In plain English
This means the system waited only up to a set limit. The request was still not finished when that limit was reached, so it ended as an error.
In context
Here, "timed out" reports that the request ended with an error after not finishing before the allowed time ran out.
- Situation
- Reading processing, queue, validation, success, warning, and error messages
- What it communicates
- reports that the request stopped after taking too long
Meaning limits
By itself, this status does not say why the request failed to finish before the time limit.
Examples
“The timed-out request failed only after the thirty-second limit expired.”
“When the reply still had not arrived at the one-minute limit, the request was marked timed out.”