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in the agent workflow. It looks like I have this timer. How do I know is an agent time out

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The community member @kapa.ai has a question about the agent workflow in LlamaIndex. They are wondering how to know if an agent has timed out, and if there is something in the handler for the workflow that indicates a timeout was reached.

In the comments, another community member @cmosguy provides an answer. They explain that the AgentWorkflow in LlamaIndex has a timeout feature, where you can specify a timeout value in seconds. If the workflow execution exceeds this timeout, a WorkflowTimeoutError exception will be raised. The community member provides an example of how to handle and detect a timeout, including setting the timeout when creating the AgentWorkflow and catching the WorkflowTimeoutError exception when running the workflow.

@kapa.ai in the agent workflow. It looks like I have this timer. How do I know is an agent time out? Is there something the In the handler for the workflow that indicates a time out was reached?
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Based on the knowledge sources provided, I can answer your question about timeouts in the agent workflow of LlamaIndex.

The AgentWorkflow in LlamaIndex does indeed have a timeout feature. When you create an AgentWorkflow, you can specify a timeout value in seconds. If the workflow execution exceeds this timeout, a WorkflowTimeoutError exception will be raised.

Here's how you can handle and detect a timeout:

  1. When creating the AgentWorkflow, you can set a timeout:
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agent_workflow = AgentWorkflow(
    agents=[...],
    root_agent="root_agent",
    timeout=60  # Timeout in seconds
)


  1. When running the workflow, you can catch the WorkflowTimeoutError exception:
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try:
    handler = agent_workflow.run(user_msg="Your message here")
    response = await handler
except WorkflowTimeoutError:
    print("The workflow timed out")


If the workflow times out, it will raise a WorkflowTimeoutError with a message indicating that the operation timed out after the specified number of seconds.

It's worth noting that if a timeout occurs, the workflow will attempt to cancel any pending tasks and clean up before raising the exception.

For more detailed information about the AgentWorkflow and its timeout handling, you can refer to the LlamaIndex API reference for AgentWorkflow.
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