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Developer's OpenAI Gateway Hangs for 92 Seconds Due to Missing Timeout

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A developer running an OpenAI-compatible gateway experienced a significant performance issue when a single request took 92 seconds to complete, compared to typical responses under 12 seconds. Investigation revealed that while the upstream provider (DeepSeek Chat) exhibited some latency variance, the gateway itself was responsible for the prolonged hang due to a lack of a configured request timeout. The developer emphasizes the importance of monitoring tail latency and implementing timeouts to prevent silent failures that can alienate customers. AI

IMPACT Highlights critical infrastructure configuration needs for AI services, emphasizing tail latency and timeouts for reliability.

RANK_REASON Developer's practical advice on infra configuration for AI gateways.

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Developer's OpenAI Gateway Hangs for 92 Seconds Due to Missing Timeout

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Harvey He ·

    My gateway looked fine for 3 days. Then one request took 92 seconds.

    <p>I run an OpenAI-compatible gateway. Every day I fire the same request at it three times and write down how long each one took. Tiny request, <code>max_tokens=10</code>, nothing clever.</p> <p>Here's the last four days:</p> <div class="table-wrapper-paragraph"><table> <thead> <…

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