[HTTPCLIENT-2169] Support to provide complete request/call timeout option

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 5.1
• Component/s: HttpClient (async), HttpClient (classic)

Language

Java

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Nishant Kumar
• Created: 16/Aug/21 06:59
• Updated: 17/Aug/21 16:58
• Resolved: 17/Aug/21 16:58

Description

Description

The httpclient (both sync and sync) supports `connectTimeout`, `responseTimeout` and `connectionRequestTimeout`. But it doesn't support complete request or call timeout similar to okhttp `callTimeout` (https://square.github.io/okhttp/4.x/okhttp/okhttp3/-ok-http-client/-builder/call-timeout/). Based on my understanding the `responseTimeout` is nothing but `readTimeout` i.e. the maximum time the client will wait for a message to arrive and theoretically, the total call time can be infinite if the server keeps sending msg within specified `readTimeout`. It can be problematic if the client wants to put a hard limit on the complete call time. I believe it's a very common use case in a low latency system.

Proposed Solution
Provide option to user to specify `callTimeout`/`requestTimeout`

Issue Links

• duplicates: HTTPCLIENT-1074 Query timeout parameter / request deadline