Bug #80188 DBMS connection read time out (in seconds) is not disabled when set to 0

• Submitted: 28 Jan 2016 14:45
• Modified: 14 Jun 2018 19:16
• Reporter: Joe Grasse (OCA)
• Status: Closed
• Category: MySQL Workbench: SQL Editor
• Severity: S3 (Non-critical)
• Version: 6.3.6
• OS: Any
• CPU Architecture: Any

[28 Jan 2016 14:45] Joe Grasse

Description:
The doc for MySQL Workbench says the following.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/workbench/en/wb-preferences-sql-editor.html

"DBMS connection read time out (in seconds): [600]. The maximum amount of time the query can take to return data from the DBMS. Set 0 to not check the read time out."

However, when I set the value to 0, Workbench still times out my queries.

How to repeat:
Go To Edit -> Preferences -> SQL Editor -> DBMS connection read time out (in seconds) and set to 0

Run Query: SELECT SLEEP(610);

Result: "Error Code: 2013. Lost connection to MySQL server during query" at around 300 seconds

Suggested fix:
When "DBMS connection read time out" is set to 0, don't close the connection.

[28 Jan 2016 15:30] Peter Laursen

I think you should understand the documentation like when set to "0" in WB will not set a SESSION value and the server GLOBAl value will have effect for the connecton.

What does "SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'wait_timeout';" return on this server?  300? 

If I am right, docs should definitely be more clear and also I think it should use/refer the real name of the variable ("wait_timeout" - http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/server-system-variables.html#sysvar_wait_timeout) governing timeout for a succesfully established connection.

-- Peter
-- not an Oracle/MySQL person

[28 Jan 2016 15:57] Joe Grasse

No wait_timeout and interactive_timeout are set to 899.

[28 Jan 2016 15:59] Joe Grasse

Also, those settings apply to connections that are idle. The problem I am talking about is when a query is running.

[28 Jan 2016 18:36] MySQL Verification Team

Verified - setting read timeout to 0 in Workbench still results in a lost connection when sleeping for > 10 minutes.

[24 May 2018 16:51] Miguel Tadeu Mota

Posted by developer:
 
commit id: fdd0c3734650f6ebe377a6ddca8470f59746ac2b

[14 Jun 2018 19:16] Christine Cole

Posted by developer:
 
Fixed as of the upcoming MySQL Workbench 8.0.12 release, and here's the changelog entry:

An active connection to MySQL server was closed unexpectedly with the DBMS
connection read time out (in seconds) preference option set to zero, which
should keep the connection open.

Thank you for the bug report.