Consistent 10 minute response times to generate images via dall-e-3 api

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It is consistently taking 10 minutes for dalle3 to come back with an image. My friend with the same prompts is getting replies consistently under 30 seconds. We’re both in Tier 3 of the rate limits api.

The request looks something like this:

  claims=`
Super glue ad with the following properties:
High bond strength due to Ethyl Cyanoacrylate which makes repairs seamless
Increased durability and resistance from additives like Polymethyl Methacrylate and Hydroquinone
Extended shelf-life thanks to the use of Sulfur Dioxide stabilizer
Adheres quickly and securely to many different kinds of materials
`;

  const openai = getClient();
  const response = await openai.images.generate({
    model: "dall-e-3",
    prompt: claims,
    1,
    "1024x1024",
  });

  return response.data;

image

Any idea what’s going on?

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Where are you located?

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I’m in Switzerland he is in US California

4

Welcome to the forums!

Here’s your high tetendch supper gluie :slight_smile:

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1o minutes seems exessively long, but what’s surprising is that you DO seem to get an image at the end :thinking:

do you happen to have access to a vpn? :grimacing:

another thought: are you maybe running into a rate limit/getting throttled? Unlikely, but a thought.

and another: is that the firefox profiler? if so - the server response is actually from your server, can we exclude issues in your code as a possibility?

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I had this issue as well, and resolved it by setting the client timeout to 15 seconds when using the images.generate() API.

Assuming you’re using the official openai-node package, it defaults to 10 minute timeouts.
See: github(dot)com/openai/openai-node/?tab=readme-ov-file#timeouts

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