Fetch API increase timeout

Question

I want to increase the timeout (say to 10 mins) of the fetch API for one of my PATCH request.
So far I only found a way how to decrease it with here with AbortController Fetch API request timeout?

Is that something that browser has a full control of? Should I search for alternatives such as Axios or AJAX?

Answer 1

You can’t increase a timeout for fetch because the Fetch API has no built-in timeout. It waits indefinitely unless you cancel it.

The only way to control timing is with AbortController.
Using Axios or AJAX doesn’t bypass this—Axios just wraps the same abort logic.

If a request needs several minutes, it’s better handled asynchronously on the backend (e.g., return 202 Accepted and poll for status).