astropy / astropy/astroquery

MAST query times out after 600s

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Description

The default config file does not seem to have an entry for [mast] and conf.timeout is set by mast/__init__.py to a hard coded 600s.
This value is way to small to do any JWST related MAST queries. As this is not well documented, I wanted to report this here.

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Research direction

Read mast/__init__.py and inspect the default config file, focusing on how conf.timeout is initialized and whether a [mast] entry is supported. Verify the current behavior for a JWST-related MAST query; done should make the timeout configurable or appropriately documented so users are not limited by the hard-coded 600s value.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
api
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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