# Timeout during forecast submission **URL:** \ **Category:** AI Weather Quest\ **Created:** [30 November 2025 16:54 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/timeout-during-forecast-submission/14465 "2025-11-30T16:54:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alessandro\_Camilletti](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/74df32/32.png) [@Alessandro\_Camilletti](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Alessandro_Camilletti)\ **Post date:** [30 November 2025 16:54 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/timeout-during-forecast-submission/14465/1 "2025-11-30T16:54:02Z")
Hi all, I’m experiencing forecast time-outs with every forecast submission attempt, regardless of the variable or forecast lead time. This issue has been occurring since Friday, and I haven’t been able to submit any forecasts since then. Has anyone else faced the same problem? ---
**Author:** ![Joshua\_Talib](https://forum.ecmwf.int/user_avatar/forum.ecmwf.int/joshua_talib/32/987_2.png) [@Joshua\_Talib](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Joshua_Talib)\ **Post date:** [1 December 2025 14:28 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/timeout-during-forecast-submission/14465/2 "2025-12-01T14:28:22Z")
Hi @Alessandro_Camilletti, Sorry to hear about your issues regarding forecast submission. I can see that you didn’t manage to submit a forecast. 22 other teams did submit a forecast over the weekend. Could you possibly let me know the error that appeared? We’ll be in contact via email regarding missed forecast submissions. Kind regards, Josh ---
**Author:** ![Joshua\_Talib](https://forum.ecmwf.int/user_avatar/forum.ecmwf.int/joshua_talib/32/987_2.png) [@Joshua\_Talib](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Joshua_Talib)\ **Post date:** [4 December 2025 11:36 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/timeout-during-forecast-submission/14465/3 "2025-12-04T11:36:47Z")
Solved via email. Required an update to AI Weather Quest python package. ```auto python3 -m pip install --upgrade AI-WQ-package ``` ---
**Author:** ![Alessandro\_Camilletti](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/74df32/32.png) [@Alessandro\_Camilletti](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Alessandro_Camilletti)\ **Post date:** [6 December 2025 08:51 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/timeout-during-forecast-submission/14465/4 "2025-12-06T08:51:17Z")
Hi @Joshua_Talib, Unfortunately, the timeout error persists. I can obtain the forecast quintile probabilities, but submitting the forecast results in a timeout error. `AIFC is registered to the AI Weather Quest. You may submit your forecast.` `WRcast is registered to the AI Weather Quest. You may submit your forecast.` `Unique_ID expver_ID Teamname Modelname` `0 AIFCzz_01 AIFC_01 AIFC WRcast` `AIFC is registered to the AI Weather Quest. You may submit your forecast.` `WRcast is registered to the AI Weather Quest. You may submit your forecast.` `Unique_ID expver_ID Teamname Modelname` `0 AIFCzz_01 AIFC_01 AIFC WRcast` `AIFC is registered to the AI Weather Quest. You may submit your forecast.` `WRcast is registered to the AI Weather Quest. You may submit your forecast.` `forecast submitted within competition time window` `Latitude found as ‘latitude’` `Longitude found as ‘longitude’` `Quintile found as ‘quintile’` `All data is between 0 and 1.` `AIFC is registered to the AI Weather Quest. You may submit your forecast.` `WRcast is registered to the AI Weather Quest. You may submit your forecast.` `Unique_ID expver_ID Teamname Modelname` `0 AIFCzz_01 AIFC_01 AIFC WRcast` `Directory ‘forecast_submissions/20251204’ already exists.` `/forecast_submissions/20251204/mslp_20251204_p1_AIFC_WRcast.nc` * * * ```auto TimeoutError Traceback (most recent call last) Cell In[32], line 36 33 fcs_p2_sub = forecast_submission.AI_WQ_create_empty_dataarray(variable, fc_start_date.strftime(‘%Y%m%d’), 2, ‘AIFC’, ‘WRcast’, password) 34 fcs_p2_sub.values = fc_p2_pbs —> 36 forecast_submission.AI_WQ_forecast_submission(fcs_p1_sub, variable, fc_start_date.strftime(“%Y%m%d”), 1, ‘AIFC’, ‘WRcast’, password) […] TimeoutError: [Errno 110] Connection timed out ``` I successfully submitted the ‘tas’ variable. However, resubmitting ‘tas’ or any other variable triggers the timeout error again.