Please add timeout to System.connect()/Spark.connect()

[ScruffR]

That part of the docs was the reason for some other topic I fought through where I clearly argued that it's not completely correct

Maybe I can find it and post a link here

Found it

Create time out for Spark.connect()?

Almost there, I think. After the amout of effort you already put into this, I’d like to suggest these adaptions At this point I haven’t tested them myself, but just from experience this should work - and I’ll test it soon and correct if required Edit: This is now working code, but in my tests I’ve got the impression, all that interrupt/timer effort is not needed anyhow, since Spark.connect() doesn’t seem to block anymore (despite still being stated to be and as I remember it to have …