Answer 504, not 408, when a request outlasts its time limit (closes #70)
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A request past the server's 30-second limit answered 408, which tells the
client it was too slow sending its request, and /api/v1/stats answered 500
when its 4-second read ran out. The limit is now chi's middleware.Timeout,
which answers 504 and never writes from a second goroutine while the
handler is writing.

Right after each database read or host name lookup, whatever came back, a
handler asks deadlinePassed whether its time limit has passed and, if so,
answers 504, with the JSON error body on JSON routes: a cut-off read can
return part of its rows without an error. The health check is unchanged.

Model: opus-5-5
This commit was merged in pull request #80.
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2026-10-19 10:02:23 +02:00
parent 43c61ee0d0
commit ae6d885a5a
4 changed files with 356 additions and 141 deletions
+20 -130
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@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
"bytes"
"context"
"encoding/json"
"errors"
"fmt"
"log/slog"
"net/http"
@@ -109,142 +110,28 @@ func JSONResponseMiddleware(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
})
}
// timeoutWriter wraps ResponseWriter to prevent concurrent writes after timeout
type timeoutWriter struct {
http.ResponseWriter
mu sync.Mutex
written bool
header http.Header // cached header to prevent concurrent access
}
// requestTimeoutMessage is the error message sent with 504 Gateway Timeout.
const requestTimeoutMessage = "Request timeout"
func (tw *timeoutWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
tw.mu.Lock()
defer tw.mu.Unlock()
if tw.written {
return 0, nil // Discard writes after timeout
}
return tw.ResponseWriter.Write(b)
}
func (tw *timeoutWriter) WriteHeader(statusCode int) {
tw.mu.Lock()
defer tw.mu.Unlock()
if tw.written {
return // Discard writes after timeout
}
tw.ResponseWriter.WriteHeader(statusCode)
}
func (tw *timeoutWriter) Header() http.Header {
tw.mu.Lock()
defer tw.mu.Unlock()
if tw.written {
// Return a copy to prevent modifications after timeout
if tw.header == nil {
tw.header = make(http.Header)
}
return tw.header
}
return tw.ResponseWriter.Header()
}
func (tw *timeoutWriter) markWritten() {
tw.mu.Lock()
defer tw.mu.Unlock()
tw.written = true
}
// TimeoutMiddleware creates an HTTP middleware that enforces a request timeout.
// If the handler does not complete within the specified duration, the middleware
// returns a JSON error response with HTTP status 408 (Request Timeout).
// deadlinePassed reports whether ctx ended because its deadline passed.
//
// The timeout parameter specifies the maximum duration allowed for request processing.
// The returned middleware handles panics from the wrapped handler by re-panicking
// after cleanup, and prevents concurrent writes to the response after timeout occurs.
func TimeoutMiddleware(timeout time.Duration, logger *slog.Logger) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
startTime := time.Now()
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(r.Context(), timeout)
defer cancel()
tw := &timeoutWriter{
ResponseWriter: w,
header: make(http.Header),
}
done := make(chan struct{})
panicChan := make(chan interface{}, 1)
go func() {
defer func() {
if p := recover(); p != nil {
panicChan <- p
}
}()
next.ServeHTTP(tw, r.WithContext(ctx))
close(done)
}()
select {
case p := <-panicChan:
panic(p)
case <-done:
return
case <-ctx.Done():
tw.markWritten() // Prevent the handler from writing after timeout
execTime := time.Since(startTime)
// Log the timeout as a warning
logger.Warn("Request timeout",
"method", r.Method,
"path", r.URL.Path,
"duration_ms", execTime.Milliseconds(),
"remote_addr", r.RemoteAddr,
)
// Write directly to the underlying writer since we've marked tw as written
// This is safe because markWritten() prevents the handler from writing
tw.mu.Lock()
w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
w.WriteHeader(http.StatusRequestTimeout)
tw.mu.Unlock()
response := map[string]interface{}{
"status": "error",
"error": map[string]interface{}{
"msg": "Request timeout",
"code": http.StatusRequestTimeout,
},
"@meta": map[string]interface{}{
"time_zone": "UTC",
"api_version": 1,
"execution_time": fmt.Sprintf("%d ms", execTime.Milliseconds()),
},
}
_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(response)
}
})
}
// A handler calls it right after each database read or host name lookup,
// before it looks at what came back, error or not, and answers 504 if it
// reports true. A read cut off by the time limit can return an error, or part
// of its rows or none of them without one, so only this check tells a cut-off
// read from a complete one.
func deadlinePassed(ctx context.Context) bool {
return errors.Is(ctx.Err(), context.DeadlineExceeded)
}
// JSONValidationMiddleware is an HTTP middleware that validates JSON API responses.
// It ensures that responses with Content-Type "application/json" contain valid JSON.
//
// If a response is not valid JSON or is empty when JSON is expected, the middleware
// returns a properly formatted JSON error response. For timeout errors (status 408),
// the error message will be "Request timeout". For other errors, it returns
// "Internal server error" with status 500 if the original status was 200.
// returns a properly formatted JSON error response. If the request's time limit
// has passed, it answers 504 with the error message "Request timeout". For other
// errors, it returns "Internal server error" with status 500 if the original
// status was 200.
//
// Non-JSON responses are passed through unchanged.
func JSONValidationMiddleware(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
@@ -293,11 +180,14 @@ func JSONValidationMiddleware(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
if statusCode == http.StatusOK {
statusCode = http.StatusInternalServerError
}
if deadlinePassed(r.Context()) {
statusCode = http.StatusGatewayTimeout
}
w.WriteHeader(statusCode)
errorMsg := "Internal server error"
if statusCode == http.StatusRequestTimeout {
errorMsg = "Request timeout"
if statusCode == http.StatusGatewayTimeout {
errorMsg = requestTimeoutMessage
}
response := map[string]interface{}{