RestTemplate.postForObject() java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out EVEN THOUGH SUCCESSFUL












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I have two Java Spring Boot web service apps on the same server calling each other via REST. Service A calls Service B and the latter successfully acts upon the notfication.
THE PROBLEM is that Service A never receives the acknowlegement from Service B, so it thinks it has failed, and in accordance with its looping recovery logic, it tries again…and again…and again. Service B ends up doing 3 times the work for no added benefit.



The relevant code (stripped down and falsified to protect the guilty) is as follows:



Service A:



public void giveOrderToServiceB(@RequestBody CustomClass message) {
...
org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate template = new RestTemplate(clientHttpRequestFactory());
com.mycompany.CustomReply reply = template.postForObject(serviceBUrl, message, CustomReply.class);


Service B REST Controller:



@PostMapping(value="ExecuteTheWork", produces=org.springframework.http.MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE, consumes=MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
public @ResponseBody CustomReply executeTheWork(@RequestBody CustomClass thing) {
// do something with the thing...
CustomReply reply = new CustomReply();
reply.setReply("Successfully executed the work.");
return reply;
}


The actual exception caught by Service A after calling RestTemplate.postForObject() is



java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out


Please advise.










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  • Have you checked that Service B actually finishes it's method? I guess the culprit lies somewhere in // do something with the thing...

    – dunni
    Nov 21 '18 at 18:59











  • Thanks. Yes, it executes, parses an XML file, makes calls to a database (I can query to see the results) and the logging statement before the final return statement succeeds.

    – Howard007
    Nov 21 '18 at 19:21











  • I'm wondering if there is something about the JSON marshalling and un-marshalling. Since these services are in separate JVMs they aren't actually referencing the same instances of the return object.

    – Howard007
    Nov 21 '18 at 19:21













  • Try to add time to your reste template by doing like this : @Bean public RestTemplate restTemplate( RestTemplateBuilder restTemplateBuilder) { return restTemplateBuilder .setConnectTimeout(500) .setReadTimeout(500) .build(); } Else try to tell us what's is the url of every service ?

    – TinyOS
    Nov 21 '18 at 19:38













  • Inexplicably, it seems to be working now; the return message is getting back to the caller. The only change I made related to this was to put the declaration of the return class variable towards the top of the method body. Go figure.

    – Howard007
    Nov 21 '18 at 20:05


















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I have two Java Spring Boot web service apps on the same server calling each other via REST. Service A calls Service B and the latter successfully acts upon the notfication.
THE PROBLEM is that Service A never receives the acknowlegement from Service B, so it thinks it has failed, and in accordance with its looping recovery logic, it tries again…and again…and again. Service B ends up doing 3 times the work for no added benefit.



The relevant code (stripped down and falsified to protect the guilty) is as follows:



Service A:



public void giveOrderToServiceB(@RequestBody CustomClass message) {
...
org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate template = new RestTemplate(clientHttpRequestFactory());
com.mycompany.CustomReply reply = template.postForObject(serviceBUrl, message, CustomReply.class);


Service B REST Controller:



@PostMapping(value="ExecuteTheWork", produces=org.springframework.http.MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE, consumes=MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
public @ResponseBody CustomReply executeTheWork(@RequestBody CustomClass thing) {
// do something with the thing...
CustomReply reply = new CustomReply();
reply.setReply("Successfully executed the work.");
return reply;
}


The actual exception caught by Service A after calling RestTemplate.postForObject() is



java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out


Please advise.










share|improve this question























  • Have you checked that Service B actually finishes it's method? I guess the culprit lies somewhere in // do something with the thing...

    – dunni
    Nov 21 '18 at 18:59











  • Thanks. Yes, it executes, parses an XML file, makes calls to a database (I can query to see the results) and the logging statement before the final return statement succeeds.

    – Howard007
    Nov 21 '18 at 19:21











  • I'm wondering if there is something about the JSON marshalling and un-marshalling. Since these services are in separate JVMs they aren't actually referencing the same instances of the return object.

    – Howard007
    Nov 21 '18 at 19:21













  • Try to add time to your reste template by doing like this : @Bean public RestTemplate restTemplate( RestTemplateBuilder restTemplateBuilder) { return restTemplateBuilder .setConnectTimeout(500) .setReadTimeout(500) .build(); } Else try to tell us what's is the url of every service ?

