Thanks for the suggestion. That is the feature i am looking for. However despite using it, I am not able realise the functionality of SocketTimeOut.   I use the following url : jdbc:impala://<host>:21050//<default>;SocketTimeout=1000;AuthMech=3;UID=<user>;PWD=<password>;   The connection is successful but the connection does not get closed at all post the time out. When i do a netstat, the connection is established ever. Let me know if i am missing out on something here.   Impala version : Impalad version 2.11.0-cdh5.14.0 RELEASE Driver : Cloudera_ImpalaJDBC4_2.5.5.1007.   I believe(not sure though) that the client is able to pass the SocketTimeOut parameter but the server is unable to timeout the connection once the threshold is reached.   Note : I get the following output in the console : Connection messages: [Simba][ImpalaJDBCDriver](100001) Error setting default connection property values.   ... View more