Increase HTTP request timeout to 60 seconds

[gcsecsey]

Related issues

Fixes STU-323 Feature Request: Plugin Updater Setting (to Fix Timeout)

Proposed Changes

This PR addresses timeout issues with plugin updates by increasing the default HTTP request timeout to 60 seconds.

• Added a new MU plugin 0-http-request-timeout.php that sets the default HTTP request timeout and curl timeouts to 60 seconds

Testing Instructions

1. Temporarily decrease the timeouts to 1 second:

--- a/vendor/wp-now/src/wp-now.ts
+++ b/vendor/wp-now/src/wp-now.ts
@@ -623,13 +623,13 @@ async function mountInternalMuPlugins( php: PHP, options: WPNowOptions ) {
                `<?php
                // Set the default HTTP request timeout to 60 seconds
                add_filter( 'http_request_timeout', function() {
-                       return 60;
+                       return 1;
                } );
 
                // Set the default cURL timeout to 60 second
                add_action('http_api_curl', function($curl, $url, $options) {
-                       curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 60 );
-                       curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 60);
+                       curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 1 );
+                       curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 1);
                        return $curl;
                }, 1, 3);

2. Run npm start
3. In one of your sites, open the functions.php of the active theme, and add this snippet:

add_action(
    'wp_head', function () {
        $response = wp_remote_get('https://httpstat.us/200?sleep=5000'); // 5-second delay

        if (is_wp_error($response) ) {
            echo '<div style="background: #fee; color: #a00; padding: 10px; font-weight: bold;">';
            echo 'Request failed: ' . esc_html($response->get_error_message());
            echo '</div>';
        } else {
            echo '<div style="background: #efe; color: #060; padding: 10px; font-weight: bold;">';
            echo 'Request succeeded: HTTP ' . esc_html(wp_remote_retrieve_response_code($response));
            echo '</div>';
        }
    }
);

4. Go to the site's homepage and check that you receive a timeout error
5. Remove the changes from wp-now.ts, and kill and restart Studio
6. Go to the site's homepage and check that the request succeeds

with 1 second timeout	with 60 seconds timeout

Pre-merge Checklist

• Have you checked for TypeScript, React or other console errors?

[epeicher]

Thanks for the detailed test steps and the utility code for testing! I have tested it, and it works as advertised. I can see the success message after applying the changes.

Before	After

P.S. Please update the 5-second delay in the test instructions as it was adding 50 seconds delay! 😝

[gcsecsey]

P.S. Please update the 5-second delay in the test instructions as it was adding 50 seconds delay! 😝

Thanks for patiently reviewing this @epeicher and sorry for the typo there. 😅