This module provides a decorator which runs the function in a separate multiprocessing.Process and sends SIGKILL after the specified timeout if the function didn't complete.
- Python 3.7+ (needed for multiprocessing.Process.kill)
- tblib (to pass the traceback from separate process)
pip install kill-timeoutfrom kill_timeout import kill_timeout limit_in_seconds = 5 @kill_timeout(limit_in_seconds) def long_running_function(**parameters): """Function which makes some computations It could take too long for some parameters. """ ... try: result = long_running_function(iterations=9001) print("Function returned: %r" % result) except TimeoutError: print("Function didn't finished in %d seconds" % limit_in_seconds) except Exception: print("Function failed with its internal error! Its original traceback:") raise