(setq org-babel-clojure-sync-nrepl-timeout 1000)

I tried setting 20000 instead of 1000 and I'm getting the same error 2-4 seconds after executing cider-connect-clj

sorry, please try this line: (setq nrepl-sync-request-timeout 100)

100 milliseconds ? I tried 1000 and it's been trying to execute the command for 5 minutes now 😛

it doesnt timeout, but it doesnt complete

It was answered in cider but putting here for clarity: cider does not support socket tells

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