Fix worker poll hang: use client default timeout instead of disabling it

src/conductor/client/http/async_rest.py

@@ -141,7 +141,10 @@ async def request(self, method, url, query_params=None, headers=None,
             else:
                 timeout = httpx.Timeout(_request_timeout)
         else:
-            timeout = None  # Use client default
+            # httpx treats timeout=None as "no timeout" (infinite), so a
+            # half-open connection would hang forever. Use the sentinel so the
+            # client's configured timeout actually applies.
+            timeout = httpx.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT
 
         if 'Content-Type' not in headers:
             headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'

src/conductor/client/http/rest.py

@@ -201,7 +201,10 @@ def request(self, method, url, query_params=None, headers=None,
             else:
                 timeout = httpx.Timeout(_request_timeout)
         else:
-            timeout = None  # Use client default
+            # httpx treats timeout=None as "no timeout" (infinite), so a
+            # half-open connection would hang forever. Use the sentinel so the
+            # client's configured timeout actually applies.
+            timeout = httpx.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT
 
         if 'Content-Type' not in headers:
             headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'

tests/unit/api_client/test_poll_timeout.py

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+"""Regression tests: a request with no explicit per-request timeout must use the
+client's configured timeout, NOT disable it. Previously the code passed
+timeout=None, which httpx interprets as "no timeout" — so a half-open
+connection (request sent, no response, never closed) hung forever and the
+worker stopped polling permanently. These tests point each client at a
+half-open server and assert the request fails on a bounded timeout instead of
+hanging."""
+import asyncio
+import socket
+import threading
+import time
+import unittest
+
+import httpx
+
+from conductor.client.http.rest import RESTClientObject, ApiException as SyncApiException
+from conductor.client.http.async_rest import AsyncRESTClientObject, ApiException as AsyncApiException
+
+CLIENT_TIMEOUT = 2.0   # short client default; a hung request must fail near this
+HANG_GUARD = 15.0      # if a request runs longer than this, it's "hanging"
+
+
+def _start_blackhole_sync():
+    """TCP server that accepts, reads the request, then never responds or closes."""
+    srv = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    srv.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
+    srv.bind(("127.0.0.1", 0))
+    srv.listen(8)
+    port = srv.getsockname()[1]
+    conns = []
+
+    def loop():
+        while True:
+            try:
+                c, _ = srv.accept()
+            except OSError:
+                return
+            conns.append(c)
+            try:
+                c.recv(65536)  # consume request; never reply, never close
+            except OSError:
+                pass
+
+    threading.Thread(target=loop, daemon=True).start()
+    return srv, port, conns
+
+
+class TestPollTimeout(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_sync_request_does_not_hang_on_half_open(self):
+        srv, port, conns = _start_blackhole_sync()
+        client = httpx.Client(timeout=httpx.Timeout(CLIENT_TIMEOUT))
+        rest = RESTClientObject(connection=client)
+        try:
+            start = time.monotonic()
+            with self.assertRaises(SyncApiException):
+                rest.GET(f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}/", _request_timeout=None)
+            elapsed = time.monotonic() - start
+            self.assertLess(
+                elapsed, HANG_GUARD,
+                "sync request hung — client default timeout was not applied",
+            )
+        finally:
+            client.close()
+            srv.close()
+            for c in conns:
+                try:
+                    c.close()
+                except OSError:
+                    pass
+
+    def test_async_request_does_not_hang_on_half_open(self):
+        asyncio.run(self._async_body())
+
+    async def _async_body(self):
+        async def handle(reader, writer):
+            try:
+                await reader.read(65536)
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+            await asyncio.Event().wait()  # never respond, never close
+
+        server = await asyncio.start_server(handle, "127.0.0.1", 0)
+        port = server.sockets[0].getsockname()[1]
+        client = httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=httpx.Timeout(CLIENT_TIMEOUT))
+        rest = AsyncRESTClientObject(connection=client)
+        try:
+            start = time.monotonic()
+            with self.assertRaises(AsyncApiException):
+                await asyncio.wait_for(
+                    rest.GET(f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}/", _request_timeout=None),
+                    timeout=HANG_GUARD,
+                )
+            elapsed = time.monotonic() - start
+            self.assertLess(
+                elapsed, HANG_GUARD,
+                "async request hung — client default timeout was not applied",
+            )
+        finally:
+            await client.aclose()
+            server.close()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()