Unexplained proxy_fcgi:error messages in server logs

Re: Unexplained proxy_fcgi:error messages in server logs

by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
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Hi

I know that this discussion is old. I came here from your recent discussion Behaviour of FAILURES_BEFORE_NOTIFY in quiz autosave in the Quiz forum. Were you able to resolve this issue?

I haven't come across the same error. But a web search points to the Apache mod_reqtimeout. It is active by default. Its config file, reqtimeout.conf, has this:

<IfModule reqtimeout_module>
# mod_reqtimeout limits the time waiting on the client to prevent an
# attacker from causing a denial of service by opening many connections
# but not sending requests. This file tries to give a sensible default
# configuration, but it may be necessary to tune the timeout values to
# the actual situation. Note that it is also possible to configure
# mod_reqtimeout per virtual host.

# Wait max 20 seconds for the first byte of the request line+headers
# From then, require a minimum data rate of 500 bytes/s, but don't
# wait longer than 40 seconds in total.
# Note: Lower timeouts may make sense on non-ssl virtual hosts but can
# cause problem with ssl enabled virtual hosts: This timeout includes
# the time a browser may need to fetch the CRL for the certificate. If
# the CRL server is not reachable, it may take more than 10 seconds
# until the browser gives up.
RequestReadTimeout header=20-40,minrate=500

# Wait max 10 seconds for the first byte of the request body (if any)
# From then, require a minimum data rate of 500 bytes/s
RequestReadTimeout body=10,minrate=500

</IfModule>

The solutions vary from completely disabling the module to changing the configuration, for example to:
RequestReadTimeout header=10-40,MinRate=500 body=40,MinRate=500

Source: proxy_fcgi:error (70008)Partial results are valid but processing is incomplete. AH01075