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asyncio.exceptions.TimeoutError: The operation timed out

ID: python/starlette-async-timeout

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80%Fix Rate
85%Confidence
0Evidence
2025-02-08First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3.x active — — —

Root Cause

An async operation, such as a database query or HTTP request, took longer than the configured timeout.

generic

中文

异步操作（如数据库查询或 HTTP 请求）耗时超过配置的超时时间。

Workarounds

  1. 90% success Set a reasonable timeout and handle it gracefully 
    import asyncio
try:
    async with asyncio.timeout(10):
        result = await some_operation()
except asyncio.TimeoutError:
    return {'error': 'timeout'}
  2. 80% success Optimize the slow operation 
    Profile and optimize database queries or use caching.

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Increasing timeout to an extremely high value 50% fail

    May mask underlying performance issues.

  2. Ignoring the error and retrying infinitely 70% fail

    Could lead to resource exhaustion.