# Timeout error

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/timeout-error/195713>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 28, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/timeout-error/195713 "2010-09-28T23:26:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Creative\_Technologi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Creative\_Technologi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Creative_Technologi)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/timeout-error/195713/1 "2010-09-28T23:26:59Z")

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Hi,

Could anyone help with an error I’m getting when running the following  
code, it works on smaller sites but when I run it on a larger site it  
times out…

doc = open("http://"+@theurl) { |f| Hpricot(f) }

I’ve found a few resources which mention how to increase the timeout  
limit in Ruby on Rails but nothing which has worked, or I understand!

The error is …

Timeout::Error in PostsController#index

execution expired

RAILS\_ROOT: /Users/richardsmith/Documents/Creative Technologist/  
SitemapCreator/Tester  
Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace

/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/  
1.8/timeout.rb:60:in `rbuf_fill' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/ 1.8/net/protocol.rb:132:in`rbuf\_fill’  
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/  
1.8/net/protocol.rb:116:in `readuntil' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/ 1.8/net/protocol.rb:126:in`readline’  
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/  
1.8/net/http.rb:2020:in `read_status_line' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/ 1.8/net/http.rb:2009:in`read\_new’  
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/  
1.8/net/http.rb:1050:in `request' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/ 1.8/open-uri.rb:248:in`open\_http’  
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/  
1.8/net/http.rb:543:in `start' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/ 1.8/open-uri.rb:242:in`open\_http’  
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/  
1.8/open-uri.rb:616:in `buffer_open' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/ 1.8/open-uri.rb:164:in`open\_loop’  
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/  
1.8/open-uri.rb:162:in `catch' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/ 1.8/open-uri.rb:162:in`open\_loop’  
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/  
1.8/open-uri.rb:132:in `open_uri' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/ 1.8/open-uri.rb:518:in`open’  
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/  
1.8/open-uri.rb:30:in `open' /Users/richardsmith/Documents/Creative Technologist/SitemapCreator/ Tester/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb:42:in`processsitemap’