Disable BackendTrafficPolicy timeout for SSE connections#523
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Change the default requestTimeout from "300s" to "0s" (disabled) to prevent Envoy Gateway from killing long-lived SSE/streaming connections used by the MCP protocol. Made-with: Cursor
This was referenced Mar 18, 2026
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Summary
backendTrafficPolicy.timeoutfrom"300s"to"0s"(disabled)"0s"disables the timeout entirely, which is correct for long-lived MCP SSE connectionsCompanion PRs:
Test plan
helm templaterendersrequestTimeout: "0s"correctly