From 9ae30edbdda734056d864f8b7ef811f60a6102de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: harish876 <harishgokul01@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:25:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] modify default timeout values, replacing hard coded ones with
 default values defined

---
 litellm/constants.py                      |  3 +++
 litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py | 11 ++++++++---
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/litellm/constants.py b/litellm/constants.py
index a25ecc17cd1..0893e7a77be 100644
--- a/litellm/constants.py
+++ b/litellm/constants.py
@@ -420,7 +420,10 @@ DEFAULT_MAX_TOKENS_FOR_TRITON = int(os.getenv("DEFAULT_MAX_TOKENS_FOR_TRITON", 2
 # per-request/model timeout—see ``CompletionTimeout.resolve`` in completion_timeout.py. MCP uses
 # dedicated timeouts (e.g. `MCP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT`), not `request_timeout`.
 DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS: float = 6000.0
+# Pair used for default httpx clients when no custom timeout is passed: read/write
+# deadline and connect handshake (see ``http_handler`` cached handler paths).
 COMPLETION_HTTP_FALLBACK_SECONDS: float = 600.0
+HTTP_HANDLER_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS: float = 5.0
 request_timeout: float = float(
     os.getenv("REQUEST_TIMEOUT", str(int(DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)))
 )
diff --git a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py
index 001547557d4..86fa762e0b7 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ from litellm.constants import (
     AIOHTTP_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT,
     AIOHTTP_NEEDS_CLEANUP_CLOSED,
     AIOHTTP_TTL_DNS_CACHE,
+    COMPLETION_HTTP_FALLBACK_SECONDS,
     DEFAULT_SSL_CIPHERS,
+    HTTP_HANDLER_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
 )
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.logging_utils import track_llm_api_timing
 from litellm.types.llms.custom_http import *
@@ -70,7 +72,10 @@ def get_default_headers() -> dict:
 headers = get_default_headers()
 
 # https://www.python-httpx.org/advanced/timeouts
-_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = httpx.Timeout(timeout=5.0, connect=5.0)
+_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = httpx.Timeout(
+    timeout=COMPLETION_HTTP_FALLBACK_SECONDS,
+    connect=HTTP_HANDLER_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
+)
 
 
 def _prepare_request_data_and_content(
@@ -1244,7 +1249,7 @@ def get_async_httpx_client(
         _new_client = AsyncHTTPHandler(**handler_params)
     else:
         _new_client = AsyncHTTPHandler(
-            timeout=httpx.Timeout(timeout=600.0, connect=5.0),
+            timeout=_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
             shared_session=shared_session,
         )
 
@@ -1293,7 +1298,7 @@ def _get_httpx_client(params: Optional[dict] = None) -> HTTPHandler:
         }
         _new_client = HTTPHandler(**handler_params)
     else:
-        _new_client = HTTPHandler(timeout=httpx.Timeout(timeout=600.0, connect=5.0))
+        _new_client = HTTPHandler(timeout=_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)
 
     cache.set_cache(
         key=_cache_key_name,