Timeouts running Frontend + DCR locally

[cemms1]

Problem summary

When running the combination of frontend (on port 9000) and dotcom-rendering (on port 3030) together locally, it times out very frequently.

This happens most frequently when accessing PROD front paths like uk (http://localhost:9000/uk) via the dev-build Scala project
It also happens when running the facia Scala project directly, though I think this can improve the chances of getting a page to render this way.

It doesn't seem to time out when requesting PROD article paths like uk-news/2024/dec/05/uk-weather-storm-darragh-to-bring-80mph-gusts-as-amber-wind-warning-issued

I have tried increasing the timeout on the rendering configuration:

frontend/common/app/common/configuration.scala

Line 154 in 8b7f135

lazy val timeout = 2.seconds

which can help but not always, and does slow down the feedback loop when developing

Workarounds

I sometimes use this workaround when needing to run DCR and frontend locally.

Tip

By using DCR as the base URL and adding the frontend URL into the path, it doesn't time out http://localhost:3030/Front/http://localhost:9000/uk

The other alternative is to deploy to CODE, but this also takes time and delays developer feedback.