Add Rack timeout to timeout requests that take too long

Author: Redande

Gemfile

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ gem 'pg', '~> 1.5', '>= 1.5.6'
 gem 'pghero', '~> 3.5'
 gem 'rack-attack', '~> 6.7', require: false
 gem 'rack-cors', '~> 2.0', '>= 2.0.2'
+gem 'rack-timeout', '~> 0.7.0'
 gem 'rack-mini-profiler', '~> 3.3', '>= 3.3.1'
 gem 'rake', '~> 13.2', '>= 13.2.1'
 gem 'responders', '~> 3.1', '>= 3.1.1'

Gemfile.lock

@@ -171,16 +171,7 @@ GEM
     faraday-patron (1.0.0)
     faraday-rack (1.0.0)
     faraday-retry (1.0.3)
-    ffi (1.17.0-aarch64-linux-gnu)
-    ffi (1.17.0-aarch64-linux-musl)
-    ffi (1.17.0-arm-linux-gnu)
-    ffi (1.17.0-arm-linux-musl)
-    ffi (1.17.0-arm64-darwin)
-    ffi (1.17.0-x86-linux-gnu)
-    ffi (1.17.0-x86-linux-musl)
-    ffi (1.17.0-x86_64-darwin)
-    ffi (1.17.0-x86_64-linux-gnu)
-    ffi (1.17.0-x86_64-linux-musl)
+    ffi (1.17.0)
     ffi-compiler (1.3.2)
       ffi (>= 1.15.5)
       rake
@@ -346,6 +337,7 @@ GEM
       rack (< 3)
     rack-test (2.1.0)
       rack (>= 1.3)
+    rack-timeout (0.7.0)
     rackup (1.0.0)
       rack (< 3)
       webrick
@@ -538,17 +530,17 @@ GEM
 
 PLATFORMS
   aarch64-linux
-  aarch64-linux-gnu
+  aarch64-linux
   aarch64-linux-musl
   arm-linux
-  arm-linux-gnu
+  arm-linux
   arm-linux-musl
   arm64-darwin
   x86-linux
-  x86-linux-gnu
+  x86-linux
   x86-linux-musl
   x86_64-darwin
-  x86_64-linux-gnu
+  x86_64-linux
   x86_64-linux-musl
 
 DEPENDENCIES
@@ -591,6 +583,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rack-attack (~> 6.7)
   rack-cors (~> 2.0, >= 2.0.2)
   rack-mini-profiler (~> 3.3, >= 3.3.1)
+  rack-timeout (~> 0.7.0)
   railroady (~> 1.6)
   rails (~> 7.1, >= 7.1.3.4)
   rails-controller-testing (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.5)
@@ -615,4 +608,4 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   xml-simple (~> 1.1, >= 1.1.9)
 
 BUNDLED WITH
-   2.5.16
+   2.5.21

app/assets/stylesheets/submissions.css

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     user-select: unset;
   }
 }
-
 /* 2022-01-01
   BUG: Mozilla inserts newlines when copying text before div blocks.
   FIX: set display: inline-block on div.hljs-ln-line

app/controllers/application_controller.rb

@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     respond_with_error('File not found', 404, exception)
   end
 
+  rescue_from Rack::Timeout::RequestTimeoutException do |exception|
+    respond_with_error('Request timed out', 503, exception) # status code 408 would be the correct status code, but when receiving 408 Firefox retries 10 times and then states the connection was reset instead of showing our error
+  end
+
+  rescue_from Rack::Timeout::RequestTimeoutError do |exception|
+    respond_with_error('Request timed out', 503, exception) # status code 408 would be the correct status code, but when receiving 408 Firefox retries 10 times and then states the connection was reset instead of showing our error
+  end
+
   before_action :set_default_url_options
   before_action :check_api_version
   before_action :set_bare_layout

config.ru

@@ -5,5 +5,8 @@
 require ::File.expand_path('../config/environment', __FILE__)
 run TmcServer::Application
 
+require 'rack-timeout'
+Rack::Timeout
+
 require 'rack/attack'
 use Rack::Attack

config/initializers/rack_timeout.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# set the timeout to 2 minutes
+ENV['RACK_TIMEOUT_SERVICE_TIMEOUT'] = '120'
+
+# rack-timeout is too verbose by default, only log errors
+# Rack::Timeout::Logger.level = Logger::ERROR