# how to customize, how long before cupertino session is automatically destroyed ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [April 11, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-customize-how-long-before-cupertino-session-is-automatically-destroyed/38309 "2012-04-11T19:58:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![Randall\_Auriemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Randall\_Auriemma](https://community.wowza.com/u/Randall_Auriemma)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-customize-how-long-before-cupertino-session-is-automatically-destroyed/38309/8 "2012-04-17T14:44:35Z")
rabelle, Perhaps this is what you’re looking for: > [@Programatically increase timeout for cupertino stream?](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/34716): > > I have an application that acts as an edge server for an FMIS live stream. In order to prevent bad data and timeout problems when clients first connect to the edge instance (when the instance hasn’t yet started), I’m waiting for the first audio or video packet to come in from the origin before accepting the RTP / HTTP session. This works fine for RTSP, but if a cupertino stream client is the first to connect, the HTTPStreamer times out. The error I get in the log is: HTTPStreamerAdapterCupert… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-customize-how-long-before-cupertino-session-is-automatically-destroyed/38309)._