Cloudflare causes Wordpress scripts to timeout

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@centrade

I am running WordPress (WooCommerce) with scripts that require a lot of server and PHP memory.

May I ask if the origin host/server is capable of executing this?
Is it a dedicated server or shared hosting?

@centrade

These scripts run sometimes for 10+ hours.
When I have Cloudflare enabled, they get interrupted after a couple of minutes.

Cloudflare’s default timeout for HTTP(S) request is 100 seconds.
Timeout increases are only available to Enterprise plans.

Community Tip - Fixing Error 524: A timeout occurred

Error Try the suggestions in this Community Tip to help you fix Error 524: A timeout occurred. Background Error 524 error indicates that Cloudflare made a successful TCP connection to the origin web server, but the origin did not reply with an HTTP response before the connection timed out. Typically, Cloudflare waits 100 seconds for an HTTP response. If the origin doesn’t respond in that time, Cloudflare closes the connection and you’ll see “Error 524: A timeout occurred”. [PRO UP SELL] Qui…

@centrade

on my script (plugin) execution time or resources.

What kind of request(s) does it send?
Is it Ajax or?
Are you doing them via cronjob, or WP-Cron, if so?