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Explain to us non-programmers why a 60" request (the default nginx timeout) is ok, but a 61" request is not.



lol it’s funny you have to ask.

Out of curiosity I asked Claude.

“I have an application, it only has a few users, hosted on nginx. There is 1 endpoint which can take up to 5 minutes to execute. What’s the best way to fix this?”

Response:

“Immediate fix…

Increase nginx timeout settings explains how

I happen to have a php project here hosted on nginx with docker locally for running and testing. So I asked cursor the exact same question. It suggested refactoring to make the call async, or changing nginx. I said change nginx. It updated the config and rebuilt docker compose to make sure the change happened.

It’s always a user issue when it comes to using AI.




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