# MatchTimeout

The maximum amount of time (in seconds) to spend searching for matches (to all chosen entities) at a specific offset. If the timeout is reached, Eduction Server returns the best match it has found (if any) and continues looking for matches later in the text.

Eduction usually finds matches very quickly, so in most cases setting this timeout is not required.

Action: | EduceFromFile, EduceFromText, RedactFromFile, RedactFromText
Type: | Boolean
Default: | The value of the MatchTimeout configuration parameter
Example: | `MatchTimeout=10`
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