Mesh Timeout

This policy uses new policy matching algorithm. Do not combine with Timeout policy.

To learn more about the information in this table, see the matching docs.

This policy enables Kong Mesh to set timeouts on the inbound and outbound connections depending on the protocol. Using this policy you can configure TCP and HTTP timeouts. Timeout configuration is split into two sections: common configuration and HTTP configuration. Common config is applied to both HTTP and TCP communication. HTTP timeout are only applied when service is marked as http. More on this in protocol support section.

MeshTimeout policy lets you configure multiple timeouts:

• connectionTimeout
• idleTimeout
• http.requestTimeout
• http.streamIdleTimeout
• http.maxStreamDuration
• http.maxConnectionDuration
• http.requestHeadersTimeout

Timeouts explained

Connection timeout

Connection timeout specifies the amount of time DP will wait for a TCP connection to be established.

Idle timeout

For TCP connections idle timeout is the amount of time that the DP will allow a connection to exist with no inbound or outbound activity. On the other hand when connection in HTTP time at which an inbound or outbound connection will be terminated if there are no active streams

HTTP request timeout

Request timeout lets you configure how long the data plane proxy should wait for the full response. In details, it spans between the point at which the entire request has been processed by DP and when the response has been completely processed by DP.

HTTP stream idle timeout

Stream idle timeout is the amount of time that the data plane proxy will allow an HTTP/2 stream to exist with no inbound or outbound activity. This timeout is strongly recommended for all requests (not just streaming requests/responses) as it additionally defends against a peer that does not open the stream window once an entire response has been buffered to be sent to a downstream client.

Stream timeouts apply even when you are only using HTTP/1.1 in you services. This is because every connection between data plane proxies is upgraded to HTTP/2.

HTTP max stream duration

Max stream duration is the maximum time that a stream’s lifetime will span. You can use this functionality when you want to reset HTTP request/response streams periodically.

HTTP max connection duration

Max connection duration is the time after which an inbound or outbound connection will be drained and/or closed, starting from when it was first established. If there are no active streams, the connection will be closed. If there are any active streams, the drain sequence will kick-in, and the connection will be force-closed after 5 seconds.

HTTP request headers timeout

The amount of time that proxy will wait for the request headers to be received. The timer is activated when the first byte of the headers is received, and is disarmed when the last byte of the headers has been received.