xtekky/gpt4free · warning · RuntimeError

Timeout error after {timeout} sec

Error message

Timeout error after {timeout} sec

What it means

Raised as RuntimeError by Bing image creation when the async-results polling loop exceeds the timeout: the code polls polling_url once per second and, if time.time() - start_time > timeout before a completed page appears, it aborts. Bing's async generation did not finish in the allotted window.

Source

Thrown at g4f/Provider/needs_auth/bing/create_images.py:124

        async with session.post(
            url, allow_redirects=False, timeout=timeout
        ) as response:
            if response.status != 302:
                raise RuntimeError(f"Create images failed. Code: {response.status}")

    redirect_url = response.headers["Location"].replace("&nfy=1", "")
    redirect_url = f"{BING_URL}{redirect_url}"
    request_id = redirect_url.split("id=")[-1]
    async with session.get(redirect_url) as response:
        response.raise_for_status()

    polling_url = (
        f"{BING_URL}/images/create/async/results/{request_id}?q={url_encoded_prompt}"
    )
    start_time = time.time()
    while True:
        if time.time() - start_time > timeout:
            raise RuntimeError(f"Timeout error after {timeout} sec")
        async with session.get(polling_url) as response:
            if response.status != 200:
                raise RuntimeError(f"Polling images faild. Code: {response.status}")
            text = await response.text()
            if not text or "GenerativeImagesStatusPage" in text:
                await asyncio.sleep(1)
            else:
                break
    error = None
    try:
        error = json.loads(text).get("errorMessage")
    except Exception:
        pass
    if error == "Pending":
        raise RuntimeError("Prompt is been blocked")
    elif error:
        raise RuntimeError(error)
    return read_images(text)

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Solutions

1. Increase the timeout argument passed to create_images / the image provider call
2. Retry — slow generation is often transient load
3. Shorten the prompt; simpler prompts usually generate faster

Example fix

# before
images = create_images(session, prompt, cookies, timeout=20)

# after
images = create_images(session, prompt, cookies, timeout=120)  # allow more time

try:
    images = create_images(session, prompt, cookies, timeout=60)
except RuntimeError as e:
    if 'Timeout' in str(e):
        images = create_images(session, prompt, cookies, timeout=180)
    else:
        raise

When it happens

Trigger: Beng image generation is slow or stuck: the polling endpoint keeps returning the GenerativeImagesStatusPage (or empty body) past the configured timeout value.

Common situations: Long/complex prompts taking longer than the default timeout, Bing under heavy load, an aggressive low timeout passed by the caller.

Understand the failure class

• Timeouts: ETIMEDOUT, deadlines, and hung requests — what actually expires when a request times out.

Related errors

• Polling images faild. Code: {response.status}
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• Create images failed: {error}
• Create images failed. Code: {response.status}
• Upload timeout for {file_id}

AI-assisted analysis of xtekky/gpt4free@973504e177 (2026-08-14). Data as JSON: /api/errors/d054209f2a40df38. Report an issue: GitHub.