# fact caching  configuration

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/fact-caching-configuration/23267>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [December 15, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fact-caching-configuration/23267 "2016-12-15T15:45:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![zlemini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c37758/32.png) [@zlemini](https://forum.ansible.com/u/zlemini)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fact-caching-configuration/23267/1 "2016-12-15T15:45:29Z")

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Hi all,

Does the fact\_caching\_timeout value default to a particular value if its not set in ansible.cfg, similar to how the forks defaults to 5 if not set in ansible.cfg?

I am struggling to find it in the docs.

Thanks a lot.

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fact-caching-configuration/23267/2 "2016-12-15T17:24:41Z")

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24h, need to document that