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ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT

The server never answered the connection attempt

Seen in Chrome, Edge (Firefox: "The connection has timed out")

The browser sent connection requests but got no reply at all, so it gave up.

Common causes

  • A firewall or cloud security group silently drops traffic to the port.
  • The server is down, overloaded, or DNS points at an old or wrong IP address.
  • A local proxy, VPN or network filter is blocking the route.

How to fix it

  1. Check DNS returns the right IP address for the site.
  2. Allow inbound 443 and 80 in the server firewall and security group.
  3. Confirm the server is up and listening, and test from another network.
TCP ping the host and port

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