When I run the app locally, it works fine, but after building a Docker image and running it, I’m getting a ConnectionTimeout error.Tried skipping init checks and increasing timeout in the additional configs, but no luck. What should I do?

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my code

client = weaviate.connect_to_weaviate_cloud(
    cluster_url=URL,
    auth_credentials=Auth.api_key(APIKEY),
    additional_config=AdditionalConfig(timeout=Timeout(init=100, query=60, insert=120)),  # Increased timeout
    skip_init_checks=True,  # Skip initial connection checks to avoid timeouts
    headers={
        "X-HuggingFace-Api-Key": os.getenv("HUGGING_FACE_API")  # Pass custom headers if needed
    }
)

The error traceback is as follows

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/httpx/_transports/default.py", line 101, in map_httpcore_exceptions
    yield
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/httpx/_transports/default.py", line 394, in handle_async_request
    resp = await self._pool.handle_async_request(req)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/httpcore/_async/connection_pool.py", line 256, in handle_async_request
    raise exc from None
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/httpcore/_async/connection_pool.py", line 236, in handle_async_request
    response = await connection.handle_async_request(
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        pool_request.request
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    )
    ^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/httpcore/_async/connection.py", line 101, in handle_async_request
    raise exc
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/httpcore/_async/connection.py", line 78, in handle_async_request
    stream = await self._connect(request)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/httpcore/_async/connection.py", line 124, in _connect
    stream = await self._network_backend.connect_tcp(**kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/httpcore/_backends/auto.py", line 31, in connect_tcp
    return await self._backend.connect_tcp(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    ...<5 lines>...
    )
    ^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/httpcore/_backends/anyio.py", line 113, in connect_tcp
    with map_exceptions(exc_map):
         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/contextlib.py", line 162, in __exit__
    self.gen.throw(value)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/httpcore/_exceptions.py", line 14, in map_exceptions
    raise to_exc(exc) from exc
httpcore.ConnectTimeout

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/streamlit/runtime/scriptrunner/exec_code.py", line 88, in exec_func_with_error_handling
    result = func()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/streamlit/runtime/scriptrunner/script_runner.py", line 579, in code_to_exec
    exec(code, module.__dict__)
    ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/app.py", line 31, in <module>
    client = weaviate.connect_to_weaviate_cloud(
        cluster_url=URL,
    ...<5 lines>...
        }
    )
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/weaviate/connect/helpers.py", line 80, in connect_to_weaviate_cloud
    return __connect(
        WeaviateClient(
    ...<8 lines>...
        )
    )
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/weaviate/connect/helpers.py", line 411, in __connect
    raise e
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/weaviate/connect/helpers.py", line 407, in __connect
    client.connect()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/weaviate/syncify.py", line 23, in sync_method
    return _EventLoopSingleton.get_instance().run_until_complete(
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
        async_func, self, *args, **kwargs
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    )
    ^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/weaviate/event_loop.py", line 42, in run_until_complete
    return fut.result()
           ~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/concurrent/futures/_base.py", line 456, in result
    return self.__get_result()
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/concurrent/futures/_base.py", line 401, in __get_result
    raise self._exception
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/weaviate/client_base.py", line 153, in connect
    await self._connection.connect(self._skip_init_checks)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/weaviate/connect/v4.py", line 158, in connect
    meta = await self.get_meta()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/weaviate/connect/v4.py", line 609, in get_meta
    response = await self.get(path="/meta")
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/weaviate/connect/v4.py", line 568, in get
    return await self.__send(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    ...<5 lines>...
    )
    ^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/weaviate/connect/v4.py", line 489, in __send
    raise e
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/weaviate/connect/v4.py", line 476, in __send
    res = await self._client.send(req)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/httpx/_client.py", line 1629, in send
    response = await self._send_handling_auth(
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    ...<4 lines>...
    )
    ^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/httpx/_client.py", line 1657, in _send_handling_auth
    response = await self._send_handling_redirects(
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    ...<3 lines>...
    )
    ^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/httpx/_client.py", line 1694, in _send_handling_redirects
    response = await self._send_single_request(request)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/httpx/_client.py", line 1730, in _send_single_request
    response = await transport.handle_async_request(request)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/httpx/_transports/default.py", line 393, in handle_async_request
    with map_httpcore_exceptions():
         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/contextlib.py", line 162, in __exit__
    self.gen.throw(value)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/httpx/_transports/default.py", line 118, in map_httpcore_exceptions
    raise mapped_exc(message) from exc
httpx.ConnectTimeout
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hi @Aprameyan_V !!

Welcome to our community :hugs:

weaviate.connect_to_weaviate_cloud should only be used with clusters hosted in our cloud.

if running with docker, and exposing the 8080 and 50051 ports as configured in the default docker-compose, you can use weaviate.connect_to_local

If you have any differente deployment, you can customize it as stated here:

Let me know if this helps.

Are you by any chance trying to use the connect_to_weaviate_cloud to connect to a weaviate running on localhost with docker?