# Net:HTTP Timeout Bug **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [October 22, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-http-timeout-bug/177729 "2009-10-22T18:12:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jackster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jackster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jackster)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-http-timeout-bug/177729/1 "2009-10-22T18:12:16Z")
When I do an HTTP get on a URL that doesn’t exist using NET:HTTP, the read\_timeout value is ignored and the connection stays open forever. I read somewhere that this is a known bug (Bug #949) but I was trying to do a work around to close the connection. I tried using http.finish as is shown in the Class description but this won’t force the connection closed. Can anyone help me out with a way to force an NET::HTTP connection closed? thanks in advance Jackster ---
**Author:** ![jackster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jackster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jackster)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 1:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-http-timeout-bug/177729/2 "2009-10-24T01:08:12Z")
jackster the jackle wrote: > When I do an HTTP get on a URL that doesn’t exist using NET:HTTP, the > read\_timeout value is ignored and the connection stays open forever. > I read somewhere that this is a known bug (Bug #949) but I was trying to > do a work around to close the connection. > > I tried using http.finish as is shown in the Class description but this > won’t force the connection closed. > > Can anyone help me out with a way to force an NET::HTTP connection > closed? appears that applying something like r25097 and r25098 for Ruby 1.8 & 1.9 should do it? -r [http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/trunk/lib/net/http.rb?r1=25097&r2=25096&pathrev=25097](http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/trunk/lib/net/http.rb?r1=25097&r2=25096&pathrev=25097)