# Problem about option-readtimeout@HTTP

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-about-option-readtimeout-http/24458>\
**Category:** Performance\
**Created:** [May 22, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-about-option-readtimeout-http/24458 "2019-05-22T03:36:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-about-option-readtimeout-http/24458/1 "2019-05-22T03:36:14Z")

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When I used the HTTP.request to send job to clients, I get a response of timeout and connection closed after 60s. While, it seems that the option **readtimeout** doesn’t work.  
for details, please refer to this URL  
[https://github.com/JuliaWeb/HTTP.jl/issues/416](https://github.com/JuliaWeb/HTTP.jl/issues/416)  
HTTP v0.8.0

Julia 1.0.3

Win10