HTTP troubleshooting

408 Request Timeout

The server did not receive or finish the request in the allowed time.

What 408 means for a monitor

Statixoup records an incident when 408 does not match the monitor's expected status code. Confirm the response before changing monitor rules.

Troubleshooting checklist

  1. 1.

    Check 1

    Check server load and request logs.

  2. 2.

    Check 2

    Review slow dependencies and database queries.

  3. 3.

    Check 3

    Confirm the monitor timeout is appropriate.

  4. 4.

    Check 4

    Prefer a lightweight health endpoint.

After the service is fixed

  • Confirm the URL returns the expected status without a browser session.
  • Review response-time and incident history for the recovery.
  • Change Expected status code only when the different response is intentional.

Avoid hiding a real outage

Changing the expected code can make an unhealthy response appear operational. Fix the service first whenever the response is unexpected.

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