# Elixir task timeout pitfall

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/elixir-task-timeout-pitfall/2192>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** blog-posts, task, processes\
**Created:** [October 31, 2016, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/elixir-task-timeout-pitfall/2192 "2016-10-31T12:01:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![minhajuddin](https://forum.elixirforum.com/user_avatar/forum.elixirforum.com/minhajuddin/32/1533_2.png) [@minhajuddin](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/minhajuddin)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/elixir-task-timeout-pitfall/2192/9 "2016-10-31T12:59:49Z")

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I understand what you are saying. May be as a more experienced elixir dev it doesn’t confuse you 🙂  
I got confused by that code in my project.

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