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commands/utils/set_args.js

@@ -434,6 +434,14 @@ function sync_args_from_cmd(args) {
       lt_config["run_settings"]["npm_via_tunnel"] = false;
     }
 
+    if ("max_duration" in args) {
+      lt_config["run_settings"]["max_duration"] = parseFloat(args["max_duration"]);
+    } else {
+      lt_config["run_settings"]["max_duration"] = parseFloat(
+        lt_config["run_settings"]["max_duration"]
+      );
+    }
+
     //get specs from current directory if specs are not passed in config or cli
     if (
       (lt_config["run_settings"]["specs"] == undefined ||

commands/utils/validate.js

@@ -51,6 +51,20 @@ module.exports = validate_config = function (lt_config, validation_configs) {
       reject("Error!! Parallels value not correct");
     }
 
+    //validate max duration
+    if ("max_duration" in lt_config["run_settings"]){
+      let max_duration = lt_config["run_settings"]["max_duration"];
+      if (!(max_duration == undefined ||
+        max_duration == null ||
+        isNaN(max_duration))) {
+          if (Number(max_duration) && Number(max_duration) % 1 !== 0){
+            reject("Error!! max_duration should be an Integer between 2 and 240 minutes");
+          }else if (parseInt(max_duration) <2 || parseInt(max_duration) > 240){
+              reject("Error!! max_duration should be between 2 and 240 minutes");
+            }
+        }
+    }  
+
     //Validate if package.json is having the cypress dependency
     var cypress_version;
     if (!fs.existsSync("package.json")) {

index.js

@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@ const argv = require("yargs")
           alias: "npm_via_tunnel",
           describe: "Install npm packages which are behind private VPN. Disclaimer:This will increase the build duration of your tests.",
           type: "bool",
+        })
+        .option("md", {
+          alias: "max_duration",
+          describe: "stops test if it is running more than max_duration minutes.",
+          type: "string",
         });
     },
     function (argv) {