Fix HTTP transport timeout defaulting to 5 seconds (#2848)

Fixes #2842, fixes #2845

src/fastmcp/client/transports.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from mcp.client.sse import sse_client
 from mcp.client.stdio import stdio_client
 from mcp.client.streamable_http import streamable_http_client
 from mcp.server.fastmcp import FastMCP as FastMCP1Server
-from mcp.shared._httpx_utils import McpHttpClientFactory
+from mcp.shared._httpx_utils import McpHttpClientFactory, create_mcp_http_client
 from mcp.shared.memory import create_client_server_memory_streams
 from pydantic import AnyUrl
 from typing_extensions import TypedDict, Unpack
@@ -284,25 +284,31 @@ class StreamableHttpTransport(ClientTransport):
         # need to be forwarded to the remote server.
         headers = get_http_headers() | self.headers
 
-        # Build httpx client configuration
-        httpx_client_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {
-            "headers": headers,
-            "auth": self.auth,
-            "follow_redirects": True,
-        }
-
-        # Configure timeout if provided (convert timedelta to seconds for httpx)
+        # Configure timeout if provided, preserving MCP's 30s connect default
+        timeout: httpx.Timeout | None = None
         if session_kwargs.get("read_timeout_seconds") is not None:
             read_timeout_seconds = cast(
                 datetime.timedelta, session_kwargs.get("read_timeout_seconds")
             )
-            httpx_client_kwargs["timeout"] = read_timeout_seconds.total_seconds()
+            timeout = httpx.Timeout(30.0, read=read_timeout_seconds.total_seconds())
 
-        # Create httpx client from factory or use default
+        # Create httpx client from factory or use default with MCP-appropriate timeouts
+        # create_mcp_http_client uses 30s connect/5min read timeout by default,
+        # and always enables follow_redirects
         if self.httpx_client_factory is not None:
-            http_client = self.httpx_client_factory(**httpx_client_kwargs)
+            # Factory clients get the full kwargs for backwards compatibility
+            http_client = self.httpx_client_factory(
+                headers=headers,
+                auth=self.auth,
+                follow_redirects=True,
+                **({"timeout": timeout} if timeout else {}),
+            )
         else:
-            http_client = httpx.AsyncClient(**httpx_client_kwargs)
+            http_client = create_mcp_http_client(
+                headers=headers,
+                timeout=timeout,
+                auth=self.auth,
+            )
 
         # Ensure httpx client is closed after use
         async with (

tests/integration_tests/test_timeout_fix.py

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+"""Test that verifies the timeout fix for issue #2842 and #2845."""
+
+import asyncio
+
+import pytest
+
+from fastmcp import FastMCP
+from fastmcp.client import Client
+from fastmcp.client.transports import StreamableHttpTransport
+from fastmcp.utilities.tests import run_server_async
+
+
+def create_test_server() -> FastMCP:
+    """Create a FastMCP server with a slow tool."""
+    server = FastMCP("TestServer")
+
+    @server.tool
+    async def slow_tool(duration: int = 6) -> str:
+        """A tool that takes some time to complete."""
+        await asyncio.sleep(duration)
+        return f"Completed in {duration} seconds"
+
+    return server
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+async def streamable_http_server():
+    """Start a test server and return its URL."""
+    server = create_test_server()
+    async with run_server_async(server) as url:
+        yield url
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+@pytest.mark.timeout(15)
+async def test_slow_tool_with_http_transport(streamable_http_server: str):
+    """Test that tools taking >5 seconds work correctly with HTTP transport.
+
+    This test verifies the fix for:
+    - Issue #2842: Client can't get result after upgrading to 2.14.2
+    - Issue #2845: Server doesn't return results when tool takes >5 seconds
+
+    The root cause was that the httpx client was created without explicit
+    timeout configuration, defaulting to httpx's 5-second timeout.
+    """
+    async with Client(
+        transport=StreamableHttpTransport(streamable_http_server)
+    ) as client:
+        # This should NOT timeout since we fixed the default timeout
+        result = await client.call_tool("slow_tool", {"duration": 6})
+        assert result.data == "Completed in 6 seconds"