add setting which allows us to set a timeout on HTTP requests (#6364)

Co-authored-by: repo-ranger[bot] <39074581+repo-ranger[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

core/server/server.js

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const { makeSend } = require('../base-service/legacy-result-sender')
 const { handleRequest } = require('../base-service/legacy-request-handler')
 const { clearRegularUpdateCache } = require('../legacy/regular-update')
 const { rasterRedirectUrl } = require('../badge-urls/make-badge-url')
+const { nonNegativeInteger } = require('../../services/validators')
 const log = require('./log')
 const sysMonitor = require('./monitor')
 const PrometheusMetrics = require('./prometheus-metrics')
@@ -137,12 +138,11 @@ const publicConfigSchema = Joi.object({
     teamcity: defaultService,
     trace: Joi.boolean().required(),
   }).required(),
-  cacheHeaders: {
-    defaultCacheLengthSeconds: Joi.number().integer().required(),
-  },
+  cacheHeaders: { defaultCacheLengthSeconds: nonNegativeInteger },
   rateLimit: Joi.boolean().required(),
   handleInternalErrors: Joi.boolean().required(),
   fetchLimit: Joi.string().regex(/^[0-9]+(b|kb|mb|gb|tb)$/i),
+  requestTimeoutSeconds: nonNegativeInteger,
   documentRoot: Joi.string().default(
     path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', 'public')
   ),
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ class Server {
     this.registerRedirects()
     this.registerServices()
 
+    camp.timeout = this.config.public.requestTimeoutSeconds * 1000
     camp.listenAsConfigured()
 
     await new Promise(resolve => camp.on('listening', () => resolve()))

core/server/server.spec.js

@@ -207,6 +207,55 @@ describe('The server', function () {
     })
   })
 
+  describe('`requestTimeoutSeconds` setting', function () {
+    let server
+
+    beforeEach(async function () {
+      this.timeout(10000)
+
+      // configure server to time out requests that take >2 seconds
+      server = await createTestServer({ public: { requestTimeoutSeconds: 2 } })
+      await server.start()
+
+      // /fast returns a 200 OK after a 1 second delay
+      server.camp.route(/^\/fast$/, (data, match, end, ask) => {
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          ask.res.statusCode = 200
+          ask.res.end()
+        }, 1000)
+      })
+
+      // /slow returns a 200 OK after a 3 second delay
+      server.camp.route(/^\/slow$/, (data, match, end, ask) => {
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          ask.res.statusCode = 200
+          ask.res.end()
+        }, 3000)
+      })
+    })
+
+    afterEach(async function () {
+      if (server) {
+        server.stop()
+      }
+      server = undefined
+    })
+
+    it('should time out slow requests', async function () {
+      this.timeout(10000)
+      return expect(got(`${server.baseUrl}slow`)).to.be.rejectedWith(
+        got.RequestError
+      )
+    })
+
+    it('should not time out fast requests', async function () {
+      this.timeout(10000)
+      const { statusCode, body } = await got(`${server.baseUrl}fast`)
+      expect(statusCode).to.be.equal(200)
+      expect(body).to.equal('')
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('configuration', function () {
     let server
     afterEach(async function () {