python network_error ai_generated true

requests.exceptions.ConnectTimeout: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='api.example.com', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /data (Caused by ConnectTimeoutError(<urllib3.connection.HTTPSConnection object at ...>, 'Connection to api.example.com timed out.'))

ID: python/django-request-timeout

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80%Fix Rate
84%Confidence
0Evidence
2024-10-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3.x active — — —

Root Cause

External API call from Django view takes too long to respond or network is unreachable.

generic

中文

Django视图中调用的外部API响应时间过长或网络不可达。

Workarounds

  1. 85% success 
    Use a shorter timeout and handle gracefully: requests.get(url, timeout=5) and catch exceptions.
  2. 80% success 
    Implement retries with exponential backoff using urllib3 Retry.

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. 50% fail

    Doesn't solve underlying network issue; delays user response.

  2. 70% fail

    Can hang the server and exhaust resources.