---
name: "triggerTimeout"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Triggers"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": "global", "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/triggerTimeout
revid: 377686
updated: 2026-01-02T09:02:55Z
---

# triggerTimeout

*Command · Triggers · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Arma 2 v1.00*

Locality: arguments **global**

## Description

Returns trigger timeout.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> The trigger could be [local](../topics/Multiplayer_Scripting.md#locality) or remote but the result returned by this command will be for the trigger timeout set up locally on the client that executed the command. See [createTrigger](../commands/createTrigger.md) for more info.

## Syntax

```sqf
triggerTimeout trigger
```

**Parameters:**

- `trigger`: [Object](../topics/Object.md)

**Returns:** [Array](../topics/Array.md) with [min, mid, max, interruptible]
- min: [Number](../topics/Number.md)
- mid: [Number](../topics/Number.md)
- max: [Number](../topics/Number.md)
- interruptible: [Boolean](../topics/Boolean.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
_timeOut = triggerTimeout someTrigger;
```

## See also

[setTriggerTimeout](../commands/setTriggerTimeout.md) · [triggerTimeoutCurrent](../commands/triggerTimeoutCurrent.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — triggerTimeout](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/triggerTimeout) (revision 377686).</sub>