python network_error ai_generated partial

asyncio.TimeoutError: Request body read timed out after 60 seconds

ID: python/starlette-request-body-timeout

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80%Fix Rate
80%Confidence
0Evidence
2025-02-14First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3.x active — — —

Root Cause

The client takes too long to send the request body, exceeding the server's read timeout.

generic

中文

客户端发送请求体耗时过长，超过服务器的读取超时时间。

Workarounds

  1. 85% success 
    Implement a custom middleware to catch TimeoutError and return a 408 Request Timeout response.
  2. 70% success 
    Optimize client-side to send data faster or use chunked transfer encoding.

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. 60% fail

    This can tie up server resources and doesn't fix slow clients; may lead to denial-of-service.

  2. 90% fail

    It will eventually timeout anyway or exhaust connections.