fix: retry a request when establishing the connection timed out - #3170
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A timeout while connecting is transient and safe to retry: no byte of the request has been sent, so the target cannot have processed it. Membrane gave up on it instead, because the JDK reports a connect timeout and a read timeout alike as SocketTimeoutException, and the retry handling could only apply the conservative read-timeout rule (idempotent methods on multiple nodes only). A dropped SYN therefore turned into a 504 after one attempt. That is what made Wsdl2OpenAPIXsdFeaturesTutorialTest flaky (#3168): a gateway self-calling a mock on a fixed loopback port draws an ephemeral port whose 4-tuple is still in TIME_WAIT, the kernel silently drops the SYN, and the connect times out while the backend never sees anything. - add ConnectTimeoutException extends SocketTimeoutException, thrown by Connection.open for everything that happens before the request is written (plain connect, both TLS paths, the post-tunnel handshake) - retry it in RetryHandler for any request method, controlled by the new <retries retryOnConnectTimeout="..."> attribute, default true - leave read timeouts on the existing rule: there the request may already have been processed - HTTPClientInterceptor now names the phase that timed out instead of logging "is not reachable." for connect timeout, read timeout and refused connection alike, and fills the detail of the 504 problem details Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughConnection setup now classifies connection timeouts separately from read timeouts. The interceptor reports phase-specific 504 errors. ChangesTimeout Handling
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to Timeout responses now include backend destination details, which could expose internal service topology to clients. The PR is mergeable with explicit security-owner awareness or follow-up to limit that disclosure. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Target
participant Connection
participant RetryHandler
participant HTTPClientInterceptor
Target-->>Connection: accept or delay connection
Connection->>RetryHandler: raise ConnectTimeoutException on connection timeout
RetryHandler->>Connection: retry connection when enabled
Connection->>HTTPClientInterceptor: raise read timeout after request
HTTPClientInterceptor-->>Target: return phase-specific timeout response
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`@core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/interceptor/HTTPClientInterceptor.java`:
- Around line 128-136: Update the timeout handling around msg and the
ProblemDetails detail call so the 504 response uses a generic timeout message
without getDestination(exc). Preserve the detailed msg, including the backend
destination, for logging only, and keep the existing timeout status and subtype
behavior unchanged.
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`@core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/transport/http/client/RetryHandler.java`:
- Around line 46-47: Update the RetryHandler documentation comment to replace
the {`@code` retryOnConnectTimeout=true} reference with supported HTML code
markup, preserving the documented configuration name and value.
In `@core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/transport/http/Connection.java`:
- Around line 129-130: Update the SocketTimeoutException catch in Connection to
close any partially opened con.socket before throwing ConnectTimeoutException;
if closing fails, add that failure as a suppressed exception on the original
timeout, then rethrow the wrapped timeout.
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`@core/src/test/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/interceptor/HTTPClientInterceptorTest.java`:
- Around line 151-199: Add a test in the unreachableTarget test class that
injects or configures an HttpClient to throw ConnectTimeoutException, then
invokes the handler and asserts a 504 response with the connect-timeout subtype.
Reuse the existing callTarget setup and test utilities where possible, targeting
the handler branch distinct from refused connections and read timeouts.
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`@core/src/test/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/transport/http/ConnectionTest.java`:
- Around line 89-100: Update fillAcceptQueue to keep attempting connections
beyond the initial ten until a bounded connection timeout confirms the accept
queue is saturated, while retaining successfully connected sockets for cleanup.
If saturation is not observed within the defined attempt/time bound, fail
explicitly with a clear precondition error instead of returning normally.
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core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/interceptor/HTTPClientInterceptor.javacore/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/transport/http/ConnectTimeoutException.javacore/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/transport/http/Connection.javacore/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/transport/http/client/RetryHandler.javacore/src/test/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/interceptor/HTTPClientInterceptorTest.javacore/src/test/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/transport/http/ConnectionTest.javacore/src/test/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/transport/http/client/RetryHandlerTest.java
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Use HTML code markup in generated configuration documentation.
