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Return value(s) to Power Virtual Agents gives an ActionResponseTimedOut error

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From time to time, a specific flow that I have gives the following error

 

ActionResponseTimedOut. The execution of template action 'Return_value(s)_to_Power_Virtual_Agents' is failed: the client application timed out waiting for a response from service. This means that workflow took longer to respond than the alloted timeout value. The connection maintained between the client application and service will be closed and client application will get an HTTP status code 504 Gateway Timeout.

 

 

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The settings for the action are as follows:

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If one analyses the flows that gave the error, one thing pops up: an HTTP action.

 

When the flow failed with the error, this HTTP action took ~3min 

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When the error appeared in another flow, HTTP action took ~2min

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This is the HTTP action Settings:

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    HenryJammes Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @goncaloperes,

     

    I believe this is expected, the chatbot has a timeout of 2 minutes when it triggers a Power Automate cloud flow.

    If you have long running logic that doesn't need to return results to PVA, you may add the "Return value to PVA" step before longer actions.

     

    Henry

  • goncaloperes Profile Picture
    85 on at

    Hi @HenryJammes 

    Is there a way to extend that time?
    The problem with the 2min is, for example, when one is interacting with an API that can take more than that.

    It's not that the flow is complex, but that a given action can take longer.

    Sincerely
    G Peres

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    HenryJammes Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    I think it's by design because waiting over 2 minutes for a bot to respond is a very long time of a chat experience, hence the limitations 

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