Dart timeout on await Future

Question

How to make a await future not last more than 5 seconds ? I need it because in some networking operation, the connection is sometimes producing silent error. Hence my client just wait for hours with no response. Instead, I want it trigger an error when the clients waits for more than 5 seconds

My code can trigger the error but it is still waiting

Future shouldnotlastmorethan5sec() async {
  Future foo = Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 10));;
  foo.timeout(Duration(seconds: 5), onTimeout: (){
    //cancel future ??
    throw ('Timeout');
  });
  await foo;
}
Future test() async {
  try{
    await shouldnotlastmorethan5sec(); //this shoud not last more than 5 seconds
  }catch (e){
    print ('the error is ${e.toString()}');
  }
}
test();

Answer 1

When you call Future.timeout you need to use the return value to get the correct behaviour. In your case:

Future shouldnotlastmorethan5sec() {
  Future foo = Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 10));
  return foo.timeout(Duration(seconds: 5), onTimeout: (){
    //cancel future ??
    throw ('Timeout');
  });
}