timeout
Enforces a maximum end-to-end latency from request receipt to response headers.
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Enforces a maximum end-to-end latency from request receipt to response headers.
Configuration Notes
This does not cancel the upstream connection; the upstream has already responded by the time this check runs. It is useful for enforcing SLAs.
Configuration
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
timeout_ms | integer | yes | Maximum allowed elapsed time from request receipt to response headers, in milliseconds. Requests that exceed this limit receive a 504. |
Example
filter: timeout
timeout_ms: 5000 # 5 seconds