Title: RequestOptions::setConnectTimeout
Published: May 20, 2026

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# RequestOptions::setConnectTimeout( float|null $timeout ): void

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-dto-requestoptions/setconnecttimeout/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-dto-requestoptions/setconnecttimeout/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-dto-requestoptions/setconnecttimeout/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-dto-requestoptions/setconnecttimeout/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-dto-requestoptions/setconnecttimeout/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Sets the connection timeout in seconds.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-dto-requestoptions/setconnecttimeout/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$timeout`float|nullrequired

Connection timeout in seconds.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-dto-requestoptions/setconnecttimeout/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 void

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-dto-requestoptions/setconnecttimeout/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function setConnectTimeout(?float $timeout): void
    {
        $this->validateTimeout($timeout, self::KEY_CONNECT_TIMEOUT);
        $this->connectTimeout = $timeout;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/providers/http/dto/requestoptions.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Providers/Http/DTO/RequestOptions.php#L65)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Providers/Http/DTO/RequestOptions.php#L65-L69)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-dto-requestoptions/setconnecttimeout/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [RequestOptions::validateTimeout()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-dto-requestoptions/validatetimeout/)`wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Providers/Http/DTO/RequestOptions.php` |

Validates timeout values.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-dto-requestoptions/setconnecttimeout/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [0.2.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/0.2.0/) | Introduced. |

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