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ETIMEDOUT

Connection timed out

Seen in Node.js, Python (TimeoutError)

No reply at all within the time limit, which usually means packets are being dropped.

Common causes

  • A firewall or security group silently drops the traffic.
  • The host is down or the IP is wrong.
  • Routing problems between you and the host.

How to fix it

  1. Check firewall and cloud security-group rules for the port.
  2. Verify the address in DNS is current.
  3. Compare from another network.
See whether the port is filtered

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