python network_error ai_generated true

asyncio.exceptions.TimeoutError: Request timed out after 5 seconds

ID: python/aiohttp-request-timeout

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80%Fix Rate
86%Confidence
0Evidence
2024-10-05First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3.7 active — — —
3.8 active — — —
3.9 active — — —

Root Cause

Aiohttp request exceeds the configured timeout, often due to slow network or server.

generic

中文

aiohttp请求超过配置的超时时间，通常是由于网络或服务器缓慢。

Workarounds

  1. 90% success 
    timeout = aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=10); async with session.get(url, timeout=timeout) as resp:
  2. 85% success 
    await asyncio.wait_for(session.get(url), timeout=10)

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. 50% fail

    Masks the problem and may hang indefinitely; not scalable.

  2. 90% fail

    Doesn't affect the request timeout; only delays execution.