`socket.timeout: timed out` when using full IPv6 stack.

[n8felton]

Environment details

• OS: macOS 10.14.5 (18F132) Mojave
• Python version: 3.7.3
• pip version: 19.1.1
• google-api-python-client version: 1.7.9

Steps to reproduce

Pre-steps:

• Have a full IPv6 stack with an IPv6 address. In my case, I have the following from Spectrum, through a Linksys WRT3200ACM router.

inet6 fe80::4ab:197d:b439:8d97%en0 prefixlen 64 secured scopeid 0x9 
inet6 2604:6000:1013:a0eb:cca:87bb:d7ed:91b6 prefixlen 64 autoconf secured 
inet6 2604:6000:1013:a0eb:91e1:1128:7728:8e1 prefixlen 64 autoconf temporary 

Error:

1. Follow the steps for the Python Quickstart (https://developers.google.com/docs/api/quickstart/python)
2. run python quickstart.py
3. python exits with socket.timeout: timed out error

If I open System Preferences > Network > Wi-FI > Advanced > TCP/IP and change the IPv6 configuration from Automatically to Link-local only, the quickstart.py properly runs.

[busunkim96]

A few folks have filed issues about socket timeouts recently - thank you for the additional info!

[vladignatyev]

Socket problem is still here, in 2020.

Environment details

• OS: Alpine (docker image https://hub.docker.com/_/python python:3.8.0-alpine)

Container runs on AWS EC2 instance.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rq/worker.py", line 886, in perform_job
    rv = job.perform()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rq/job.py", line 664, in perform
    self._result = self._execute()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rq/job.py", line 670, in _execute
    return self.func(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
  File "/usr/src/app/searchconsole/data.py", line 90, in load_data_for_property
    save_data_batch(property, batch)
  File "/usr/src/app/searchconsole/data.py", line 103, in save_data_batch
    for data_batch in data_batches:
  File "/usr/src/app/searchconsole/google/reports.py", line 103, in generate_lazy
    response = request.execute()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/googleapiclient/_helpers.py", line 130, in positional_wrapper
    return wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/googleapiclient/http.py", line 849, in execute
    resp, content = _retry_request(
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/googleapiclient/http.py", line 184, in _retry_request
    raise exception
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/googleapiclient/http.py", line 165, in _retry_request
    resp, content = http.request(uri, method, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/google_auth_httplib2.py", line 197, in request
    response, content = self.http.request(
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/httplib2/__init__.py", line 1982, in request
    (response, content) = self._request(
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/httplib2/__init__.py", line 1650, in _request
    (response, content) = self._conn_request(
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/httplib2/__init__.py", line 1589, in _conn_request
    response = conn.getresponse()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/http/client.py", line 1322, in getresponse
    response.begin()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/http/client.py", line 303, in begin
    version, status, reason = self._read_status()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/http/client.py", line 264, in _read_status
    line = str(self.fp.readline(_MAXLINE + 1), "iso-8859-1")
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/socket.py", line 669, in readinto
    return self._sock.recv_into(b)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/ssl.py", line 1241, in recv_into
    return self.read(nbytes, buffer)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/ssl.py", line 1099, in read
    return self._sslobj.read(len, buffer)
socket.timeout: The read operation timed out

[gselva]

@vladignatyev - I had this error and was able to get around it by updating /etc/gai.conf to prefer IPV4 over IPV6 (uncomment the line precedence ::ffff:0:0/96 100 ).

[cheptsov]

I have this issue too

[tuliocgon]

I'm experiencing this right now, the whole weekend, a code that was previoudly fine now i can't get pass authentication:

.../python3.8/site-packages/httplib2/init.py, line 1324, in connect
sock.connect((self.host.self.port__
socket.timetou: time out

Any advices how to solve this ?

[vlad-oles]

I also started experiencing this issue just a day ago, with no modification to the code:

    service = build('sheets', 'v4', credentials=get_creds())
  File "/home/me/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/googleapiclient/_helpers.py", line 134, in positional_wrapper
    return wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/me/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/googleapiclient/discovery.py", line 225, in build
    requested_url, discovery_http, cache_discovery, cache, developerKey
  File "/home/me/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/googleapiclient/discovery.py", line 282, in _retrieve_discovery_doc
    resp, content = http.request(actual_url)
  File "/home/me/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/httplib2/__init__.py", line 1991, in request
    cachekey,
  File "/home/me/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/httplib2/__init__.py", line 1651, in _request
    conn, request_uri, method, body, headers
  File "/home/me/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/httplib2/__init__.py", line 1557, in _conn_request
    conn.connect()
  File "/home/me/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/httplib2/__init__.py", line 1324, in connect
    sock.connect((self.host, self.port))

• OS: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
• Python: 3.7.6
• pip: 20.0.2
• googleapiclient: 1.8.0

Uncommenting the line precedence ::ffff:0:0/96 100 in /etc/gai.conf fixed the problem.

[SurferJeffAtGoogle]

My first attempt to reproduce on a Windows machine did not manifest the bug.
Trying Linux....

[SurferJeffAtGoogle]

Tried on Linux, haven't manifested the bug yet. Still working on it...