diff --git a/docs/config/config-file.mdx b/docs/config/config-file.mdx
index 8d34270433..72755a7609 100644
--- a/docs/config/config-file.mdx
+++ b/docs/config/config-file.mdx
@@ -350,6 +350,22 @@ export default defineConfig({
 
 See our [maxDuration guide](/runs/max-duration) for more information.
 
+## TTL
+
+You can set a default time-to-live (TTL) for all task runs in your project. If a run is not dequeued within this time, it will expire and never execute.
+
+```ts trigger.config.ts
+import { defineConfig } from "@trigger.dev/sdk";
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  project: "<project ref>",
+  // Your other config settings...
+  ttl: "1h", // Also accepts a number of seconds, e.g. 3600
+});
+```
+
+You can override this on a per-task basis by setting `ttl` on the task definition, or per-trigger by passing `ttl` in the trigger options. See [Time-to-live (TTL)](/runs#time-to-live-ttl) for more information.
+
 ## Process keep alive
 
 Keep the process alive after the task has finished running so the next task doesn't have to wait for the process to start up again.
diff --git a/docs/runs.mdx b/docs/runs.mdx
index 1c61b3ee93..c04539af95 100644
--- a/docs/runs.mdx
+++ b/docs/runs.mdx
@@ -153,12 +153,35 @@ When a run is canceled:
 
 ### Time-to-live (TTL)
 
-TTL is a time-to-live setting that defines the maximum duration a run can remain in a queued state before being automatically expired. You can set a TTL when triggering a run:
+TTL is a time-to-live setting that defines the maximum duration a run can remain in a queued state before being automatically expired. You can set a TTL at three levels, with the following precedence:
+
+1. **Per-trigger** (highest priority):
 
 ```ts
 await yourTask.trigger({ foo: "bar" }, { ttl: "10m" });
 ```
 
+2. **Task-level default**:
+
+```ts
+export const myTask = task({
+  id: "my-task",
+  ttl: "10m",
+  run: async (payload) => {
+    //...
+  },
+});
+```
+
+3. **Global config default** (lowest priority):
+
+```ts trigger.config.ts
+export default defineConfig({
+  project: "<project ref>",
+  ttl: "1h",
+});
+```
+
 If the run hasn't started within the specified TTL, it will automatically expire, returning the status `Expired`. This is useful for time-sensitive tasks where immediate execution is important. For example, when you queue many runs simultaneously and exceed your concurrency limits, some runs might be delayed - using TTL ensures they only execute if they can start within your specified timeframe.
 
 Dev runs automatically have a 10-minute TTL. On Trigger.dev Cloud, staging and production runs have a maximum TTL of 14 days applied automatically (runs without an explicit TTL get 14 days; longer TTLs are clamped). See [Limits — Maximum run TTL](/limits#maximum-run-ttl) for details.
diff --git a/docs/tasks/overview.mdx b/docs/tasks/overview.mdx
index b2bca9bc1e..06cedc8c92 100644
--- a/docs/tasks/overview.mdx
+++ b/docs/tasks/overview.mdx
@@ -136,6 +136,22 @@ export const longTask = task({
 
 See our [maxDuration guide](/runs/max-duration) for more information.
 
+### `ttl` option
+
+You can set a default time-to-live (TTL) on a task. If a run is not dequeued within this time, it will expire and never execute. This is useful for time-sensitive tasks where stale runs should be discarded.
+
+```ts /trigger/time-sensitive-task.ts
+export const timeSensitiveTask = task({
+  id: "time-sensitive-task",
+  ttl: "10m", // Also accepts a number of seconds, e.g. 600
+  run: async (payload: any, { ctx }) => {
+    //...
+  },
+});
+```
+
+You can override this per-trigger by passing `ttl` in the trigger options, or set a project-wide default in your [trigger.config.ts](/config/config-file#ttl). See [Time-to-live (TTL)](/runs#time-to-live-ttl) for more information.
+
 ## Global lifecycle hooks
 
 <Note>When specifying global lifecycle hooks, we recommend using the `init.ts` file.</Note>
diff --git a/docs/tasks/scheduled.mdx b/docs/tasks/scheduled.mdx
index 84985708f6..e3edeee85e 100644
--- a/docs/tasks/scheduled.mdx
+++ b/docs/tasks/scheduled.mdx
@@ -67,6 +67,18 @@ You can see from the comments that the payload has several useful properties:
 
 Like all tasks they don't have timeouts, they should be placed inside a [/trigger folder](/config/config-file), and you [can configure them](/tasks/overview#defining-a-task).
 
+You can set a [TTL](/runs#time-to-live-ttl) on a scheduled task to automatically expire runs that aren't dequeued in time. This is useful when a schedule fires while the previous run is still executing - rather than queueing up stale runs, they'll expire:
+
+```ts
+export const frequentTask = schedules.task({
+  id: "frequent-task",
+  ttl: "5m",
+  run: async (payload) => {
+    //...
+  },
+});
+```
+
 ## How to attach a schedule
 
 Now that we've defined a scheduled task, we need to define when it will actually run. To do this we need to attach one or more schedules.