Vertx HttpClient does not timeout - httpclient

Question

I am posting not the whole code but code snippets which I think matter to my issue.
I have setup HttpClientOptions as follows.
HttpClientOptions clientOptions = new HttpClientOptions()
.setDefaultHost(host)
.setDefaultPort(port)
.setMaxPoolSize(config.getMaxPoolSize())
.setConnectTimeout(config.getTimeout());
HttpClient httpClient = vertx.createHttpClient(clientOptions);
And then I use this client for a post request as follows:
httpClient.post(ePoint, httpClientResponse -> {
httpClientResponse.bodyHandler(body -> {
if (body.length() == 0) {
ctx.fail();
return;
}
String bodyString = body.toString();
int statusCode = httpClientResponse.statusCode();
if (statusCode != HttpStatus.SC_CREATED) {
ctx.fail();
return;
}
logger.info(ctx, "blah blah");
ctx.next();
})
.exceptionHandler(throwable -> {
ctx.fail();
});
But If I do a simulate a timeout at the recipient side exception handler is not called. But I set the time out as follows in the post request exception handler gets called for a time out Exception.
httpClient.post(ePoint, httpClientResponse -> {
httpClientResponse.bodyHandler(body -> {
if (body.length() == 0) {
ctx.fail();
return;
}
String bodyString = body.toString();
int statusCode = httpClientResponse.statusCode();
if (statusCode != HttpStatus.SC_CREATED) {
ctx.fail();
return;
}
logger.info(ctx, "blah blah");
ctx.next();
}).setTimeout(config.getTimeout())
.exceptionHandler(throwable -> {
ctx.fail();
});
Is this a Vertx bug or by design.

Answer 1

Following approach will work. We need to setup the timeout at request level
HttpClientOptions clientOptions = new HttpClientOptions()
.setDefaultHost(host)
.setDefaultPort(port)
.setMaxPoolSize(config.getMaxPoolSize())
.setConnectTimeout(config.getTimeout());
HttpClient httpClient = vertx.createHttpClient(clientOptions);
HttpClientRequest request = httpClient.request(HttpMethod.GET, url, response -> {
//process response
}).exceptionHandler(e -> {
e.printStackTrace();
comp.completeExceptionally(e);
});
request.putHeader("content-type", "application/json")
.setTimeout(timeout).end();