From f545d2b716d3e0a3d184473d03e16a35cbf2520e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SomberNight Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 18:34:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] qt update checker: use longer timeout closes #5899 --- electrum/gui/qt/update_checker.py | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/electrum/gui/qt/update_checker.py b/electrum/gui/qt/update_checker.py index 00661d4ea..1b6dd82df 100644 --- a/electrum/gui/qt/update_checker.py +++ b/electrum/gui/qt/update_checker.py @@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ class UpdateCheckThread(QThread, Logger): self.main_window = main_window async def get_update_info(self): - async with make_aiohttp_session(proxy=self.main_window.network.proxy) as session: + # note: Use long timeout here as it is not critical that we get a response fast, + # and it's bad not to get an update notification just because we did not wait enough. + async with make_aiohttp_session(proxy=self.main_window.network.proxy, timeout=120) as session: async with session.get(UpdateCheck.url) as result: signed_version_dict = await result.json(content_type=None) # example signed_version_dict: