HTTP Monitor default timeout value

[roberto_ravo]

Hello,

I've looked in the documentation but I was unable to find this kind of information: does someone know which is the default timeout value for HTTP Monitor requests?

Thanks!
Roberto

[AntonioSousa]

I believe it's 10 seconds.

[Tomasz_Wozniak · Accepted solution]

Hi Roberto,

The default connect timeout is set to 5 seconds.
The default socket/read timeout is set to 10 seconds.

We're working on making it configurable per monitor.

Regards,
Tomek

[HannahM]

This can now be configured per request using the 'Adapt request timeout' option. https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/how-to-use-dynatrace/synthetic-monitoring/http-monitors/confi...

[36Krazyfists]

How do we actually apply this setting?  The documentation mentions there is an adapt request timeout, but I can't find anywhere that shows how to apply this setting.

I imagine it goes into the pre-request script, but I can't find what the actual property name is.  The Browser monitor script page doesn't have the word timeout anywhere in it.  I did find mention in the terraform docs for the Dynatrace provider, but I don't know if the property name they use is the exact same as the property name that the script uses, nor do I know where to put it.

[HannahM]

By default, it's in the request object, requestTimeout. However, it's only required if you want to change from the default value. 

    "requests": [
      {
        "description": "ABC",
        "url": "https://xxx",
        "method": "GET",
        "validation": {
          "rules": [
            {
              "type": "httpStatusesList",
              "value": "<400",
              "passIfFound": true
            }
          ]
        },
        "configuration": {
          "acceptAnyCertificate": true,
          "followRedirects": true,
          "shouldNotPersistSensitiveData": false
        },
        "requestTimeout": 59
      }
    ]

This value is ignored if you're part of the HTTP Monitor Advanced settings preview. 

For the preview, requestTimeout, should be removed from the script, and instead, a customProperties added.

    "requests": [
      {
        "description": "ABC",
        "url": "https://xxx",
        "method": "GET",
        "validation": {
          "rules": [
            {
              "type": "httpStatusesList",
              "value": "<400",
              "passIfFound": true
            }
          ]
        },
        "configuration": {
          "acceptAnyCertificate": true,
          "followRedirects": true,
          "shouldNotPersistSensitiveData": false
        }
      }
    ],
    "customProperties": [
      {
        "name": "hmRequestTimeoutInMs",
        "value": "59000"
      }
    ]

[Romanenkov_Al3x]

Thanks for sharing this. Helpful.

Regards,

Alex Romanenkov