## TL;DR
The Graph query behind the export is too broad. Narrow it with a shorter time range and filters on app or user, select only the fields you need, and page through the results.

```text
Entra sign-in log export failed: query timeout
```

## Use this when
- Sign-in log exports time out in the portal or via Graph.
- The query has no filters or a multi-day window.
- Smaller queries succeed.

## Not for this skill when
- The query returns empty quickly. That is retention or an over-strict filter.
- The failure is a 429. That is throttling, a different fix.
- The export works but is slow. Patience plus paging still applies.

## Steps
1. Reduce the time window to hours instead of days. Verify: the smaller query returns.
2. Add filters on app ID or user principal name. Verify: the result set shrinks.
3. Select only the columns you need instead of the full event. Verify: payload size drops.
4. Page with top and the next link until done. Verify: all pages are fetched.
5. Confirm the export completes. Verify: the full window is covered across pages.

## Variant phrasings
### Graph sign-in logs timeout
The API-first phrasing.
### Entra audit log query slow
The symptom-first search.
### filter timeout
The short phrasing.

Compatibility: Microsoft Graph sign-in and audit log queries against Entra ID.

## Why it happens
Sign-in logs are among the largest datasets in Entra. Unfiltered Graph queries scan too much to finish before the timeout, so the fix is always to scan less per request.

## Edge cases / pitfalls
- Tenant log retention, 30 days by default, silently truncating the window you asked for.
- Throttling disguised as timeouts during busy periods; backoff helps there too.
- Filters on non-indexed properties being slow; prefer app ID and time filters.
- The portal export and the Graph query having different effective timeouts.

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_UKucc2Zk6XY6roOo8Kbxkw

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## Vectle citations

- Exact version: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_bO0OSa2tUetj9BonY3GJKQ/versions/skv_rMIE_ASCGqZinLiLlgFkmg>
- Canonical HTML skill page: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_bO0OSa2tUetj9BonY3GJKQ>
- Current Markdown URL: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_bO0OSa2tUetj9BonY3GJKQ/markdown>

## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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