{"record":{"id":"85ab0a9c0fa5bedb","repo":"influxdata/influxdb","slug":"failed-to-read-the-api-response-bytes","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"failed to read the API response bytes: {}","messagePattern":"failed to read the API response bytes: (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"influxdb3_client/src/lib.rs","lineNumber":31,"sourceCode":"use serde::{Serialize, de::DeserializeOwned};\nuse std::error::Error as _;\nuse std::io::Write as _;\nuse std::{fmt::Display, num::NonZeroUsize, path::PathBuf, string::FromUtf8Error, time::Duration};\nuse url::Url;\n\nuse influxdb3_types::http::*;\npub use influxdb3_types::write::Precision;\n\n/// Primary error type for the [`Client`]\n#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]\npub enum Error {\n    #[error(\"base URL error: {}\", reqwest_description(.0))]\n    BaseUrl(#[source] reqwest::Error),\n\n    #[error(\"request URL error: {0}\")]\n    RequestUrl(#[from] url::ParseError),\n\n    #[error(\"failed to read the API response bytes: {}\", reqwest_description(.0))]\n    Bytes(#[source] reqwest::Error),\n\n    #[error(\"failed to serialize the request body: {0}\")]\n    RequestSerialization(#[source] serde_json::Error),\n\n    #[error(\n        \"provided parameter ('{name}') could not be converted \\\n        to a statment parameter\"\n    )]\n    ConvertQueryParam {\n        name: String,\n        #[source]\n        source: iox_query_params::Error,\n    },\n\n    #[error(\"invalid UTF8 in response: {0}\")]\n    InvalidUtf8(#[from] FromUtf8Error),\n","sourceCodeStart":13,"sourceCodeEnd":49,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/blob/06200ef96ba82c5f6727e5038a83af8e722c6875/influxdb3_client/src/lib.rs#L13-L49","documentation":"Error::Bytes is returned when reading the raw response body bytes from the server fails at the reqwest/transport level; the underlying reqwest::Error is attached as a source and described in the message. This indicates the HTTP exchange started but the body could not be read to completion.","triggerScenarios":"Calling any influxdb3_client API (e.g. write, query) where the connection drops mid-response, the server times out while streaming the body, TLS errors occur, or the response is aborted.","commonSituations":"Large response bodies over flaky networks; server-side timeouts or proxies closing connections; keep-alive connections reset by load balancers.","solutions":["Retry the request with backoff, since transient connection/body-read failures are often intermittent.","Check connectivity to the server, proxy/LB idle timeouts, and TLS configuration.","Inspect the source reqwest::Error (is_timeout, is_connect, is_decode) to target the root cause; increase client timeouts if bodies are large."],"exampleFix":"// before\nlet resp = client.get(endpoint).send().await?.bytes().await?; // panics on failure\n// after\nlet bytes = match resp.bytes().await {\n    Ok(b) => b,\n    Err(e) if e.is_timeout() || e.is_connect() => return retry_with_backoff(),\n    Err(e) => return Err(Error::Bytes(e)),\n};","handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":"// pre-flight reachability check\nlet healthy = reqwest::get(format!(\"{base}/health\")).await.is_ok();","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"match resp.bytes().await {\n    Ok(b) => Ok(b),\n    Err(e) if e.is_timeout() || e.is_connect() || e.is_body() => retry_with_backoff(3, || send()),\n    Err(e) => Err(Error::Bytes(e)),\n}","preventionTips":["Configure generous timeouts for large bodies.","Use retry middleware with exponential backoff for idempotent requests.","Monitor proxy/LB idle timeouts against response durations."],"tags":["http","network","reqwest","response-body"],"backgroundTag":"http-request-failed","analyzedSha":"06200ef96ba82c5f6727e5038a83af8e722c6875","analyzedAt":"2026-09-19T12:55:30.003Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-19T12:55:30.003Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-23T08:17:48.524Z"}