# Timeout Member **Introduction** This step allows you to temporarily restrict a member's ability to interact within a guild by applying a timeout. **Description** Timeout prevents the affected user from sending messages, reacting to messages, and joining voice channels or video calls for the duration of the timeout. **Configuration** 1. **Guild**: The guild in which the user will be placed in timeout. This field is required to specify the context where the action will take effect. 2. **User**: The user to be timed out. This field is required to identify the member who will receive the restriction. 3. **Reason**: (Optional) Specify the reason for the timeout. The reason can be up to 512 characters long. 4. **Duration**: Set the length of the timeout. The duration must be between 0 milliseconds (no timeout) and 28 days (28 \* 24 \* 60 \* 60 \* 1000 milliseconds). This is a required field. **Usage** Effective for managing member behavior in a guild, particularly for enforcing rules or addressing disruptive conduct without permanent removal. **Permissions** * Requires the "Timeout Members" permission to impose a timeout on members. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.flexy.bot/modules/discord/steps/timeout-member.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.