A missing timeout turns a slow dependency into an outage. A badly chosen one turns a blip into a retry storm. Both are common.
| Client | Default connect timeout | Default read timeout |
|---|---|---|
Python requests |
none | none |
Node fetch |
~300s (OS) | none |
Go http.Client |
none | none |
Java HttpClient |
none | none |
curl |
300s | none |
Published on debugly.dev by Rohit Bhadani | Founder of Krova Cloud
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