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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index 886632ff439..c1da75fbab4 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -7592,11 +7592,24 @@ COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv; </term> <listitem> <para> - Abort any statement that takes more than the specified duration - (defaults to milliseconds), starting from the time the command arrives at the server - from the client. If <varname>log_min_error_statement</varname> is set to - <literal>ERROR</literal> or lower, the statement that timed out will also be - logged. A value of zero (the default) turns this off. + Abort any statement that takes more than the specified duration. + If <varname>log_min_error_statement</varname> is set + to <literal>ERROR</literal> or lower, the statement that timed out + will also be logged. + If the value is specified without units, it is taken as milliseconds. + A value of zero (the default) disables the timeout. + </para> + + <para> + The timeout is measured from the time a command arrives at the + server until it is completed by the server. If multiple SQL + statements appear in a single simple-Query message, the timeout + is applied to each statement separately. + (<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> versions before 13 usually + treated the timeout as applying to the whole query string.) + In extended query protocol, the timeout starts running when any + query-related message (Parse, Bind, Execute, Describe) arrives, and + it is cancelled by completion of an Execute or Sync message. </para> <para> |