At the process level, you can configure a timeout that defines the maximum length of time a process can execute. After this time elapses, a designated timeout handler step executes. If you have not created a timeout handler step in the process, the process error handler task is invoked. If no error handler task is present, the process instance fails. This is also known as a process-wide timeout. For more information, see About Process Timeouts.At the step level, you can configure the following timeouts:A join timeout, for any step with a join.A timer condition, for a boundary timer intermediate event.Note: | In Process Engine version 8.1 and earlier, a timeout transition could be defined for a process step. With version 8.2 and later, timeout transitions are no longer available and are replaced with the BPMN 2.0 interrupting or non-interrupting boundary intermediate timer events when an 8.1 or earlier process is imported. For the behavior and availability of boundary timer events, see About Interrupting Behavior for
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A static (fixed) timeout period.A timeout based on a process pipeline field.A timeout based on a business calendar.