MONGOC_WRITE_...N_SET_WTIMEOUT(3)

💅 MONGOC_WRITE_...N_SET_WTIMEOUT(3) — like, the libmongoc one, bestie 🎀

okay so this is a page out of libmongoc, and it's about one tiny little function that sets how long the server waits before it's like "girl, this write concern is taking forever" 💀 stay with me, it's actually so useful.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void
mongoc_write_concern_set_wtimeout (mongoc_write_concern_t *write_concern,
                                   int32_t wtimeout_msec);

that's it. that's the whole vibe. returns void, so nothing comes back — it just does the thing 🫶

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🌸 PARAMETERS 🌸

• write_concern — a mongoc_write_concern_t. like, the write concern you're customizing. main character energy only ✨
• wtimeout_msec — an int32_t that's either positive or zero. positive = a real timeout, zero = no timeout, iykyk 🕐

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what it actually does: it sets the timeout in milliseconds that the server should wait before it comes back at you with a write concern timeout. 🕰️

and no, bestie, it is NOT the same as a socket timeout — do not confuse them, that's a whole different thing 🙈

passing a value of zero is valid and it means "no write concern timeout," which is giving unbothered, no deadlines, we live in the moment 💅

and here's the glow-up lore 👑 — beginning in version 1.9.0, this function can now alter the write concern after it's already been used in an operation. before that? the struct would get marked as "frozen" once you used it with an operation, and calling this function would just log a warning instead instead of actually altering the write concern 😭 so yeah, glow-up confirmed, we love growth.

fr fr, if you're on something older than 1.9.0, expect a warning and expect nothing to change. the more you know 💫

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• mongoc_write_concern_get_wtimeout()
• mongoc_write_concern_set_wtimeout_int64()

both linked in the original, both absolute icons 🎀

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🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

MongoDB, Inc — yeah, them. the whole crew 🫶

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

2009-present, MongoDB, Inc.

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okay that's the whole page, no cap. this was libmongoc 2.5.6, dated Oct 09, 2026 — mwah, go set some timeouts responsibly bestie 💅✨🍓