Timeouts & Redirects

The Settings tab in the request editor lets you control how long Nouto waits for a response and how it handles HTTP redirects. Both settings are per-request and saved as part of the collection.

Request Timeout

The timeout determines how long Nouto waits for the server to respond before giving up.

1. Open the request and go to the Settings tab.
2. Find the Timeout field.
3. Enter a value in milliseconds.

Value	Behavior
Empty (default)	30-second timeout
0	No timeout; waits indefinitely
5000	5-second timeout
60000	1-minute timeout
600000	10-minute timeout (maximum)

If the server does not respond within the configured timeout, the request fails with a timeout error.

When to Adjust the Timeout

Increase it for:

• Endpoints that process large datasets or run expensive queries
• File uploads where the upload itself takes time
• Long-polling endpoints

Decrease it for:

• Health checks where a slow response means the service is down
• Any test where you want to detect unresponsive services quickly

Set to 0 for:

• Streaming endpoints where you want to wait indefinitely
• Long-polling connections

Follow Redirects

By default, Nouto follows HTTP 3xx redirects automatically. You can disable this or limit the number of consecutive redirects.

1. Open the request and go to the Settings tab.
2. Toggle Follow redirects on or off.
3. When enabled, optionally set Max redirects (default: 10).

Setting	Default	Description
Follow redirects	On	Automatically follow 301, 302, 303, 307, 308 responses
Max redirects	10	Stop after this many redirects

Redirect Method Behavior

Status	Method handling
301 Moved Permanently	POST/PUT changes to GET
302 Found	POST/PUT changes to GET
303 See Other	Always uses GET
307 Temporary Redirect	Original method preserved
308 Permanent Redirect	Original method preserved

When to Disable Redirects

Debugging redirect chains: See the raw 3xx response, including the Location header, without following it. Use the redirect chain viewer in the response panel to inspect each hop in a chain.

OAuth callbacks: Inspect the redirect URL containing the authorization code before the browser follows it.

API testing: Verify that your API returns the correct status code and Location header for redirect scenarios.

Security testing: Check for open redirect vulnerabilities by seeing exactly where a redirect points.

Storing These Settings

Timeout and redirect settings are stored per-request in your collection:

{
  "timeout": 60000,
  "followRedirects": false,
  "maxRedirects": 5
}

When these fields are absent, the defaults apply: 30-second timeout, redirects enabled, max 10 redirects.

Platform Support

Setting	VS Code extension	Desktop app
Timeout	Supported	Supported
Follow redirects	Supported	Supported
Max redirects	Supported	Supported