Trigger a timeout response after waiting x seconds on RPC calls

[ahamlat]

Description

Besu does not trigger a timeout response after some time ex. 30 seconds. When running Eth_getLogs from earliest to latest, Geth responds "request timed out" after 30 seconds. Besu keeps running and hanging the thread. I see some RpcMethodTimeoutException errors got triggered in the logs but it didn't change the output, the client (the caller) was still waiting for a response.

Acceptance Criteria

• Besu triggers a timeout response after x seconds, it could be 30 seconds as Geth, but also more

Steps to Reproduce (Bug)

Have a Besu synced node on mainnet and launch this RPC call

time curl -X POST --data '{
        "method": "eth_getLogs",
        "params": [
                {
                        "fromBlock": "earliest",
                        "toBlock": "latest",
                        "address": "0x5805883423da1deb9866b4ba6b3749b163d0b472",
                        "topics": [
                                "0x0559884fd3a460db3073b7fc896cc77986f16e378210ded43186175bf646fc5f",
                                "0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000086d862",
                                "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001489"
                        ]
                }
        ],
        "id": 1,
        "jsonrpc": "2.0"
}' http://127.0.0.1:8545/

Compare the result with Geth.

Expected behavior: [What you expect to happen]
Trigger a timeout response after waiting x seconds on an RPC call

Actual behavior: [What actually happens]
The caller is waiting indefinitely on very slow calls

Frequency: [What percentage of the time does it occur?
100% on some very slow calls.

Versions (Add all that apply)

• Software version: 23.4.0
• Java version: openjdk 17.0.7 2023-04-18
• OS Name & Version: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

[vinaykhanchi712]

@ahamlat Please assign it to me.