Are SQL Server timeouts logged?

Question

Are SQL Server timeouts (SELECT queries, in particular) logged in the ERRORLOG file?

Background is a customer with a web site having occasional \"Request timeout\" messa

Answer 1

You could also use Event Notifications that get raised on the timeout and deadlock events. After it fires, you can write it to a table and or send yourself an email.

I've shown the general technique here:

Immediate deadlock notifications without changing existing code