflow to complete?

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**Author:** ![jreynolds23](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/jreynolds23/32/1998_2.png) [@jreynolds23](https://community.temporal.io/u/jreynolds23)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/child-workflow-timeout/12104/6 "2024-05-30T22:54:32Z")

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Can you go a little further into details as of what you’re trying to accomplish?