Transaction getting Timeout using Java SDK

Question

I'm using the Java SDK for months now but since couple of weeks I'm getting more and more timeouts while launching Payment Operations.

org.stellar.sdk.responses.SubmitTransactionTimeoutResponseException: Timeout. Please resubmit your transaction to receive submission status. More info: https://developers.stellar.org/api/errors/http-status-codes/horizon-specific/timeout/

Here is the code snippet:

Transaction transaction = new TransactionBuilder(sourceAccount, Network.PUBLIC)
                    .addOperation(
                            new PaymentOperation.Builder(destination.getAccountId(), new AssetTypeNative(), amount)
                                    .build())
                    .addMemo(Memo.hash(hash))
                    .addPreconditions(TransactionPreconditions.builder().timeBounds(mTimeBounds).build())
                    .setBaseFee(Transaction.MIN_BASE_FEE)
                    .build();
            transaction.sign(source);

            SubmitTransactionResponse response = server.submitTransaction(transaction);

I tried to increase the fees (MIN_BASE_FEE * 2, even *10) but has no effect, I still get Timeouts for the operations.

Any idea why I'm getting so many Timeout errors ?

Answer 1

What is the upper timebound? For a payment, the upper timebound can be high like 60s or more since the amount you send will probably not change.

The MIN_BASE_FEES are probably too small also, try to use 10000 at least.