Callable Functions timeout issue

[aliozinan]

Issue

:fire:

Callable functions are returning HttpsError: timeout. The reason of the issue is the default 10 seconds limitation of the Java library used for HTTP requests. If a callable function runs over 10 seconds, even it goes on running and completes its job on Firebase server, the library throws timeout error on the client side. I raised a request to the Google Cloud Team long time ago but it's still not resolved. A workaround solution has been provided below, which could be considered to be implemented :

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50971356/firebase-cloud-functions-change-timeout

---

Project Files

iOS

ios/Podfile:

• [x] I'm not using Pods
• [ ] I'm using Pods and my Podfile looks like:

N/A

AppDelegate.m:

N/A

---

Android

android/build.gradle:

N/A

android/app/build.gradle:

N/A

android/settings.gradle:

N/A

MainApplication.java:

N/A

AndroidManifest.xml:

N/A

---

Environment

• Platform that you're experiencing the issue on:
  • [ ] iOS
  • [ ] Android
  • [ ] iOS but have not tested behavior on Android
  • [x] Android but have not tested behavior on iOS
  • [ ] Both
• If known, the version of the platform are you experiencing the issue on:
  • Android API 21 to 28
• Operating System:
  • [ ] MacOS, version: N/A
  • [ ] Windows, version: N/A
  • [x] Other, please specify: Ubuntu 16.04
• Build Tools:
  • Android Studio 3.3.2
  • buildToolsVersion 28.0.3
  • gradleVersion 4.6
• React Native version:
  • 0.57.8
• React Native Firebase library version:
  • 5.2.1
• Firebase module(s) you're using that has the issue:
  • [ ] N/A
  • [ ] Authentication
  • [ ] Analytics
  • [ ] Cloud Firestore
  • [ ] Cloud Messaging (FCM)
  • [ ] Crashlytics
  • [ ] Dynamic Links
  • [x] Functions Callable
  • [ ] In App Messaging
  • [ ] Indexing
  • [ ] Invites
  • [ ] Instance ID
  • [ ] ML Kit
  • [ ] Notifications
  • [ ] Performance Monitoring
  • [ ] Realtime Database
  • [ ] Remote Config
  • [ ] Storage
• Are you using TypeScript?
  • [x] No
  • [ ] Yes, version: N/A
• Are you using Expo, e.g. ExpoKit?
  • [x] No
  • [ ] Yes, I've not ejected
  • [ ] Yes, but I have ejected to ExpoKit
  • [ ] Yes, but I have ejected to vanilla React Native
  • Expo version: N/A

[aliozinan]

Update

firebase-functions version 16.3.0, released 15 Mar 2019, adds the ability to configure the timeout.

https://firebase.google.com/docs/reference/android/com/google/firebase/functions/HttpsCallableReference

Looks like the Google Team came up with a solution and set the default timeout to 60 seconds for callable functions. I'll be sharing the test results here.

[stale[bot]]

Hello 👋, this issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had activity for quite some time. Has the issue been fixed, or does it still require the community's attention? This issue may be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

[stale[bot]]

Closing this issue after a prolonged period of inactivity. If this is still present in the latest release, please feel free to create a new issue with up-to-date information.

[bitfabrikken]

@aliozinan any news? I'm also stuck with the 10 second timeout here and am wondering if you learned something new?

[bsendras]

@bitfabrikken Here is a workaround for this issue. Since the limitation is within the library for HTTP requests used by react-native-firebase, we tried to use another one. So instead of use functions().httpsCallable(), we decided to call the function with a http client like axios.

We were concerned about authentication, because if you call the function in this way, the function won't receive the context object. Hopefully, firebase automaticaly validates a bearer token that you can provide in the Authorization header, and populates the context object.

Here's my example

import { auth } from 'react-native-firebase';
import axios from 'axios';

export const functionsHttpCallable = async () => {
   // Get the token for the logged user
   const token = await auth().currentUser.getIdToken();

   // Do the request
   return axios.post(
       '<Your Firebase Cloud Function URL>',
       {
          data: { 'parameters of the function' }
       },
       {
          headers: {
             'Content-Type': 'application/json',
             // This will be automatically validated in the server
             Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`
          },
          transformResponse: [
             response => {
                const res = JSON.parse(response);
                // unwrap the object returned by the function
                return res.result;
              }
          ]
       }
   );
}

You can parametrize that function with the name of the cloud function, the token, and the parameters to send.

Hope it helps!

[aliozinan]

It seems like Google's update I mentioned above must be implemented on react-native-firebase side as well. Now that there's the timeout parameter available for HttpsCallableReference, the team can do something about it I guess?

[mikehardy]

@aliozinan PRs are welcome if you’d like to propose one

[mikehardy]

it does seem valid to re-open this one as no longer blocked though?

[aliozinan]

@aliozinan PRs are welcome if you’d like to propose one

I would love to, if I knew how to code Java

it does seem valid to re-open this one as no longer blocked though?

Yes this issue is still unresolved and needs to be re-opened. It was closed by the bot, I cannot re-open it.