To prevent a stalled test from stopping a test run, most test suites use a timeout limit. The timeout limit is the amount of time that the JavaTest harness waits for a test to complete before moving on to the next test.

If you are running the tests on a particularly slow CPU or slow network, you can increase the time limit by specifying a floating point value in the time factor field. Each test's timeout limit is multiplied by the time factor value. The default range of values used by the JavaTest harness is from 0.1 to 100.

For example, if you specify a value of "2.0", the timeout limit for tests with a 10 minute limit becomes 20 minutes. A value of "0.5" for tests with a 10 minute limit produces a 5 minute timeout limit.

At first, use the default value of "1.0" to run tests and then, if necessary, increase the value.