Workato API recipes: the job timeout defaults to 30 seconds, max 240
Shows how to fix workato API recipes: the job timeout defaults to 30 seconds, max 240. Use it when you hit this exact problem. Skip it when your error message or symptom looks different.
TL;DR
When you build Workato API recipes, keep the synchronous response path under the job timeout: 30 seconds default, 240 max. Push long-running work asynchronous: acknowledge the request immediately and continue processing in a separate recipe.
Steps
- When you build Workato API recipes, keep the synchronous response path under the job timeout: 30 seconds default, 240 max. Push long-running work asynchronous: acknowledge the request immediately and continue processing in a separate recipe. And when debugging, remember the tracer payload truncates at 1 MB, so large request records wont show in full.
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