RUBY

timeout in rails

require 'timeout'

def test
  Timeout.timeout(5) do # 5 seconds
    sleep 6
  end
rescue
  puts 'timeout'
end 

ruby timeout

begin
  Timeout.timeout(5) do
    # logic
    sleep 10
    puts "End of processing"
  end
rescue Timeout::Error
  puts "Took longer than 5 seconds!"
end