markusthoemmes commented on a change in pull request #3951: Docs fixes for action invocations URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk/pull/3951#discussion_r208509072
########## File path: docs/actions.md ########## @@ -216,10 +216,11 @@ ok: invoked /whisk.system/samples/greeting with id 5975c24de0114ef2b5c24de0118ef A blocking invocation request will _wait_ for the activation result to be available. The wait period is the lesser of 60 seconds or the action's configured [time limit](reference.md#per-action-timeout-ms-default-60s). -The result of the activation is returned if it is available within the wait period. -Otherwise, the activation continues processing in the system and an activation ID is returned -so that one may check for the result later, as with non-blocking requests -(see [here](#watching-action-output) for tips on monitoring activations). +The result of the action is successfully returned if it is available within the wait period. +Otherwise, the result is an error caused by the action timeout and the response status is _application error_. Review comment: Ah, the text reads as if you're referring to the blocking wait period. We wait for 60s at most for a blocking invocation to finish, after that we fall back to a 202 (actions can be configured to run longer than 60s). That's what @rabbah is referring to. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] With regards, Apache Git Services
