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Question: Why do I see so many "Timed out" messages on the Monitor display?
Answer: When Foxhound tries to connect to the target database, and it doesn't get any response at all (success or failure) before the
Foxhound Options - Connection Timeout
period expires, it displays the "Timed out" message and waits for the
Foxhound Options - Timeout Retry
period before trying again.
Normally you will only see one "Timed out" message in the Monitor display even when
many "Connection timout" exceptions
are recorded in the Foxhound database.
Sometimes, however, Foxhound will get a failed response like "Database server not found" before the timeout period expires, and
you will see alternating messages like this:
7:45:42 AM 2m 31.0s -- Timed out --
7:43:11 AM 0s -- Timed out at --
7:43:11 AM 15.0s -- Database server not found --
7:42:56 AM 1m 0.4s -- Database server not found at --
7:41:56 AM 22m 40.1s -- Timed out --
7:19:15 AM .1s -- Timed out at --
7:19:15 AM 15.0s -- Database server not found --
7:19:00 AM 1m 0.7s -- Database server not found at --
7:18:00 AM 2m 32.3s -- Timed out --
7:15:27 AM .1s -- Timed out at --
7:15:27 AM 15.0s -- Database server not found --
7:15:12 AM 1m 0.9s -- Database server not found at --
7:14:11 AM 16m 22.3s -- Timed out --
6:57:49 AM .1s -- Timed out at --
One workaround is to increase the
Foxhound Options - Connection Timeout
period to one minute. That may give Foxhound enough time to consistently receive the failed response before the timeout period expires.
It will also allow Foxhound to promptly connect to the target database when it becomes available.
If you are only monitoring one database, or if you are not experiencing any Foxhound performance issues related to
long waits for connection failure responses, try using the "never timeout" setting.
See also...
Help - Foxhound Options - Connection Timeout
Help - Foxhound Options - Timeout Retry
How do I see Foxhound diagnostics, errors and exceptions?
Why are there so many "Connection timeout" messages in Foxhound - Options - Display Diagnostics?
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