# io.github.libtmux.Channel.Channel.await

- **Module:** io.github.libtmux.Channel.Channel
- **Package:** io.github.libtmux:libtmux
- **Language:** Java
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-java/blob/c3517519ee799428a809ce6deb1708c8be289cd1/libtmux/src/main/java/io/github/libtmux/Channel.java#L48
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/reference/java/io-github-libtmux-channel-channel-await/

```
io.github.libtmux.Channel.Channel.await(timeout: Duration) -> WakeReason
```

Waits for something to signal the channel.

## Parameters

- `timeout` (Duration) — how long to wait

## Returns

why the wait ended, which is never simply "successfully"