Change: VOD upstream read timeout reduced from 30 seconds to 10 seconds to minimize lock hold time when clients disconnect during connection phase

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- VOD upstream read timeout reduced from 30 seconds to 10 seconds to minimize lock hold time when clients disconnect during connection phase
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Fixed VOD profile connection count not being decremented when stream connection fails (timeout, 404, etc.), preventing profiles from reaching capacity limits and rejecting valid stream requests

apps/proxy/vod_proxy/multi_worker_connection_manager.py

@@ -357,12 +357,12 @@ class RedisBackedVODConnection:
 
             logger.info(f"[{self.session_id}] Making request #{state.request_count} to {'final' if state.final_url else 'original'} URL")
 
-            # Make request
+            # Make request (10s connect, 10s read timeout - keeps lock time reasonable if client disconnects)
             response = self.local_session.get(
                 target_url,
                 headers=headers,
                 stream=True,
-                timeout=(10, 30),
+                timeout=(10, 10),
                 allow_redirects=allow_redirects
             )
             response.raise_for_status()