Make errors / Timeout

The operation timed out

platform: Make / category: Timeout

Cause

A module did not get a response within Make's ~40-second per-module timeout, often from long-running report generation, slow queries, or upstream latency.

Fix

Add an error handler with a Retry directive on the timed-out module. For consistently slow operations, use the API's async/polling endpoint and restructure the scenario to poll for completion. Use the Make DevTool to log response times and tell consistent vs random timeouts apart.

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