X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/267d3c40bf1c5503e6487db2ab1f6a4339ac5f83..055b9792b7692d6c42f4e13d38dc6cd008396a6f:/sdk/python/arvados/api.py

diff --git a/sdk/python/arvados/api.py b/sdk/python/arvados/api.py
index 4fe3999f2c..86d24dfc06 100644
--- a/sdk/python/arvados/api.py
+++ b/sdk/python/arvados/api.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def http_cache(data_type):
     return cache.SafeHTTPCache(path, max_age=60*60*24*2)
 
 def api(version=None, cache=True, host=None, token=None, insecure=False,
-        request_id=None, timeout=10, **kwargs):
+        request_id=None, timeout=5*60, **kwargs):
     """Return an apiclient Resources object for an Arvados instance.
 
     :version:
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ def api(version=None, cache=True, host=None, token=None, insecure=False,
         pass
     elif not host and not token:
         return api_from_config(
-            version=version, cache=cache, request_id=request_id, **kwargs)
+            version=version, cache=cache, timeout=timeout,
+            request_id=request_id, **kwargs)
     else:
         # Caller provided one but not the other
         if not host: