While [link beast.ref.boost__beast__basic_stream `basic_stream`] and [link beast.ref.boost__beast__basic_stream `tcp_stream`] support timeouts on general logical operations, the websocket stream has a more sophisticated timeout mechanism built-in which may be enabled and configured. The timeout features of the TCP or basic stream should not be used when working with a websocket stream. The interface to these timeout features is shown in this table.

WebSocket Timeout Interface

[link beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream_base__timeout `stream_base::timeout`]

This represents configured timeout settings for a websocket stream.

[link beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream_base__timeout.suggested `stream_base::timeout::suggested`]

This function returns the suggested timeout settings for a given role (client or server).

[link beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream.set_option `stream::set_option`]

This function sets timeout and other options on the stream.

There are three timeout settings which may be set independently on the stream:

WebSocket Timeout Interface (2)

[link beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream_base__timeout.handshake_timeout `timeout::handshake_timeout`]

This is the amount of time after which a handshake will time out. The handshake timeout applies to client handshakes, server handshakes, as well as the websocket closing handshake performed when either end of the connection wish to shut down. The value returned by [link beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream_base.none `stream_base::none()`] may be assigned to disable this timeout.

[link beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream_base__timeout.idle_timeout `timeout::idle_timeout`]

If no data or control frames are received from the peer for a time equal to the idle timeout, then the connection will time out. The value returned by [link beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream_base.none `stream_base::none()`] may be assigned to disable this timeout.

[link beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream_base__timeout.keep_alive_pings `timeout::keep_alive_pings`]

If the idle timeout is enabled, then the value of this setting controls whether or not a ping frame will be sent to the peer if no data is received for half of the idle timeout interval.

By default, timeouts on websocket streams are disabled. The easiest way to turn them on is to set the suggested timeout settings on the stream.

For manual control over the settings, a timeout options object may be constructed. Here we enable only the handshake timeout.

Timeout notifications are delivered to the caller by invoking the completion handler for an outstanding asynchronous read operation with the error code [link beast.ref.boost__beast__error `error::timeout`]. The implementation will close the socket or stream before delivering this error. It is not necessary to manually shut down the connection, as it will already be shut down. A read operation must be outstanding for the error to be delivered.

Websocket timeout features are available only when using asynchronous I/O.