Periodic 'Error response code 504'

[AdamS 30]

One of my client's gets periodic 'Error response code 504' when attempting to search.

 

Restarting the Connect instance or the server generally fixes it but it keeps occurring at semi regular intervals.

 

running Connect 2.0.

 

Any idea's/thoughts?

[igor_r 1]

Hi Adam,

 

504 error code indicates a connection timeout which happens when response is not ready in 3 minutes. Based on the description this might be caused by a long running complex search queries - but we would have to look at the logs in order to be sure.

[AdamS 30]

I don't think it's due to complex queries in this instance as my client is only running single word or short phrase queries. Next time it happens I'll send the log files through to support and see if that sheds some light on it.

[Vince 0]

Did you by any chance ever find the source of your Error 504 AdamS? We are experiencing the same issues with searching by keyword list. Thanks

[AdamS 30]

Sorry Vince the issue didn't occur again so didn't chase it any further

[ŁukaszBachman 18]

On 11/21/2018 at 4:53 PM, Vince said:

Did you by any chance ever find the source of your Error 504 AdamS? We are experiencing the same issues with searching by keyword list. Thanks

Vince, maybe your keyword search is too complex to be evaluated in 3 minutes timeout. The solution might be to split it into smaller chunks or reduce the complexity (by eliminating excessive use of wildcards, for instance). There might also be a way out by bumping the timeout parameter to a higher value.

[QasimProtiviti 0]

Has anyone gotten a resolution to the 504 error? We are also experiencing the error and don't have the option of breaking up the search parameters. Its  not really a complex search, just the number of parameters/terms is large.

[ŁukaszBachman 18]

Hi again,

What you can try to do is to extend the default timeout of 3 minutes to a larger value by means of trial and error (4, 5, 6 mins...). To do this one has to modify "C:\Users\ACCOUNT_RUNNING_CONNECT\AppData\Roaming\Intella Connect\prefs\user.prefs" file by adding the following line: 

ReverseProxyTimeout=XXX

where XXX is the new value in milliseconds (defaults to 180000). Intella Connect restart would be required.

In general it should be ok to do this, but keep in mind that such timeouts are added for a reason and setting this value too large can result in performance degradation if not used wisely.