# Experiencing "Request Timed Out" Errors with gpt-4o-mini Despite Low Usage **URL:** \ **Category:** API\ **Tags:** gpt-4, api\ **Created:** [May 27, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/experiencing-request-timed-out-errors-with-gpt-4o-mini-despite-low-usage/1270139 "2025-05-27T09:33:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![subham1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/subham1/32/555343_2.png) [@subham1](https://community.openai.com/u/subham1)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/experiencing-request-timed-out-errors-with-gpt-4o-mini-despite-low-usage/1270139/1 "2025-05-27T09:33:58Z")
Hello OpenAI Community, I’m encountering consistent “Request timed out” errors when using the `gpt-4o-mini` model via the API. Here’s some context: - **Tier:** Tier 4 - **Model:** `gpt-4o-mini` - **Usage:** Approximately 400 RPM, well within the limits of 10,000 RPM and 10,000,000 TPM - **Purpose:** Processing large text payloads to identify brands; reducing payload size isn’t feasible due to the nature of the task - **Response Handling:** Not using streaming responses, as the application aggregates data for statistical analysis I’ve ensured that the request payloads are within token limits and have adjusted client-side timeout settings to accommodate longer processing times. Despite these measures, the timeouts persist. Has anyone else faced similar issues with `gpt-4o-mini` under these conditions? Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Ashhad\_Iqbal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/ashhad_iqbal/32/641742_2.png) [@Ashhad\_Iqbal](https://community.openai.com/u/Ashhad_Iqbal)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/experiencing-request-timed-out-errors-with-gpt-4o-mini-despite-low-usage/1270139/2 "2025-06-12T21:50:45Z")
I m facing similar issue, unable to figure out why is that happening. Are you able to resolve it? Are you getting response from GPT in json format? ---
**Author:** ![James\_Withers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/james_withers/32/514308_2.png) [@James\_Withers](https://community.openai.com/u/James_Withers)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 8:17am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/experiencing-request-timed-out-errors-with-gpt-4o-mini-despite-low-usage/1270139/3 "2025-06-13T08:17:54Z")
I’ve also been getting a lot of timeouts, starting on June 3rd. This is really disrupting service. ---
**Author:** ![Trusted\_Referred](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/trusted_referred/32/642034_2.png) [@Trusted\_Referred](https://community.openai.com/u/Trusted_Referred)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/experiencing-request-timed-out-errors-with-gpt-4o-mini-despite-low-usage/1270139/4 "2025-06-13T15:13:15Z")
put your large text data dumps in a .txt file and upload instead of adding to direct message that should help ---
**Author:** ![lpl1-dev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@lpl1-dev](https://community.openai.com/u/lpl1-dev)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 9:31am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/experiencing-request-timed-out-errors-with-gpt-4o-mini-despite-low-usage/1270139/5 "2025-06-18T09:31:03Z")
Any update on this? I have only managed to get 4o-mini to work a few times through the API. The persistent “Request timed out” issue has been so frequent that I’ve ultimately given up on using 4o-mini via the API altogether. ---
**Author:** ![subham1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/subham1/32/555343_2.png) [@subham1](https://community.openai.com/u/subham1)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 10:31am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/experiencing-request-timed-out-errors-with-gpt-4o-mini-despite-low-usage/1270139/6 "2025-06-18T10:31:17Z")
I have implemented internal retry mechanism, that’s how i’m handling it, Open AI support suggested me this. Other then that, i think batch API is also and good option if you have relative use-case. Also, someone suggested we should upload the large message in .txt file and then send in api request. i will try it and update here later.