{"record":{"id":"24c4d712ba9cfb52","repo":"Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT","slug":"webhook-ping-timed-out","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Webhook ping timed out","messagePattern":"Webhook ping timed out","errorType":"http","errorClass":"HTTPException","httpStatus":504,"severity":"warning","filePath":"autogpt_platform/backend/backend/api/features/integrations/router.py","lineNumber":803,"sourceCode":"        # Treat a webhook the caller doesn't own as if it doesn't exist, so this\n        # endpoint can't be used to enumerate webhook IDs or ping others' webhooks.\n        raise HTTPException(\n            status_code=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND, detail=\"Webhook not found\"\n        )\n    webhook_manager = get_webhook_manager(webhook.provider)\n\n    credentials = (\n        await creds_manager.get(user_id, webhook.credentials_id)\n        if webhook.credentials_id\n        else None\n    )\n    try:\n        await webhook_manager.trigger_ping(webhook, credentials)\n    except NotImplementedError:\n        return False\n\n    if not await wait_for_webhook_event(webhook_id, event_type=\"ping\", timeout=10):\n        raise HTTPException(\n            status_code=status.HTTP_504_GATEWAY_TIMEOUT, detail=\"Webhook ping timed out\"\n        )\n\n    return True\n\n\nasync def _execute_webhook_node_trigger(\n    node: NodeModel,\n    webhook: WebhookWithRelations,\n    webhook_id: str,\n    event_type: str,\n    payload: dict,\n) -> None:\n    \"\"\"Execute a webhook-triggered node.\"\"\"\n    logger.debug(f\"Webhook-attached node: {node}\")\n    if not node.is_triggered_by_event_type(event_type):\n        logger.debug(f\"Node #{node.id} doesn't trigger on event {event_type}\")\n        return","sourceCodeStart":785,"sourceCodeEnd":821,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT/blob/9c8bb5550f446ba5d3046b78896578742495b3cf/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/api/features/integrations/router.py#L785-L821","documentation":"After triggering a provider-side ping (webhook_manager.trigger_ping), the endpoint waits up to 10 seconds via wait_for_webhook_event(webhook_id, event_type='ping') for the resulting ingress to arrive. If no ping event lands in that window, it raises HTTP 504 'Webhook ping timed out'. This tests the full round trip: provider sends ping -> ingress endpoint receives it -> event recorded.","triggerScenarios":"The provider accepted the ping API call but delivery back to AutoGPT exceeds 10s (slow provider, network egress restrictions); the ingress URL registered at the provider is unreachable (localhost URLs in dev, missing public hostname); the webhook secret/URL at the provider is stale so delivery fails; providers that queue pings asynchronously (delivery later than the timeout).","commonSituations":"Local development behind NAT — the provider cannot reach your ingress URL; docker-compose deployments without a public tunnel (ngrok etc.); provider-side delivery backlogs; ping delivered but rejected by signature verification so it never counts as an event.","solutions":["Verify the URL registered at the provider (webhook.url) is publicly reachable — use a tunnel (ngrok/cloudflared) in local dev and set the correct public base URL when registering.","Check backend logs for a concurrent signature-verification failure or 404 on ingress: the ping may be arriving but being rejected, which also times out the wait.","Confirm the provider actually supports/queues pings — some managers raise NotImplementedError and the endpoint returns False instead; a 504 means the trigger was sent but no event came back.","Retry once after verifying reachability; if delivery consistently exceeds 10s, test the round trip manually by POSTing a signed event to the ingress URL."],"exampleFix":"# before: registering webhook with loopback URL (provider can't deliver back)\nPOST /integrations/github/webhooks {\"address\": \"http://localhost:8000/...\"}\n\n# after: expose ingress publicly first\nngrok http 8000   # then register with the https URL it prints","handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":"# Pre-flight: confirm the registered URL is publicly reachable\nwh = await get_webhook_by_id(webhook_id)\nprobe = await client.head(wh[\"url\"])   # from outside the network\nassert probe.status_code < 500, \"ingress URL not reachable — ping will time out\"","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"try:\n    ok = await client.post(f\"/integrations/webhooks/{webhook_id}/ping\")\n    ok = ok.json()\nexcept (httpx.TimeoutException, httpx.HTTPStatusError):\n    ok = False\nif not ok:  # endpoint returns false (no ping support) or 504 (timeout)\n    verify_public_url(webhook_id)  # then retry once — delivery may just be slow","preventionTips":["Expose local dev backends through a public tunnel before testing webhooks.","Register webhooks with the public-facing base URL, never localhost.","Treat a ping timeout as a reachability signal: check ingress logs before retrying."],"tags":["webhook","http-504","timeout","ping","local-dev"],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"9c8bb5550f446ba5d3046b78896578742495b3cf","analyzedAt":"2026-08-14T17:17:21.957Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-15T22:17:37.221Z"}