MONGOC_CLIENT...OCKETTIMEOUTMS(3)

💅 MONGOC_CLIENT_SET_SOCKETTIMEOUTMS 💅

okay so this is a page from libmongoc (section 3 of the manual, iykyk) and it's literally just one tiny function that changes how long your client waits on a socket before it's like "bestie... hello??" 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void
mongoc_client_set_sockettimeoutms (mongoc_client_t *client, int32_t timeoutms);

not me showing you the whole entire signature like it's a fit check 💅 — that's it, that's the vibe, no cap.

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So the whole gig here is: it changes the sockettimeoutms of the mongoc_client_t. That's the assignment, that's the whole plot, main character energy fr fr ✨

But here's the part you actually need to clock, bestie 👀 — if client was obtained from a mongoc_client_pool_t, then the socket timeout gets restored to the previous value when you call mongoc_client_pool_push(). so like, your cute little change doesn't stick around forever if the client came from a pool. it goes back to how it was. the pool said "not on my watch" 😭 that's just how it is, no drama.

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🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

• client — a mongoc_client_t. the client in question. the one and only. give it a glow-up 💖
• timeoutms — the requested timeout value in milliseconds. yes, milliseconds, so do your math carefully bestie, don't come at me with seconds 🫶

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

URI Connection Options — go read that one too, it's giving essential lore 🍓

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

MongoDB, Inc — the icons behind all of this 🎀

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🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

2009-present, MongoDB, Inc. — that's the whole copyright line, screenshot it, put it on your wall 💜

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so yeah. version 2.5.6, dated Oct 09, 2026, from our friends at MongoDB, Inc — slay, periodt, and remember: when the pool takes the client back, the timeout resets. that's the tea 🧚✨🔥