fix: extend AI assistant provider timeout

[tomjose92]

Summary

• raise the remote AI provider response timeout from 60 seconds to 180 seconds
• use one shared timeout for Claude, OpenAI, custom provider URLs, and Azure OpenAI
• allow larger AI Assistant generations to finish instead of failing at the one-minute mark

The Local LLM client keeps its existing 120-second timeout.

Testing

• server Spotless/pre-commit checks passed across all modules
• CI server tests

Linear

https://linear.app/appsmith/issue/APP-15735/replace-internal-appsmith-app-with-native-co-pilot-component

Automation

/ok-to-test tags="@tag.Widget, @tag.IDE"

🔍 Cypress test results

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Workflow run: https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/actions/runs/31090811946
Commit: cbbb640
Cypress dashboard.
Tags: @tag.Widget, @tag.IDE
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Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:03:38 UTC

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Increased the AI provider response timeout to 180 seconds.
  • Improved reliability for Claude, OpenAI, custom endpoint, and Azure OpenAI requests that require additional processing time.

[coderabbitai]

Walkthrough

The AI assistant service adds a shared 180-second provider response timeout. Claude, OpenAI, custom-base-URL, and Azure OpenAI clients use this timeout instead of 60 seconds.

Changes

AI provider timeout

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Shared timeout wiring app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/services/ce/AIAssistantServiceCEImpl.java	Defines the shared 180-second timeout and applies it to Claude, OpenAI, custom-base-URL, and Azure OpenAI clients.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• appsmithorg/appsmith#42065: Both changes modify AI provider request handling in AIAssistantServiceCEImpl.

Suggested reviewers: subrata71

Poem

Longer waits now guide the call,
Claude and OpenAI heed them all.
Azure joins the patient queue,
One shared timeout makes it true.
Slow responses get room to bloom.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: extending the AI assistant provider timeout.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the change, scope, testing, and related Linear issue, but it omits the required Communication section.

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