OverflowError: timestamp too large to convert to C _PyTime_t response.headers["Retry-After"]

[Vasyl14011989]

On version:
atlassian-python-api 3.41.19

rest_client.py

        if self.retry_with_header and "Retry-After" in response.headers and response.status_code == 429:
            time.sleep(int(response.headers["Retry-After"]))
            return True

I'm receiving the error:
OverflowError: timestamp too large to convert to C _PyTime_t response.headers["Retry-After"]
Please, provide the solution how to resolve the situation.
/BR Vasyl

[Viktxrrr]

Hi, @Vasyl14011989!
Is there an example of what comes in the Retry-After header?

Also, if this doesn't work for you, you can disable retries with header
There is a boolean parameter in a class constructor called retry_with_header

[Vasyl14011989]

Actually I', sending the jql request through Atlassian Jira and this Jira sends get request through rest_client.py, so I can't modify this Boolean parameter, can't I?

[Viktxrrr]

You can modify it when creating a Jira object, cause Jira inherits from AtlassianRestAPI. Its constructor uses *args and **kwargs, which are passed to the parent AtlassianRestAPI constructor, where the retry_with_header parameter is available. In the Jira constructor any additional parameters not explicitly handled are forwarded to AtlassianRestAPI

class Jira(AtlassianRestAPI):
    """
    Provide permission information for the current user.
    Reference: https://docs.atlassian.com/software/jira/docs/api/REST/8.5.0/#api/2
    """

    def __init__(self, url, *args, **kwargs):
        if "api_version" not in kwargs:
            kwargs["api_version"] = "2"

        super(Jira, self).__init__(url, *args, **kwargs)

For example:
jira = Jira(url=..., username=..., password=..., retry_with_header=False)

[Viktxrrr]

I'd be glad, if you could provide an example of what is included in the Retry-Header, when an error occurs, so I can understand whether any adjustments are needed.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to ask

[Vasyl14011989]

OK, let me try... Thanks! I'd like to provide you a value from Retry-Header but I also in my code receiving only result from query execution and not sure if it's possible somehow to catch Retry-Header value

[Viktxrrr]

You can view the headers of the response by setting a breakpoint at this line and running the debugger.

When the debugger stops at the breakpoint, you will be able to inspect the contents of the variable response, which is located in the line above.

[Vasyl14011989]

Unfortunately it is not possible as error occurs at client's side(using our part of code) and it can't be reproduced locally

[Viktxrrr]

Hmm, there is another option to set advanced_mode=True in the Jira constructor. In this case, the Jira methods will return the raw response, allowing you to access the headers using <your_var>.headers. But you will need to disable all retries to get a response with a 429 status code by setting backoff_and_retry=False (this is disabled by default) and retries_with_header=False in the constructor.

Can you try this and print the headers?