Upload timeout (#8895)

* Increase upload timeout for attachments

* Increase default API timeout

- To account for distant connections

* Use longer timeout when uploading files

* Debug for RTD testing

* Adjust commit extraction

* Cleanup debug output

* Include more vars in output

* Move debug output to top of file

* Add useful link

docs/main.py

@@ -8,6 +8,26 @@ import textwrap
 import requests
 import yaml
 
+# Debugging output - useful for diagnosing CI build issues
+print('loading ./docs/main.py...')
+
+# Print out some useful debugging information
+# Ref: https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference/environment-variables.html
+for key in [
+    'GITHUB_ACTIONS',
+    'GITHUB_REF',
+    'READTHEDOCS',
+    'READTHEDOCS_GIT_IDENTIFIER',
+    'READTHEDOCS_GIT_CLONE_URL',
+    'READTHEDOCS_GIT_COMMIT_HASH',
+    'READTHEDOCS_PROJECT',
+    'READTHEDOCS_VERSION',
+    'READTHEDOCS_VERSION_NAME',
+    'READTHEDOCS_VERSION_TYPE',
+]:
+    val = os.environ.get(key) or '-- MISSING --'
+    print(f' - {key}: {val}')
+
 # Cached settings dict values
 global GLOBAL_SETTINGS
 global USER_SETTINGS
@@ -77,11 +97,14 @@ def get_build_enviroment() -> str:
     """Returns the branch we are currently building on, based on the environment variables of the various CI platforms."""
     # Check if we are in ReadTheDocs
     if os.environ.get('READTHEDOCS') == 'True':
-        return os.environ.get('READTHEDOCS_GIT_IDENTIFIER')
+        for var in ['READTHEDOCS_GIT_COMMIT_HASH', 'READTHEDOCS_GIT_IDENTIFIER']:
+            if val := os.environ.get(var):
+                return val
     # We are in GitHub Actions
     elif os.environ.get('GITHUB_ACTIONS') == 'true':
         return os.environ.get('GITHUB_REF')
-    else:
+
+    # Default to 'master' branch
     return 'master'
 
 

src/frontend/src/App.tsx

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export function setApiDefaults() {
   const { token } = useUserState.getState();
 
   api.defaults.baseURL = host;
-  api.defaults.timeout = 2500;
+  api.defaults.timeout = 5000;
 
   api.defaults.withCredentials = true;
   api.defaults.withXSRFToken = true;

src/frontend/src/components/forms/ApiForm.tsx

@@ -435,11 +435,18 @@ export function ApiForm({
       }
     });
 
+    /* Set the timeout for the request:
+     * - If a timeout is provided in the props, use that
+     * - If the form contains files, use a longer timeout
+     * - Otherwise, use the default timeout
+     */
+    const timeout = props.timeout ?? (hasFiles ? 30000 : undefined);
+
     return api({
       method: method,
       url: url,
       data: hasFiles ? formData : jsonData,
-      timeout: props.timeout,
+      timeout: timeout,
       headers: {
         'Content-Type': hasFiles ? 'multipart/form-data' : 'application/json'
       }

src/frontend/src/tables/general/AttachmentTable.tsx

@@ -131,7 +131,9 @@ export function AttachmentTable({
       setIsUploading(true);
 
       api
-        .post(url, formData)
+        .post(url, formData, {
+          timeout: 30 * 1000
+        })
         .then((response) => {
           notifications.show({
             title: t`File uploaded`,