Re: [jetty-users] Http response in case of timeout

[Kristof <kr_adr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Currently solved this by creating a custom TimeoutHander that wraps and executes our existing handlers using an ExecutorService. We expect the future response with a timeout. When we don't have a timely response we return our custom http response code + error message.

Kristof

On Tuesday, 17 February 2015, 20:28, Kristof <kr_adr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi all,

I configured Jetty Server to time out by configuring 'maxIdleTime' on a Connector that we register with the server.

The timeout works but I don't like the response that is being returned when the timeout occurs (curl output) ->

* Connected to localhost (::1) port 58272 (#0)

> GET /metrics HTTP/1.1

> User-Agent: curl/7.37.1

> Host: localhost:58272

> Accept: */*

>

* Empty reply from server

* Connection #0 to host localhost left intact

curl: (52) Empty reply from server

This is an example of using curl. It basically returns an empty reply which is confusing and not very helpful for the user.

Instead I would want to return a 504 response code so we know a timeout occurs and not another error.

Is there a way to do this without having to write code ourselves in the Handler?

I'm currently using Jetty 8.1.8 in embedded mode. 

Thanks!

Kristof