Nodejs resolve promise if execution not completed withing given time

Question

 return await new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {

 //some work goes here

resolve(true)

  });

With Settimeout

 return await new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {

 //some work goes here

setTimeout(function() { resolve(true); }, 5000);

  });

With setTimeout it is waiting for 5 sec even though my task completed in 1 sec. my requirement is if task complete within 5 sec then promise should resolve immediately else it will resolve at 5 sec

Answer 1

Clear the timeout when your task completes normally :

return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {

    let safetyTimeout = setTimeout(resolve, 5000);

    //some work goes here

    // When it's done :

    clearTimeout(safetyTimeout);
    resolve();
});