How to handle timeouts in async Rust

Async
2026-04-17T12:05:42+00:00
Use tokio::time::timeout to wrap async operations and prevent them from running indefinitely.

Use tokio::time::timeout to wrap an async operation and enforce a maximum execution time.

use tokio::time::{timeout, Duration};

async fn fetch_data() -> Result<String, String> {
    // Simulate async work
    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(5)).await;
    Ok("data".to_string())
}

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    let result = timeout(Duration::from_secs(2), fetch_data()).await;
    
    match result {
        Ok(Ok(data)) => println!("Got data: {}", data),
        Ok(Err(e)) => println!("Task failed: {}", e),
        Err(_) => println!("Task timed out"),
    }
}