OpenAI API APITimeoutError (no HTTP status): what it means and how to fix it

What it means

The request took too long to complete and the connection was closed. By default SDK requests time out after 10 minutes, and timed-out requests are retried twice by default. Stream consumption is not automatically retried.

Causes

• A network issue
• Heavy load on OpenAI's services
• A complex request that requires more processing time

How to fix it

1. 1
   Fix 1.

   Wait a few seconds and retry the request.

2. 2
   Fix 2.

   Configure the client timeout.

   Snippet

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   client = OpenAI(
       # 20 seconds (default is 10 minutes)
       timeout=20.0,
   )