RetryHandler is an @MCElement. Replace {@code retryOnConnectTimeout=true} with supported HTML code markup, such as <code>retryOnConnectTimeout=true</code>.
As per coding guidelines, generated reference documentation must use HTML markup instead of {@code}.
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In
`@core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/transport/http/client/RetryHandler.java`
around lines 46 - 47, Update the RetryHandler documentation comment to replace
the {`@code` retryOnConnectTimeout=true} reference with supported HTML code
markup, preserving the documented configuration name and value.
Source: Coding guidelines
…onnect branch - Connection.open closes con.socket when the timeout happened after it was already connected (proxy handshake, TLS wrapping). The plain connect path does not need it, the JDK closes the socket itself, but the tunnel path left an open descriptor behind. A failure to close is attached as suppressed. - add the missing HTTPClientInterceptor test for the connect-timeout branch, asserting 504 and the connect-timeout subtype Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Thanks — went through all four. Two fixed in 23b5602, two I'm pushing back on with evidence. 1. Close the partially opened socket — ✅ fixed, but the rationale was only half rightFixed defensively, with the close failure attached as Worth recording that the stated failure mode does not apply to the plain-connect path: Identical. What is real is the case named in the finding's second half: if 2. Do not expose the backend destination in the 504 detail — ❌ decliningTwo reasons. Production mode already prevents this. if (production) {
provideLogKeyInsteadOfDetails(root);
return root;
}
if (detail != null) {
root.put(DETAIL, detail);
}In development mode the response even carries an explicit banner saying detailed information is being exposed and how to turn it off. So the destination reaches a client only where that is the deliberate, signposted behaviour. It would be inconsistent with the same method. The neighbouring branches on master already put the destination in Happy to revisit if the project wants destinations out of 3.
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Problem
A timeout while connecting is transient and safe to retry — no byte of the request has been sent, so the target cannot have processed it. Membrane gave up on it instead.
The reason is that the JDK reports both phases as a bare
java.net.SocketTimeoutException, differing only in message text ("Connect timed out" vs "Read timed out").RetryHandlercould therefore only apply the conservative read-timeout rule — retry only idempotent methods, and only when several nodes are configured — so aPOSTto a single backend was never retried.This is the root cause of the flaky
Wsdl2OpenAPIXsdFeaturesTutorialTestin #3168. A gateway self-calling a mock on a fixed loopback port eventually draws an ephemeral port whose 4-tuple against that port is still inTIME_WAIT; the kernel silently drops the SYN, the connect times out after the full 10s, and the backend never sees the connection at all. Captured during a hang:The readiness race suggested in the issue and a full accept backlog were both ruled out:
Recv-Qis 0, the acceptor thread is healthy, and both ports are bound beforeup and running!is logged.Change
ConnectTimeoutException extends SocketTimeoutException— thrown byConnection.openfor everything that happens before the request is written: the plainconnect, both TLScreateSocketpaths, and the post-tunnel handshake. ExtendingSocketTimeoutExceptionkeeps every existing catch site working.RetryHandlerretries it for any request method, controlled by a new attribute, defaulttrue:HTTPClientInterceptornow names the phase. Previously a connect timeout, a read timeout and a refused connection all loggedTarget ... is not reachable., which is what made this issue misdiagnose:subSeeis nowconnect-timeoutvssocket-timeout, and the 504 problem details carry adetail(they had none).Verification
ConnectionTest.connectTimeoutSurfacesAsConnectTimeoutExceptionis a real regression test — with theConnectionchange stashed it fails with expectedConnectTimeoutExceptionbut wasjava.net.SocketTimeoutException.RetryHandlerTestcovers connect timeout retried forPOSTon one node, not retried when the flag is off, and read timeouts unchanged.Attempt #0/#1/#2and "timed out before it was established" in the log. Before the change: one attempt, immediate 504.Notes
connectTimeout(30s at defaults) before the 504.retryOnConnectTimeout: falserestores fail-fast.@BeforeEach, i.e. once per test method, which is what accumulates theTIME_WAITentries in the first place. Worth a separate issue.Refs #3168
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