renv fails to restore package despite link working

[paupaiz]

I can successfully download package from the first link but renv fails. I suspect it is a time out error.

[paupaiz]

confirmed with another package:
URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/mgcv_1.8-38.tar.gz': Timeout of 60 seconds was reached
Is there any way to change the timeout renv takes to install a package?

[kevinushey]

Are you working somewhere with poor internet connectivity? I can't think of any other reason why package installation would intermittently fail (and it seems unlikely that it could depend on the particular package being installed).

See renv.config.connect.timeout in https://rstudio.github.io/renv/reference/config.html if you want to tweak timeout + retries.

[paupaiz]

Poor internet connectivity might be the issue. Is there a way to check I modified renv.config.connect.timeout and renv.config.connect.retry correctly? I tried changing it to 40L but haven't been able to restore successfully. ' So I am still getting the Timeout of 60 seconds was reached. Any idea how to modify this?

Edit: To check option use: getOption("renv.config.connect.timeout")

options(timeout = 300) should solve the issue!