{"record":{"id":"daa7490b40b7d2ec","repo":"sqlmapproject/sqlmap","slug":"invalid-value-used-for-option-timeout-s","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"invalid value used for option '--timeout' ('%s')","messagePattern":"invalid value used for option '--timeout' \\('(.+?)'\\)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"SqlmapValueException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"lib/core/option.py","lineNumber":1718,"sourceCode":"    if conf.timeout:\n        debugMsg = \"setting the HTTP timeout\"\n        logger.debug(debugMsg)\n\n        conf.timeout = float(conf.timeout)\n\n        if conf.timeout < 3.0:\n            warnMsg = \"the minimum HTTP timeout is 3 seconds, sqlmap \"\n            warnMsg += \"will going to reset it\"\n            logger.warning(warnMsg)\n\n            conf.timeout = 3.0\n    else:\n        conf.timeout = 30.0\n\n    try:\n        socket.setdefaulttimeout(conf.timeout)\n    except OverflowError as ex:\n        raise SqlmapValueException(\"invalid value used for option '--timeout' ('%s')\" % getSafeExString(ex))\n\ndef _checkDependencies():\n    \"\"\"\n    Checks for missing dependencies.\n    \"\"\"\n\n    if conf.dependencies:\n        checkDependencies()\n\ndef _createHomeDirectories():\n    \"\"\"\n    Creates directories inside sqlmap's home directory\n    \"\"\"\n\n    if conf.get(\"purge\"):\n        return\n\n    for context in (\"output\", \"history\"):","sourceCodeStart":1700,"sourceCodeEnd":1736,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/blob/0a35b20e3953d341be6c7ac75ccb0b3362540c8d/lib/core/option.py#L1700-L1736","documentation":"Error \"invalid value used for option '--timeout' ('%s')\" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at lib/core/option.py:1718 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"0a35b20e3953d341be6c7ac75ccb0b3362540c8d","analyzedAt":"2026-08-26T23:02:52.002Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-27T03:17:27.898Z"}