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# timeout

# `fastmcp.utilities.timeout`

Timeout normalization utilities.

## Functions

### `normalize_timeout_to_timedelta` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/utilities/timeout.py#L8" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

```python  theme={"theme":{"light":"snazzy-light","dark":"dark-plus"}}
normalize_timeout_to_timedelta(value: int | float | datetime.timedelta | None) -> datetime.timedelta | None
```

Normalize a timeout value to a timedelta.

**Args:**

* `value`: Timeout value as int/float (seconds), timedelta, or None

**Returns:**

* timedelta if value provided, None otherwise

### `normalize_timeout_to_seconds` <sup><a href="https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/utilities/timeout.py#L28" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

```python  theme={"theme":{"light":"snazzy-light","dark":"dark-plus"}}
normalize_timeout_to_seconds(value: int | float | datetime.timedelta | None) -> float | None
```

Normalize a timeout value to seconds (float).

**Args:**

* `value`: Timeout value as int/float (seconds), timedelta, or None.
  Zero values are treated as "disabled" and return None.

**Returns:**

* float seconds if value provided and non-zero, None otherwise