    – TinyOS
    Nov 21 '18 at 19:38













  • Inexplicably, it seems to be working now; the return message is getting back to the caller. The only change I made related to this was to put the declaration of the return class variable towards the top of the method body. Go figure.

    – Howard007
    Nov 21 '18 at 20:05
















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I have two Java Spring Boot web service apps on the same server calling each other via REST. Service A calls Service B and the latter successfully acts upon the notfication.
THE PROBLEM is that Service A never receives the acknowlegement from Service B, so it thinks it has failed, and in accordance with its looping recovery logic, it tries again…and again…and again. Service B ends up doing 3 times the work for no added benefit.



The relevant code (stripped down and falsified to protect the guilty) is as follows:



Service A:



public void giveOrderToServiceB(@RequestBody CustomClass message) {
...
org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate template = new RestTemplate(clientHttpRequestFactory());
com.mycompany.CustomReply reply = template.postForObject(serviceBUrl, message, CustomReply.class);


Service B REST Controller:



@PostMapping(value="ExecuteTheWork", produces=org.springframework.http.MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE, consumes=MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
public @ResponseBody CustomReply executeTheWork(@RequestBody CustomClass thing) {
// do something with the thing...
CustomReply reply = new CustomReply();
reply.setReply("Successfully executed the work.");
return reply;
}


The actual exception caught by Service A after calling RestTemplate.postForObject() is



java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out


Please advise.










share|improve this question














I have two Java Spring Boot web service apps on the same server calling each other via REST. Service A calls Service B and the latter successfully acts upon the notfication.
THE PROBLEM is that Service A never receives the acknowlegement from Service B, so it thinks it has failed, and in accordance with its looping recovery logic, it tries again…and again…and again. Service B ends up doing 3 times the work for no added benefit.



The relevant code (stripped down and falsified to protect the guilty) is as follows:



Service A:



public void giveOrderToServiceB(@RequestBody CustomClass message) {
...
org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate template = new RestTemplate(clientHttpRequestFactory());
com.mycompany.CustomReply reply = template.postForObject(serviceBUrl, message, CustomReply.class);


Service B REST Controller:



@PostMapping(value="ExecuteTheWork", produces=org.springframework.http.MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE, consumes=MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
public @ResponseBody CustomReply executeTheWork(@RequestBody CustomClass thing) {
// do something with the thing...
CustomReply reply = new CustomReply();
reply.setReply("Successfully executed the work.");
return reply;
}


The actual exception caught by Service A after calling RestTemplate.postForObject() is



java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out


Please advise.







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  • Have you checked that Service B actually finishes it's method? I guess the culprit lies somewhere in // do something with the thing...

    – dunni
    Nov 21 '18 at 18:59











  • Thanks. Yes, it executes, parses an XML file, makes calls to a database (I can query to see the results) and the logging statement before the final return statement succeeds.

    – Howard007
    Nov 21 '18 at 19:21











  • I'm wondering if there is something about the JSON marshalling and un-marshalling. Since these services are in separate JVMs they aren't actually referencing the same instances of the return object.

    – Howard007
    Nov 21 '18 at 19:21













  • Try to add time to your reste template by doing like this : @Bean public RestTemplate restTemplate( RestTemplateBuilder restTemplateBuilder) { return restTemplateBuilder .setConnectTimeout(500) .setReadTimeout(500) .build(); } Else try to tell us what's is the url of every service ?

    – TinyOS
    Nov 21 '18 at 19:38













  • Inexplicably, it seems to be working now; the return message is getting back to the caller. The only change I made related to this was to put the declaration of the return class variable towards the top of the method body. Go figure.

    – Howard007
    Nov 21 '18 at 20:05





















  • Have you checked that Service B actually finishes it's method? I guess the culprit lies somewhere in // do something with the thing...

    – dunni
    Nov 21 '18 at 18:59











  • Thanks. Yes, it executes, parses an XML file, makes calls to a database (I can query to see the results) and the logging statement before the final return statement succeeds.

