Missing timeout on external call

#Metadata

Rule ID

ts.correctness.missing-timeout-on-external-call

Severity

high

Confidence

0.9

Languages

javascript, typescript

Presets

recommended, security, strict

Stability

stable

Applies to

block

Tags

correctness, crq-cor-014, resilience, rules-catalog

#Why it matters

Network calls without explicit timeouts can hang indefinitely and make retry or fallback behavior unreliable.

#Remediation

Add a timeout-bearing config object, such as `signal` for `fetch` or `timeout` for axios.

#Repository path

The generated metadata points to critiq-rules/libs/rules/catalog/rules/typescript/ts.correctness.missing-timeout-on-external-call.rule.yaml.