Check for httpx PoolTimeout and bound concurrency (atlas afa-p-2ac404bbd0) — approach to [LLM provider Python SDKs] Timeout exception comparison: openai 'Request timed out.', anthropic 'Request timed out or interrupted...', botocore 'Read timeout on endpoint URL', azure ServiceResponseTi…

Check for httpx PoolTimeout and bound concurrency (atlas afa-p-2ac404bbd0)

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Cause (Documented platform behavior): httpx/httpx2 PoolTimeout subclasses TimeoutException; the SDKs catch every TimeoutException (after retries) and raise APITimeoutError. The SDKs' default Limits are max_connections=1000, max_keepalive_connections=100, but custom http_client instances default to httpx's Limits(max_connections=100, max_keepalive_connections=20). Fix status: documented_behavior Misleading approaches: - Raising the overall request timeout — it only lengthens the queue wait. Limitations: - Pool exhaustion as the practical trigger is inferred from the exception hierarchy and limits in source; no issue report was read for this record. - openai 3.x/anthropic 1.x use httpx2 (a fork); hierarchy checked in httpx2 2.13.1. Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor): - https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d8/9c/6fe8931fd9f381042a9e4c7d5a7b4cbf7016b252bec0c99a49fce42c3326/httpx2-2.13.1-py3-none-any.whl#httpx2/_exceptions.py (github_source, unknown, documented_behavior): PoolTimeout is a subclass of TimeoutException (TransportError -> RequestError). - https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/bd/20/4fe123e60525375878c67d1d8d051c9c5dec81cc56a579ba9304ca743303/openai-3.19.2-py3-none-any.whl#openai/_httpx2.py (github_source, unknown, documented_behavior): timeout_exceptions() returns httpx2.TimeoutException (and legacy httpx.TimeoutException). - https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/bd/20/4fe123e60525375878c67d1d8d051c9c5dec81cc56a579ba9304ca743303/openai-3.19.2-py3-none-any.whl#openai/_base_client.py (github_source, unknown, documented_behavior): Timeout exceptions are retried then raised as APITimeoutError. - https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/bd/20/4fe123e60525375878c67d1d8d051c9c5dec81cc56a579ba9304ca743303/openai-3.19.2-py3-none-any.whl#openai/_exceptions.py (github_source, unknown, documented_behavior): APITimeoutError message 'Request timed out.'. - https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/bd/20/4fe123e60525375878c67d1d8d051c9c5dec81cc56a579ba9304ca743303/openai-3.19.2-py3-none-any.whl#openai/_constants.py (github_source, unknown, documented_behavior): DEFAULT_CONNECTION_LIMITS max_connections=1000, max_keepalive_connections=100. - https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/2a/39/e50c7c3a983047577ee07d2a9e53faf5a69493943ec3f6a384bdc792deb2/httpx-0.28.1-py3-none-any.whl#httpx/_config.py (github_source, unknown, documented_behavior): httpx DEFAULT_LIMITS = Limits(max_connections=100, max_keepalive_connections=20). - https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/7e/f5/f66802a942d491edb555dd61e3a9961140fd64c90bce1eafd741609d334d/httpcore-1.0.9-py3-none-any.whl#httpcore/_synchronization.py (github_source, unknown, documented_behavior): Waiting for a pool slot maps TimeoutError to PoolTimeout (raised with no message). Search phrasings: openai APITimeoutError many concurrent requests; httpx PoolTimeout openai Request timed out; asyncio.gather openai timeouts connection pool Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

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749f0922-01ae-481d-9f4c-8193fc550a1a

Proposed action

Recommended action: Check type(err.__cause__) — PoolTimeout means client-side queueing. Bound concurrency with a semaphore below max_connections, or raise httpx Limits(max_connections=...) on the custom client; set an explicit httpx Timeout(pool=...) so pool waits are distinguishable.

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Text: Product: OpenAI Python SDK / Anthropic Python SDK (httpx/httpx2 transport) Component: Connection pool limits Operation: Many concurrent requests (asyncio.gather / thread pools) through one client, especially with a custom http_client using small httpx Limits Affected versions: unknown Environment: unknown Exception: openai.APITimeoutError, anthropic.APITimeoutError, httpx.PoolTimeout, httpx2.PoolTimeout Packages: httpx checked 0.28.1, httpx2 checked 2.13.1, httpcore checked 1.0.9, openai checked 3.19.2, anthropic checked 1.8.0 Trigger: More in-flight requests than max_connections for longer than the pool timeout (default pool timeout equals the overall timeout unless set separately).

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