How to set timeout to JAX-RS client with CXF

HTTPConduit conduit = WebClient.getConfig(webClient).getHttpConduit();
conduit.getClient().setConnectionTimeout(1000 * 3);
conduit.getClient().setReceiveTimeout(1000 * 3);

You can try something like this:

HTTPConduit http = (HTTPConduit) client.getConduit();
HTTPClientPolicy httpClientPolicy = new HTTPClientPolicy();
httpClientPolicy.setConnectionTimeout(30000);
http.setClient(httpClientPolicy);

see http://cxf.apache.org/javadoc/latest/org/apache/cxf/transports/http/configuration/HTTPClientPolicy.html

You can find the correct properties in org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.client.spec.ClientImpl: "http.connection.timeout" and "http.receive.timeout"

So just use them as property when building the client:

ClientBuilder.newClient().property("http.receive.timeout", 1000);

With JAX-RS 2.1 (supported from CXF 3.2) you can use these standard methods in ClientBuilder:

connectTimeout(long timeout, TimeUnit unit);
readTimeout(long timeout, TimeUnit unit);

See also: https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/jaxrs-api/issues/467