astropy / astropy/pyvo

Add timeouts to service request such as tap/sia etc queries.

Open
#345 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub
enhancement
Dominant language
Python
Stars
88
Forks
64
Avg merge
38m
Merged PRs (30d)
1

Description

This is to prevent such requests from forever hanging where the service is not responding. (See #342)

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

Research direction

Start by reviewing issue #342 and tracing the service-request paths used by TAP, SIA, and similar queries. Identify where requests can remain blocked, then verify that an unresponsive service terminates after a defined timeout rather than hanging indefinitely.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
api
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.