[API reference](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference) › [@evolu/common](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/common) › [Sqlite](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/common/Sqlite) › databaseHeldTimeout

```ts
const databaseHeldTimeout: PositiveDuration = "10s";
```

Defined in: [packages/common/src/Sqlite.ts:45](https://github.com/evoluhq/evolu/blob/aa223771feea747ffb1b0f5f3271574455633e37/packages/common/src/Sqlite.ts#L45)

How long Evolu waits for another context to release a database, such as a tab
of another build of the app that keeps it open, or another process of a
native app, before it fails with a `DatabaseHeldError`.