From 77c4fd9a5306e236114c1ec27f3c3dbfa442be74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Fin=20Maa=C3=9F?= <f.maass@vogl-electronic.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:16:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] console: add functions to set the timeout
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While the tty_* api already has functions
to set the rx and the tx timeout, the console_*
api didn't had one.

Signed-off-by: Fin Maaß <f.maass@vogl-electronic.com>
---
 include/zephyr/console/console.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 subsys/console/getchar.c         | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/zephyr/console/console.h b/include/zephyr/console/console.h
index fbecfdad0d3..31827780f7c 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/console/console.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/console/console.h
@@ -110,6 +110,28 @@ void console_getline_init(void);
  */
 char *console_getline(void);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Set receive timeout for console operations.
+ *
+ * Set timeout for console_getchar() and console_read() operations.
+ * Default timeout after initialization is K_FOREVER.
+ *
+ * @param timeout Maximum time to wait when reading.
+ */
+void console_set_rx_timeout(k_timeout_t timeout);
+
+
+/**
+ * @brief Set transmit timeout for console operations.
+ *
+ * Set timeout for console_putchar() and console_write() operations, for
+ * a case when output buffer is full.
+ * Default timeout after initialization is K_FOREVER.
+ *
+ * @param timeout Maximum time to wait when writing.
+ */
+void console_set_tx_timeout(k_timeout_t timeout);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/subsys/console/getchar.c b/subsys/console/getchar.c
index ba8055ecfe0..c11ebdc9a3e 100644
--- a/subsys/console/getchar.c
+++ b/subsys/console/getchar.c
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ int console_getchar(void)
 	return c;
 }
 
+void console_set_rx_timeout(k_timeout_t timeout)
+{
+	console_serial.rx_timeout = timeout;
+}
+
+void console_set_tx_timeout(k_timeout_t timeout)
+{
+	console_serial.tx_timeout = timeout;
+}
+
 int console_init(void)
 {
 	const struct device *uart_dev;