How do I use dispatch reboot to connect to HTTPS / SSL server endpoint?

[dmrolfs]

I am trying to use dispatch (reboot) 0.9.3 to access a long-running HTTPS end point, however I consistent get a connection time out after 60s.

I am trying to set the timeout to 300s, and in tests with the same code against a non-SSL HTTP end point the code work as expected -- it holds until the response is returned.

Am I configuring async-http-client or dispatch improperly for HTTPS end points?

It seems that for an HTTPS end point dispatch is not connecting fully to the HTTPS service.

The code I use is:

val request = dispatch.url( endpt ).secure
val body = requestBodyFor( inquiry ).toString
request << body.toString
// actually I hold http in a variable that is lazy created but this is close enough
val response = http( request > as.String ).either 

def http: dispatch.Http = {
  val client = new AsyncHttpClient( 
    new AsyncHttpClientConfig.Builder()
    .setAllowPoolingConnection( true )
    .setAllowSslConnectionPool( true )
    .setConnectionTimeoutInMs( outer.timeout.toInt )
    .setIdleConnectionTimeoutInMs( outer.timeout.toInt )
    .setMaxRequestRetry( 3 )
    .setRequestTimeoutInMs( outer.timeout.toInt )
    .setAsyncHttpClientProviderConfig(
      new NettyAsyncHttpProviderConfig().addProperty(
        NettyAsyncHttpProviderConfig.BOSS_EXECUTOR_SERVICE, 
        juc.Executors.newCachedThreadPool( DaemonThreads.factory )
      )
    ).build()
  ) 

  dispatch.Http( client = client ).waiting( dispatch.Duration.millis( outer.timeout ) )
}

endpt is a configured string that is the URL I'm trying to hit; e.g., "https://www.foo.com/bar" timeout is also configured in ms -- currently set to 300000

even though I set the timeout to 300000ms (5mins), I get the following error after 1 minute:

[debug] c.n.h.c.p.n.NettyConnectListener - Trying to recover a dead cached channel [id: 0x06808e21] with a retry value of true 
[debug] c.n.h.c.p.n.NettyConnectListener - Failed to recover from exception: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out with channel [id: 0x06808e21]
[debug] c.n.h.c.AsyncCompletionHandlerBase - Connection timed out to https://direct.backgroundchecks.com/integration/bgcdirectpost.aspx
java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out to https://direct.backgroundchecks.com/integration/bgcdirectpost.aspx
    at com.ning.http.client.providers.netty.NettyConnectListener.operationComplete(NettyConnectListener.java:100) ~[async-http-client.jar:na]
    at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelFuture.notifyListener(DefaultChannelFuture.java:428) [netty.jar:na]
    at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelFuture.notifyListeners(DefaultChannelFuture.java:419) [netty.jar:na]
    at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelFuture.setFailure(DefaultChannelFuture.java:381) [netty.jar:na]
    at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioClientSocketPipelineSink$Boss.connect(NioClientSocketPipelineSink.java:409) [netty.jar:na]
    at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioClientSocketPipelineSink$Boss.processSelectedKeys(NioClientSocketPipelineSink.java:366) [netty.jar:na]
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out
    at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.checkConnect(Native Method) ~[na:1.7.0_07]
    at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.finishConnect(SocketChannelImpl.java:692) ~[na:1.7.0_07]
    at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioClientSocketPipelineSink$Boss.connect(NioClientSocketPipelineSink.java:404) [netty.jar:na]
    at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioClientSocketPipelineSink$Boss.processSelectedKeys(NioClientSocketPipelineSink.java:366) [netty.jar:na]
    at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioClientSocketPipelineSink$Boss.run(NioClientSocketPipelineSink.java:282) [netty.jar:na]
    at org.jboss.netty.util.ThreadRenamingRunnable.run(ThreadRenamingRunnable.java:102) [netty.jar:na]
[debug] c.n.h.c.p.n.NettyAsyncHttpProvider - Channel Closed: [id: 0x06808e21] with attachment null
[debug] c.n.h.c.p.n.NettyAsyncHttpProvider - Unexpected I/O exception on channel [id: 0x06808e21]
java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out
    at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.checkConnect(Native Method) ~[na:1.7.0_07]
    at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.finishConnect(SocketChannelImpl.java:692) ~[na:1.7.0_07]
    at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioClientSocketPipelineSink$Boss.connect(NioClientSocketPipelineSink.java:404) ~[netty.jar:na]
    at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioClientSocketPipelineSink$Boss.processSelectedKeys(NioClientSocketPipelineSink.java:366) ~[netty.jar:na]
    at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioClientSocketPipelineSink$Boss.run(NioClientSocketPipelineSink.java:282) ~[netty.jar:na]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110) [na:1.7.0_07]
[debug] c.n.h.c.p.n.NettyAsyncHttpProvider - Closing Channel [id: 0x06808e21]

Again, if I change only the endpoint to a non-SSL URL, the code works as expected and waits up till 5mins for the response.

Thanks in advance!