# Wierd timeout with apache mod\_proxy

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wierd-timeout-with-apache-mod-proxy/118883>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 31, 2007, 11:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wierd-timeout-with-apache-mod-proxy/118883 "2007-10-31T23:53:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![matthew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@matthew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/matthew)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 11:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wierd-timeout-with-apache-mod-proxy/118883/1 "2007-10-31T23:53:12Z")

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Hi

I may have posted this in the wrong place: apologies if I have. I  
currently have a setup with Apache proxying requests to mongrels.  
Occassionally, in the apache logs I get an error that looks like

[Tue Oct 30 12:00:28 2007] [error] (70007)The timeout specified has  
expired: proxy: pass request body failed to 127.0.0.1:8013 (127.0.0.1)  
from 213.205.247.171 ()  
[Tue Oct 30 12:00:28 2007] [error] [client 213.205.247.171] Handler  
for proxy-server returned invalid result code 70007

Does anyone know if this is an Apache/Mongrel issue, and why the  
timeout could be occurring?

Thanks in advance for anyone’s help