ux: Fine-tune LLM timeout delays

README.md

@@ -472,8 +472,8 @@ Conversation options are represented as features. They can be configured from Ap
 
 | Name | Description | Type | Default |
 |-|-|-|-|
-| `answer_hard_timeout_sec` | The hard timeout for the bot answer in secs. | `int` | 60 |
-| `answer_soft_timeout_sec` | The soft timeout for the bot answer in secs. | `int` | 30 |
+| `answer_hard_timeout_sec` | Time waiting the LLM before aborting the answer with an error message. | `int` | 40 |
+| `answer_soft_timeout_sec` | Time waiting the LLM before sending a waiting message. | `int` | 15 |
 | `callback_timeout_hour` | The timeout for a callback in hours. Set 0 to disable. | `int` | 3 |
 | `phone_silence_timeout_sec` | Amount of silence in secs to trigger a warning message from the assistant. | `int` | 20 |
 | `recognition_retry_max` | TThe maximum number of retries for voice recognition. Minimum of 1. | `int` | 3 |

app/helpers/features.py

@@ -17,21 +17,21 @@
 
 async def answer_hard_timeout_sec() -> int:
     """
-    The hard timeout for the bot answer in secs.
+    Time waiting the LLM before aborting the answer with an error message.
     """
     return await _default(
-        default=60,
+        default=40,
         key="answer_hard_timeout_sec",
         type_res=int,
     )
 
 
 async def answer_soft_timeout_sec() -> int:
     """
-    The soft timeout for the bot answer in secs.
+    Time waiting the LLM before sending a waiting message.
     """
     return await _default(
-        default=30,
+        default=15,
         key="answer_soft_timeout_sec",
         type_res=int,
     )

cicd/bicep/app.bicep

@@ -949,8 +949,8 @@ resource assignmentAppConfigurationDataReader 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssig
 
 resource configValues 'Microsoft.AppConfiguration/configurationStores/keyValues@2023-03-01' = [
   for item in items({
-    answer_hard_timeout_sec: 180
-    answer_soft_timeout_sec: 30
+    answer_hard_timeout_sec: 40
+    answer_soft_timeout_sec: 15
     callback_timeout_hour: 3
     phone_silence_timeout_sec: 20
     recognition_retry_max: 2