{"record":{"id":"37231215ca251f0d","repo":"ScrapeGraphAI/Scrapegraph-ai","slug":"response-took-longer-than-timeout-seconds","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Response took longer than {timeout} seconds","messagePattern":"Response took longer than (.+?) seconds","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"Timeout","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"scrapegraphai/nodes/generate_answer_node.py","lineNumber":83,"sourceCode":"            if node_config.get(\"schema\", None) is None:\n                self.llm_model.format = \"json\"\n            else:\n                self.llm_model.format = self.node_config[\"schema\"].model_json_schema()\n\n        self.verbose = node_config.get(\"verbose\", False)\n        self.force = node_config.get(\"force\", False)\n        self.script_creator = node_config.get(\"script_creator\", False)\n        self.is_md_scraper = node_config.get(\"is_md_scraper\", False)\n        self.additional_info = node_config.get(\"additional_info\")\n        self.timeout = node_config.get(\"timeout\", 480)\n\n    def invoke_with_timeout(self, chain, inputs, timeout):\n        \"\"\"Helper method to invoke chain with timeout\"\"\"\n        try:\n            start_time = time.time()\n            response = chain.invoke(inputs)\n            if time.time() - start_time > timeout:\n                raise Timeout(f\"Response took longer than {timeout} seconds\")\n            return response\n        except Timeout as e:\n            self.logger.error(f\"Timeout error: {str(e)}\")\n            raise\n        except Exception as e:\n            self.logger.error(f\"Error during chain execution: {str(e)}\")\n            raise\n\n    def process(self, state: dict) -> dict:\n        \"\"\"Process the input state and generate an answer.\"\"\"\n        user_prompt = state.get(\"user_prompt\")\n        # Check for content in different possible state keys\n        content = (\n            state.get(\"relevant_chunks\")\n            or state.get(\"parsed_doc\")\n            or state.get(\"doc\")\n            or state.get(\"content\")\n        )","sourceCodeStart":65,"sourceCodeEnd":101,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/ScrapeGraphAI/Scrapegraph-ai/blob/532dfffbf6ee823a6c9cf8cfedc24a93bf026780/scrapegraphai/nodes/generate_answer_node.py#L65-L101","documentation":"GenerateAnswerNode.invoke_with_timeout calls chain.invoke() and afterwards compares elapsed wall time against the timeout; if the call took longer than the limit, langchain_core.errors.Timeout is raised (and logged) so the graph can branch on RetryError/timeout handling.","triggerScenarios":"A slow LLM (long generation, rate-limit retries inside the client, overloaded provider) making chain.invoke exceed the configured timeout (e.g. 90s default) set via config 'timeout'.","commonSituations":"Large contexts/long outputs with small timeouts; provider throttling; intermittent network latency; timeout too aggressive for reasoning models.","solutions":["Increase the timeout in graph config: {'llm': {...}, 'timeout': 300} or the node/model timeout setting","Reduce input size (truncate docs) or lower max_output_tokens so responses finish faster","Implement the node's retry/error-handling path or catch Timeout upstream and retry with backoff"],"exampleFix":"# before\ngraph_config = {'llm': {'model': 'openai/gpt-4o'}, 'timeout': 60}\n# after\ngraph_config = {'llm': {'model': 'openai/gpt-4o'}, 'timeout': 300}","handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":"# pre-flight: choose timeout proportional to expected output size\nest_tokens = len(docs_text) // 4\ntimeout = max(120, est_tokens // 100)  # rough heuristic","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"from langchain_core.errors import Timeout\nfor attempt in range(2):\n    try:\n        result = node.invoke_with_timeout(chain, inputs, timeout)\n        break\n    except Timeout:\n        if attempt == 1:\n            raise\n        timeout *= 2","preventionTips":["Set timeout generously for long generations (300s+)","Truncate large document contexts before the answer node","Implement exponential-backoff retries around LLM invocations"],"tags":["scrapegraphai","generate-answer","timeout","llm"],"backgroundTag":"operation-timed-out","analyzedSha":"532dfffbf6ee823a6c9cf8cfedc24a93bf026780","analyzedAt":"2026-08-28T15:19:38.821Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-28T16:17:29.566Z"}