Qwen connection timeout after 30 seconds in staging environment

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Qwen Connection Timeout After 30 seconds in Staging Environment Problem Description During staged load‑testing with k6, every Qwen API request aborts after exactly 30 seconds. The failure manifests as: ETIMEDOUT: ETIMEDOUT: connection timed out after 30000ms in application logs. HTTP 504: Load balancer returns 504 Gateway Timeout when the upstream Qwen service does not reply within 30 s. SDK … Read more

Kubernetes ReplicaSet not scaling with high CPU utilization

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Problem – ReplicaSet for Qwen Fails to Scale Under High CPU Load The production Qwen service runs behind a HorizontalPodAutoscaler (HPA) that watches CPU utilization and a custom latency metric. During traffic spikes the following symptoms were observed: CPU usage on existing pods consistently exceeds 80%. HPA reports a desired replica count (e.g., 8) but … Read more