    – Howard007
    Nov 21 '18 at 19:21











  • I'm wondering if there is something about the JSON marshalling and un-marshalling. Since these services are in separate JVMs they aren't actually referencing the same instances of the return object.

    – Howard007
    Nov 21 '18 at 19:21













  • Try to add time to your reste template by doing like this : @Bean public RestTemplate restTemplate( RestTemplateBuilder restTemplateBuilder) { return restTemplateBuilder .setConnectTimeout(500) .setReadTimeout(500) .build(); } Else try to tell us what's is the url of every service ?

    – TinyOS
    Nov 21 '18 at 19:38













  • Inexplicably, it seems to be working now; the return message is getting back to the caller. The only change I made related to this was to put the declaration of the return class variable towards the top of the method body. Go figure.

    – Howard007
    Nov 21 '18 at 20:05



















Have you checked that Service B actually finishes it's method? I guess the culprit lies somewhere in // do something with the thing...

– dunni
Nov 21 '18 at 18:59





Have you checked that Service B actually finishes it's method? I guess the culprit lies somewhere in // do something with the thing...

– dunni
Nov 21 '18 at 18:59













Thanks. Yes, it executes, parses an XML file, makes calls to a database (I can query to see the results) and the logging statement before the final return statement succeeds.

– Howard007
Nov 21 '18 at 19:21





Thanks. Yes, it executes, parses an XML file, makes calls to a database (I can query to see the results) and the logging statement before the final return statement succeeds.

– Howard007
Nov 21 '18 at 19:21













I'm wondering if there is something about the JSON marshalling and un-marshalling. Since these services are in separate JVMs they aren't actually referencing the same instances of the return object.

– Howard007
Nov 21 '18 at 19:21







I'm wondering if there is something about the JSON marshalling and un-marshalling. Since these services are in separate JVMs they aren't actually referencing the same instances of the return object.

– Howard007
Nov 21 '18 at 19:21















Try to add time to your reste template by doing like this : @Bean public RestTemplate restTemplate( RestTemplateBuilder restTemplateBuilder) { return restTemplateBuilder .setConnectTimeout(500) .setReadTimeout(500) .build(); } Else try to tell us what's is the url of every service ?

– TinyOS
Nov 21 '18 at 19:38







Try to add time to your reste template by doing like this : @Bean public RestTemplate restTemplate( RestTemplateBuilder restTemplateBuilder) { return restTemplateBuilder .setConnectTimeout(500) .setReadTimeout(500) .build(); } Else try to tell us what's is the url of every service ?

– TinyOS
Nov 21 '18 at 19:38















Inexplicably, it seems to be working now; the return message is getting back to the caller. The only change I made related to this was to put the declaration of the return class variable towards the top of the method body. Go figure.

– Howard007
Nov 21 '18 at 20:05







Inexplicably, it seems to be working now; the return message is getting back to the caller. The only change I made related to this was to put the declaration of the return class variable towards the top of the method body. Go figure.

– Howard007
Nov 21 '18 at 20:05














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OK, I think I got it. I don't send the response back from Service B until after the method has completed all of its work, which can take several seconds to several minutes.
If I immediately answer (and skip the processing), it works consistently.
Need to spin off the actual work to a separate thread.
Cheeers






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    OK, I think I got it. I don't send the response back from Service B until after the method has completed all of its work, which can take several seconds to several minutes.
    If I immediately answer (and skip the processing), it works consistently.
    Need to spin off the actual work to a separate thread.
    Cheeers






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      OK, I think I got it. I don't send the response back from Service B until after the method has completed all of its work, which can take several seconds to several minutes.
      If I immediately answer (and skip the processing), it works consistently.
      Need to spin off the actual work to a separate thread.
      Cheeers






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        OK, I think I got it. I don't send the response back from Service B until after the method has completed all of its work, which can take several seconds to several minutes.
        If I immediately answer (and skip the processing), it works consistently.
        Need to spin off the actual work to a separate thread.
        Cheeers






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        OK, I think I got it. I don't send the response back from Service B until after the method has completed all of its work, which can take several seconds to several minutes.
        If I immediately answer (and skip the processing), it works consistently.
        Need to spin off the actual work to a separate thread.
        Cheeers







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