# closeTimeout

Milliseconds to wait for pending messages on shutdown.

This parameter applies to omkafka: write to Apache Kafka.

Name:

  closeTimeout

Scope:

  action

Type:

  integer

Default:

  action=2000

Required?:

  no

Introduced:

  at least 8.x, possibly earlier

## Description

Sets the time to wait in ms for draining messages submitted to the Kafka handle before closing it. The maximum across all actions is used as librdkafka’s unload timeout.

## Action usage

    action(type="omkafka" closeTimeout="2000")

## See also

See also omkafka: write to Apache Kafka.

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