How does one change the timeout of a service in a test?

[saul-jb]

How does one change the timeout of a service in a test?

The does not work in the test despite working on the client:

const app = require("../src/app");

app.service("myService").timeout = 15000;

Steps to reproduce

1. Setup a feathers app.
2. Generate a custom service and in one of its methods delay the response for longer than 5000ms.
3. Setup a test to test this method inside the generated app.test.js.
4. Add the line app.service("myService").timeout = 15000; at the top.
5. Get the error on the test Timeout: Timeout of 5000ms exceeded calling create on myService

Expected behavior

The test should pass.

Actual behavior

The test fails because of Timeout: Timeout of 5000ms exceeded calling create on myService.

System configuration

Tell us about the applicable parts of your setup.

Feathers version:
4.7.0
NodeJS version:
v16.13.1

[daffl]

This is the timeout of the testing framework you are using. With Mocha and a normal setup you would add e.g. --timeout 30000 in https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers-chat/blob/crow/package.json#L33.

[saul-jb]

This does not appear to be the case, I am using jest and have given a generous timeout but still have the error referring to a timeout of only 5000ms.

[daffl]

Are you using the client in your tests as well then? How is it being set up?

[saul-jb]

Oh that's it, I was attempting to change the timeout on the server app object instead of the client.

const app = feathers();

// Timeout needs to be set on the client object.
app.service("myService").timeout = 15000;

Thanks for your help.

[saul-jb]

Timeout needs to be set on the client object not the server object:

const feathers = require("@feathersjs/feathers");
const app = require("../src/app");

const client = feathers();

// Timeout needs to be set on the client object.
client.service("myService").timeout = 15000;

// This will not work
app.service("myService").timeout = 15000;