Set 5s request timeout on Elasticsearch client (#60398)

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: heiskr

src/search/lib/helpers/get-client.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 import { Client } from '@elastic/elasticsearch'
 import { safeUrlDisplay } from '@/search/lib/helpers/strings'
 
-export function getElasticsearchClient(overrideURL = '', verbose = false): Client {
+const DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 5000
+
+export function getElasticsearchClient(
+  overrideURL = '',
+  verbose = false,
+  options?: { requestTimeout?: number },
+): Client {
   const node = getElasticsearchURL(overrideURL)
   if (verbose) {
     console.log('Connecting to Elasticsearch URL:', safeUrlDisplay(node))
   }
-  const client = new Client({ node })
+  const client = new Client({
+    node,
+    requestTimeout: options?.requestTimeout ?? DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
+  })
   return client
 }
 

src/search/scripts/index/lib/index-ai-search-autocomplete.ts

@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ type Options = {
 }
 
 export async function indexAISearchAutocomplete(options: Options) {
-  const client = getElasticsearchClient(undefined, options.verbose)
+  const client = getElasticsearchClient(undefined, options.verbose, {
+    requestTimeout: 5 * 60 * 1000,
+  })
   await client.ping() // Will throw if not available
 
   console.log(

src/search/scripts/index/lib/index-general-search.ts

@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ export async function indexGeneralSearch(sourceDirectory: string, opts: Options)
     throw new Error("Can't combine --language and --not-language")
   }
 
-  const client = getElasticsearchClient(opts.elasticsearchUrl, opts.verbose)
+  const client = getElasticsearchClient(opts.elasticsearchUrl, opts.verbose, {
+    requestTimeout: 5 * 60 * 1000,
+  })
   await client.ping() // Will throw if not available
 
   let versions: string[] | 'all' = []