# JobQueueOptions.safeLockTtl property · @imqueue/job

Source: https://imqueue.org/api/job/latest/job.jobqueueoptions.safelockttl/
Published: 2026-07-31
Author: @imqueue maintainers (https://github.com/imqueue)
Package: @imqueue/job 3.0.3 — generated reference, not hand-written

How long, in milliseconds, a job may sit checked out to a worker during safe delivery before it is treated as abandoned.

**Signature:**

```typescript
safeLockTtl?: number;
```

## Default Value

10000

## Remarks

A worker key still present once this expires is treated as abandoned and its job is moved back onto the queue, so this bounds how long an abandoned hand-off takes to come back. It is not a processing deadline: a job that takes longer than this to handle is neither interrupted nor re-queued.

`@imqueue/core`'s own default is 5000; this package raises it to 10000.