# limits.ControlClientLimits.acquire_timeout

- **Module:** limits.ControlClientLimits
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** Rust
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-rs/blob/f0e37052c232636b61d095817046e6bfc8f2ca40/crates/libtmux/src/limits.rs#L204
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/rs/latest/reference/limits-controlclientlimits-acquire_timeout/

```
limits.ControlClientLimits.acquire_timeout(self, timeout: Option<Duration>) -> Self
```

Set how long a client waits for a place before reporting overload.

`None` uses the server's ordinary request deadline. A shorter value
makes saturation fail promptly without extending that deadline.