{"record":{"id":"41646e2608c2c3ac","repo":"xtekky/gpt4free","slug":"the-operation-timed-out-after-seconds","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"The operation timed out after {} seconds","messagePattern":"The operation timed out after (.+?) seconds","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"TimeoutError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"g4f/providers/asyncio.py","lineNumber":51,"sourceCode":"            elif check_nested:\n                raise NestAsyncioError(\n                    'Install \"nest-asyncio2\" package | pip install -U nest-asyncio2'\n                )\n        return loop\n    except RuntimeError:\n        pass\n\n\n# Fix for RuntimeError: async generator ignored GeneratorExit\nasync def await_callback(callback: Callable, timeout: Optional[int] = None) -> any:\n    try:\n        return (\n            await asyncio.wait_for(callback(), timeout)\n            if timeout is not None\n            else await callback()\n        )\n    except TimeoutError as e:\n        raise TimeoutError(\n            \"The operation timed out after {} seconds\".format(timeout)\n        ) from e\n\n\nasync def async_generator_to_list(generator: AsyncIterator) -> list:\n    return [item async for item in generator]\n\n\ndef to_sync_generator(\n    generator: AsyncIterator, stream: bool = True, timeout: int = None\n) -> Iterator:\n    loop = get_running_loop(check_nested=False)\n    if asyncio.iscoroutine(generator):\n        if loop is not None:\n            try:\n                result = loop.run_until_complete(generator)\n            except RuntimeError as e:\n                if asyncio.iscoroutine(generator):","sourceCodeStart":33,"sourceCodeEnd":69,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/xtekky/gpt4free/blob/973504e1770928ed5fb82f43da528f441ad9ddc3/g4f/providers/asyncio.py#L33-L69","documentation":"Raised by await_callback when the awaited callable exceeds the given timeout: asyncio.wait_for raises TimeoutError, which is re-raised with a uniform message including the configured limit. This helper exists partly to avoid the 'async generator ignored GeneratorExit' RuntimeError on abandoned coroutines.","triggerScenarios":"await_callback(callback, timeout=N) where callback() does not finish within N seconds — e.g. a provider's async request hanging on a slow endpoint or a dead connection without its own timeout.","commonSituations":"Slow upstream providers under load; timeouts set lower than the provider's typical time-to-first-token; network drops where the TCP stall outlives the configured budget.","solutions":["Increase the timeout argument passed to await_callback","Fix the underlying slowness: pass a per-request timeout to the HTTP client used inside callback","Catch TimeoutError at the call site and retry with backoff for idempotent requests"],"exampleFix":"# before\nresult = await await_callback(fetch, timeout=5)\n\n# after\ntry:\n    result = await await_callback(fetch, timeout=30)\nexcept TimeoutError:\n    result = await await_callback(fetch, timeout=60)","handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"try:\n    result = await await_callback(fn, timeout=10)\nexcept TimeoutError as e:\n    if \"timed out after\" in str(e):\n        result = await await_callback(fn, timeout=30)  # bounded single retry","preventionTips":["Size the timeout above the provider's observed p95 latency","Give the inner HTTP client its own timeout so wait_for never fires","Retry at most once with backoff to avoid amplifying load"],"tags":["asyncio","timeout","network"],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"973504e1770928ed5fb82f43da528f441ad9ddc3","analyzedAt":"2026-08-14T23:45:32.408Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-15T22:17:37.221Z"}