HTTP registry: connection_timeout

The intermediary's attempt to open a connection to the next hop timed out.

Proxy and gateway values describe processing across trust boundaries where fields, authority, and framing may be transformed. connection_timeout is registered in HTTP Proxy Error Types. Defining reference: rfc9209.

httpregistryhttp-proxy-statushttp-proxy-error-types

Identifier (http)

connection_timeout

The intermediary's attempt to open a connection to the next hop timed out.

Strip hop-by-hop data, normalize framing, trust forwarded metadata only from configured proxies, and avoid exposing topology or credentials.

This registry value is currently marked active by IANA. Follow the defining specification before sending, accepting, or proxying it.

IANA registry: http-proxy-status/http-proxy-error-types

Registry reference: rfc9209

Sources

HTTP Proxy Error Types
rfc9209