diff --git a/gradle/changelog/fix.yaml b/gradle/changelog/fix.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ddf94be43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/changelog/fix.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- type: fixed
+  description: Default value for idle timeout in configuration
diff --git a/scm-packaging/docker/src/main/fs/etc/scm/config.yml b/scm-packaging/docker/src/main/fs/etc/scm/config.yml
index 157b5469ba..8782599c37 100644
--- a/scm-packaging/docker/src/main/fs/etc/scm/config.yml
+++ b/scm-packaging/docker/src/main/fs/etc/scm/config.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ forwardHeadersEnabled: false
 ## increase http header size for mercurial
 httpHeaderSize: 16384
 
-## set http idle timeout
-idleTimeout:
+## set http idle timeout (set to 0 for default)
+idleTimeout: 0
 
 # ssl config - ssl is only evaluated if key store path is set
 ## path to your cert file
diff --git a/scm-packaging/rpm/src/main/fs/etc/scm/config.yml b/scm-packaging/rpm/src/main/fs/etc/scm/config.yml
index 206be7a652..d37f0f2d8d 100644
--- a/scm-packaging/rpm/src/main/fs/etc/scm/config.yml
+++ b/scm-packaging/rpm/src/main/fs/etc/scm/config.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ forwardHeadersEnabled: false
 ## increase http header size for mercurial
 httpHeaderSize: 16384
 
-## set http idle timeout
-idleTimeout:
+## set http idle timeout (set to 0 for default)
+idleTimeout: 0
 
 # ssl config - ssl is only evaluated if key store path is set
 https:
diff --git a/scm-packaging/unix/src/main/fs/conf/config.yml b/scm-packaging/unix/src/main/fs/conf/config.yml
index 7296fc5f14..14e9675652 100644
--- a/scm-packaging/unix/src/main/fs/conf/config.yml
+++ b/scm-packaging/unix/src/main/fs/conf/config.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ forwardHeadersEnabled: true
 ## increase http header size for mercurial
 httpHeaderSize: 16384
 
-## set http idle timeout
-idleTimeout:
+## set http idle timeout (set to 0 for default)
+idleTimeout: 0
 
 # ssl config - ssl is only evaluated if key store path is set
 https:
diff --git a/scm-packaging/windows/src/main/fs/conf/config.yml b/scm-packaging/windows/src/main/fs/conf/config.yml
index 8e47fc9327..175adaebe9 100644
--- a/scm-packaging/windows/src/main/fs/conf/config.yml
+++ b/scm-packaging/windows/src/main/fs/conf/config.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ forwardHeadersEnabled: false
 ## increase http header size for mercurial
 httpHeaderSize: 16384
 
-## set http idle timeout
-idleTimeout:
+## set http idle timeout (set to 0 for default)
+idleTimeout: 0
 
 # ssl config - ssl is only evaluated if key store path is set
 https: