[GH-ISSUE #1894] Gateway timeout uploading XML on sample proxy configuration #1098

New issue

Closed

opened 2026-03-03 02:06:14 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

kerem commented

2026-03-03 02:06:14 +03:00

Owner

Originally created by @melissaboiko on GitHub (Aug 11, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/issues/1894

v1.22.2, fresh install, exposed via nginx reverse proxy via configuration from the wiki https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/wiki/Proxy-examples . The host nginx is 1.14.2, on Debian buster.

When I try to import my Keepass data (at ~2MiB XML), it hangs for a while, then raises an error with nginx giving a 504 proxy timeout. It appears to have nonetheless imported all the data.

I tried increasing the proxy wait time as follows:

server {
  # ...
  proxy_connect_timeout       777;
  proxy_send_timeout          777;
  proxy_read_timeout          777;
  send_timeout                777;

and this appears to have been enough, when I looked at the tab again it was back to the main vault page. However, because I didn't realise it was importing the data despite the 504, I ended up with several duplicates of each password.

Your environment (Generated via diagnostics page)

Vaultwarden version: v1.22.2
Web-vault version: v2.21.1
Running within Docker: true
Environment settings overridden: false
Uses a reverse proxy: true
IP Header check: true (X-Real-IP)
Internet access: true
Internet access via a proxy: false
DNS Check: true
Time Check: true
Domain Configuration Check: false
HTTPS Check: false
Database type: SQLite
Database version: 3.35.4
Clients used:
Reverse proxy and version:
Other relevant information:

Config (Generated via diagnostics page)

Show Running Config

Environment settings which are overridden:

{
  "_duo_akey": null,
  "_enable_duo": false,
  "_enable_email_2fa": false,
  "_enable_smtp": true,
  "_enable_yubico": true,
  "_ip_header_enabled": true,
  "admin_token": "***",
  "allowed_iframe_ancestors": "",
  "attachments_folder": "data/attachments",
  "authenticator_disable_time_drift": false,
  "data_folder": "data",
  "database_max_conns": 10,
  "database_url": "****/**.*******",
  "db_connection_retries": 15,
  "disable_2fa_remember": false,
  "disable_admin_token": false,
  "disable_icon_download": false,
  "domain": "****://*********",
  "domain_origin": "****://*********",
  "domain_path": "",
  "domain_set": false,
  "duo_host": null,
  "duo_ikey": null,
  "duo_skey": null,
  "email_attempts_limit": 3,
  "email_expiration_time": 600,
  "email_token_size": 6,
  "enable_db_wal": true,
  "extended_logging": true,
  "helo_name": null,
  "hibp_api_key": null,
  "icon_blacklist_non_global_ips": true,
  "icon_blacklist_regex": null,
  "icon_cache_folder": "data/icon_cache",
  "icon_cache_negttl": 259200,
  "icon_cache_ttl": 2592000,
  "icon_download_timeout": 10,
  "invitation_org_name": "Vaultwarden",
  "invitations_allowed": true,
  "ip_header": "X-Real-IP",
  "job_poll_interval_ms": 30000,
  "log_file": null,
  "log_level": "Info",
  "log_timestamp_format": "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%3f",
  "org_attachment_limit": null,
  "org_creation_users": "",
  "password_iterations": 100000,
  "reload_templates": false,
  "require_device_email": false,
  "rsa_key_filename": "data/rsa_key",
  "send_purge_schedule": "0 5 * * * *",
  "sends_allowed": true,
  "sends_folder": "data/sends",
  "show_password_hint": false,
  "signups_allowed": true,
  "signups_domains_whitelist": "",
  "signups_verify": false,
  "signups_verify_resend_limit": 6,
  "signups_verify_resend_time": 3600,
  "smtp_accept_invalid_certs": false,
  "smtp_accept_invalid_hostnames": false,
  "smtp_auth_mechanism": null,
  "smtp_debug": false,
  "smtp_explicit_tls": false,
  "smtp_from": "",
  "smtp_from_name": "Vaultwarden",
  "smtp_host": null,
  "smtp_password": null,
  "smtp_port": 587,
  "smtp_ssl": true,
  "smtp_timeout": 15,
  "smtp_username": null,
  "templates_folder": "data/templates",
  "trash_auto_delete_days": null,
  "trash_purge_schedule": "0 5 0 * * *",
  "use_syslog": false,
  "user_attachment_limit": null,
  "web_vault_enabled": true,
  "web_vault_folder": "web-vault/",
  "websocket_address": "0.0.0.0",
  "websocket_enabled": false,
  "websocket_port": 3012,
  "yubico_client_id": null,
  "yubico_secret_key": null,
  "yubico_server": null
}

Deployment environment

vaultwarden version: v1.22.2,

Install method: docker run -d --name bitwarden
-e ADMIN_TOKEN=[token]
-v /vw-data/:/data/
-p 40080:80
vaultwarden/server:latest
Clients used: firefox
Reverse proxy and version: nginx 1.14.2
MySQL/MariaDB or PostgreSQL version:
Other relevant details: Host has 8GiB RAM, amd64 4 cores 3600Mhz and is not under load.

Originally created by @melissaboiko on GitHub (Aug 11, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/issues/1894 v1.22.2, fresh install, exposed via nginx reverse proxy via configuration from the wiki https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/wiki/Proxy-examples . The host nginx is 1.14.2, on Debian buster. When I try to import my Keepass data (at ~2MiB XML), it hangs for a while, then raises an error with nginx giving a 504 proxy timeout. It appears to have nonetheless imported all the data. I tried increasing the proxy wait time as follows: ```nginx server { # ... proxy_connect_timeout 777; proxy_send_timeout 777; proxy_read_timeout 777; send_timeout 777; ``` and this appears to have been enough, when I looked at the tab again it was back to the main vault page. However, because I didn't realise it was importing the data despite the 504, I ended up with several duplicates of each password. ### Your environment (Generated via diagnostics page) * Vaultwarden version: v1.22.2 * Web-vault version: v2.21.1 * Running within Docker: true * Environment settings overridden: false * Uses a reverse proxy: true * IP Header check: true (X-Real-IP) * Internet access: true * Internet access via a proxy: false * DNS Check: true * Time Check: true * Domain Configuration Check: false * HTTPS Check: false * Database type: SQLite * Database version: 3.35.4 * Clients used: * Reverse proxy and version: * Other relevant information: ### Config (Generated via diagnostics page) <details><summary>Show Running Config</summary> **Environment settings which are overridden:** ```json { "_duo_akey": null, "_enable_duo": false, "_enable_email_2fa": false, "_enable_smtp": true, "_enable_yubico": true, "_ip_header_enabled": true, "admin_token": "***", "allowed_iframe_ancestors": "", "attachments_folder": "data/attachments", "authenticator_disable_time_drift": false, "data_folder": "data", "database_max_conns": 10, "database_url": "****/**.*******", "db_connection_retries": 15, "disable_2fa_remember": false, "disable_admin_token": false, "disable_icon_download": false, "domain": "****://*********", "domain_origin": "****://*********", "domain_path": "", "domain_set": false, "duo_host": null, "duo_ikey": null, "duo_skey": null, "email_attempts_limit": 3, "email_expiration_time": 600, "email_token_size": 6, "enable_db_wal": true, "extended_logging": true, "helo_name": null, "hibp_api_key": null, "icon_blacklist_non_global_ips": true, "icon_blacklist_regex": null, "icon_cache_folder": "data/icon_cache", "icon_cache_negttl": 259200, "icon_cache_ttl": 2592000, "icon_download_timeout": 10, "invitation_org_name": "Vaultwarden", "invitations_allowed": true, "ip_header": "X-Real-IP", "job_poll_interval_ms": 30000, "log_file": null, "log_level": "Info", "log_timestamp_format": "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%3f", "org_attachment_limit": null, "org_creation_users": "", "password_iterations": 100000, "reload_templates": false, "require_device_email": false, "rsa_key_filename": "data/rsa_key", "send_purge_schedule": "0 5 * * * *", "sends_allowed": true, "sends_folder": "data/sends", "show_password_hint": false, "signups_allowed": true, "signups_domains_whitelist": "", "signups_verify": false, "signups_verify_resend_limit": 6, "signups_verify_resend_time": 3600, "smtp_accept_invalid_certs": false, "smtp_accept_invalid_hostnames": false, "smtp_auth_mechanism": null, "smtp_debug": false, "smtp_explicit_tls": false, "smtp_from": "", "smtp_from_name": "Vaultwarden", "smtp_host": null, "smtp_password": null, "smtp_port": 587, "smtp_ssl": true, "smtp_timeout": 15, "smtp_username": null, "templates_folder": "data/templates", "trash_auto_delete_days": null, "trash_purge_schedule": "0 5 0 * * *", "use_syslog": false, "user_attachment_limit": null, "web_vault_enabled": true, "web_vault_folder": "web-vault/", "websocket_address": "0.0.0.0", "websocket_enabled": false, "websocket_port": 3012, "yubico_client_id": null, "yubico_secret_key": null, "yubico_server": null } ``` </details>  ### Deployment environment     * vaultwarden version: v1.22.2,  * Install method: docker run -d --name bitwarden \ -e ADMIN_TOKEN=[token] \ -v /vw-data/:/data/ \ -p 40080:80 \ vaultwarden/server:latest * Clients used: firefox * Reverse proxy and version: nginx 1.14.2 * MySQL/MariaDB or PostgreSQL version:  * Other relevant details: Host has 8GiB RAM, amd64 4 cores 3600Mhz and is not under load.

kerem closed this issue

2026-03-03 02:06:14 +03:00

kerem commented

2026-03-03 02:06:15 +03:00

Author

Owner

@BlackDex commented on GitHub (Aug 11, 2021):

A 504 is a proxy/gateway timeout, which indicates that its an (configuration) issue of nginx.

Nginx waited for vaultwarden to reply back after the upload, which took a long time, and in the end nginx gave up, but Vaultwarden continued and processed the incoming data.

@BlackDex commented on GitHub (Aug 11, 2021): A 504 is a proxy/gateway timeout, which indicates that its an (configuration) issue of nginx. Nginx waited for vaultwarden to reply back after the upload, which took a long time, and in the end nginx gave up, but Vaultwarden continued and processed the incoming data.