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Hi everyone - how is `timeout` supposed to work on a mapped task ? it seems to me that timeout is not being enforced - is there a way to see the timeout specification in the UI ?

Hey Marwan - at a high level, your timeout will apply on each individual task of your mapped task.  However, because it is not entirely possible to stop an arbitrary python function, Prefect operates on a best effort basis — either way though, if your specified `timeout` is exceeded your task should enter a `TimedOut` failed state.  If you’re seeing otherwise I’d be curious for a reproducible example!

Hi <@UKNSNMUE6> - thank you for the quick response -

I am not seeing my tasks enter a `TimedOut` failed state for some reason - will try to share an example soon

here is the link to the issue which hopefully describes what I am trying to do (and where I would have expected the timeout to be invoked) along with a reproducible example

<https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/issues/2645>