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AI-generatedDuckDB 0.9.0 query_timeout pragma – impact on cancellation and interrupt_on_timeout behavior
When using DuckDB 0.9.0, the new PRAGMA query_timeout setting can abort a running query after a specified number of seconds. The timeout works by sending an interrupt signal that follows the existing cancellation pathway, and its effect can be tuned with PRAGMA interrupt_on_timeout to either raise an exception or merely log a warning. However, the interrupt