# coerce_timeout_policy

> **Function** in `langgraph`

📖 [View in docs](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langgraph/_internal/_timeout/coerce_timeout_policy)

Normalize a timeout value to positive-second policy fields.

## Signature

```python
coerce_timeout_policy(
    value: float | timedelta | TimeoutPolicy | None,
) -> TimeoutPolicy | None
```

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[View source on GitHub](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langgraph/blob/41341457342327166d72fc11952ab28fb61ec0bf/libs/langgraph/langgraph/_internal/_timeout.py#L14)