{"record":{"id":"b0c7d8d1495f70ac","repo":"Fosowl/agenticSeek","slug":"lm-studio-request-timed-out-check-if-server-is-r","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"LM Studio request timed out - check if server is responsive","messagePattern":"LM Studio request timed out - check if server is responsive","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"Exception","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"sources/llm_provider.py","lineNumber":408,"sourceCode":"            try:\n                result = response.json()\n            except ValueError as json_err:\n                raise Exception(f\"Invalid JSON from LM Studio: {response.text[:200]}\") from json_err\n\n            if verbose:\n                print(\"Response from LM Studio:\", result)\n            choices = result.get(\"choices\", [])\n            if not choices:\n                raise Exception(f\"No choices in LM Studio response: {result}\")\n\n            message = choices[0].get(\"message\", {})\n            content = message.get(\"content\", \"\")\n            if not content:\n                raise Exception(f\"Empty content in LM Studio response: {result}\")\n            return content\n\n        except requests.exceptions.Timeout:\n            raise Exception(\"LM Studio request timed out - check if server is responsive\")\n        except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:\n            raise Exception(f\"Cannot connect to LM Studio at {route_start} - check if server is running\")\n        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:\n            raise Exception(f\"HTTP request failed: {str(e)}\") from e\n        except Exception as e:\n            if \"LM Studio\" in str(e):\n                raise  # Re-raise our custom exceptions\n            raise Exception(f\"Unexpected error: {str(e)}\") from e\n\n    def openrouter_fn(self, history, verbose=False):\n        \"\"\"\n        Use OpenRouter API to generate text.\n        \"\"\"\n        client = OpenAI(api_key=self.api_key, base_url=\"https://openrouter.ai/api/v1\")\n        if self.is_local:\n            # This case should ideally not be reached if unsafe_providers is set correctly\n            # and is_local is False in config for openrouter\n            raise Exception(\"OpenRouter is not available for local use. Change config.ini\")","sourceCodeStart":390,"sourceCodeEnd":426,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/Fosowl/agenticSeek/blob/ae57a2357745a9706cb12d0fd76d954c84d166fa/sources/llm_provider.py#L390-L426","documentation":"lm_studio_fn catches requests.exceptions.Timeout from the 30-second requests.post and converts it into this explicit message. It means the local LM Studio server accepted the connection but did not complete the request within 30s — the server is slow or hung.","triggerScenarios":"requests.post(route_start, json=payload, timeout=30) exceeds 30 seconds: model loading on first request, very long context, CPU-only inference, or the server busy with another long generation.","commonSituations":"First request after starting LM Studio while the model is still loading; large prompt on a CPU-only machine; server serializing requests behind another slow call; swap thrashing on memory-constrained hosts.","solutions":["Verify the LM Studio server is responsive (curl the /v1/models endpoint) and restart it if hung","Warm up the model with a small request before sending large prompts so first-load latency doesn't hit the 30s cap","Use a smaller/faster quantized model or enable GPU acceleration","Reduce prompt/context size","If legitimately slow, patch the timeout in lm_studio_fn (requests.post(..., timeout=30)) to a higher value"],"exampleFix":"// before\nresponse = requests.post(route_start, json=payload, timeout=30)\n// after\nresponse = requests.post(route_start, json=payload, timeout=120)","handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":"import time, requests\ndef wait_until_lm_studio_ready(url, timeout=120):\n    deadline = time.time() + timeout\n    while time.time() < deadline:\n        try:\n            if requests.get(f\"{url}/v1/models\", timeout=3).ok:\n                return True\n        except requests.exceptions.Timeout:\n            pass\n        time.sleep(2)\n    return False","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"try:\n    content = provider.lm_studio_fn(history)\nexcept Exception as e:\n    if \"timed out\" in str(e):\n        time.sleep(2)\n        content = provider.lm_studio_fn(history)  # one retry; server may have been loading\n    else:\n        raise","preventionTips":["Warm up the model with a tiny request before real calls (first load is slow)","Prefer GPU-accelerated or smaller quants on CPU-only hosts","Avoid concurrent long generations — LM Studio serializes requests","Raise the 30s timeout in lm_studio_fn for long-context workloads"],"tags":["timeout","lm-studio","network","local-server"],"backgroundTag":"request-timeout","analyzedSha":"ae57a2357745a9706cb12d0fd76d954c84d166fa","analyzedAt":"2026-08-30T02:49:05.834Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-30T03:17:51.788Z"}