# \&p2pfailtimeout

General Option! ([`&push`](/advanced-settings/setup-parameters/push.md), [`&room`](/advanced-settings/setup-parameters/room.md), [`&view`](/advanced-settings/mixer-scene-parameters/view.md), [`&scene`](/advanced-settings/mixer-scene-parameters/scene.md), [`&director`](/advanced-settings/director-parameters/director.md))

## Options

Example: `&p2pfailtimeout=12000`

| Value                | Description                                    |
| -------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| Integer milliseconds | Recovery window used by disconnect/stall logic |

## Details

* Default is `12000` ms.
* Input is clamped to `3000` through `45000` ms.
* Affects how quickly repeated recovery attempts are scheduled after disconnection/media stalls.
* Lower values recover faster but may react to brief jitter.
* Higher values are more tolerant of jitter but slower to intervene.

{% hint style="info" %}
The initial "connecting watchdog" has its own floor (\~45s), so very low values do not shorten first-connect watchdog behavior below that floor.
{% endhint %}

## Usage examples

* Faster retry cadence: `?room=show123&autorecover=1&p2pfailtimeout=6000`
* More tolerant on unstable mobile data: `?room=show123&autorecover=1&p2pfailtimeout=18000`

## Related

{% content-ref url="/pages/s4ILE7K1hy7D0daOiMMC" %}
[\&peerrecoversteps](/advanced-settings/settings-parameters/and-peerrecoversteps.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/zGrl2B1uV4Vm3OkTolja" %}
[\&autorecover](/advanced-settings/settings-parameters/and-autorecover.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}


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