But more generally, what you are proposing seems largely duplicative with statement_timeout. The only reason I can see for a lock-wait-specific timeout is that you have a need to control the length of a specific wait and *not* the overall time spent. Hans already argued upthread why he wants a feature that doesn't act like statement_timeout.
I agree with Tom here; I want to wait for a specific amount of time for a specific lock request.
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