# Interruption inference timeout: ', status\_code=408

**URL:** https://community.livekit.io/t/interruption-inference-timeout-status-code-408/700
**Category:** Agents
**Tags:** agent-development, python, livekit-cloud
**Created:** [March 27, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.livekit.io/t/interruption-inference-timeout-status-code-408/700 "2026-03-27T14:14:11Z")
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### Author: ![Matthieu\_Remy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.livekit.io/matthieu_remy/32/865_2.png) [@Matthieu\_Remy](https://community.livekit.io/u/Matthieu_Remy)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.livekit.io/t/interruption-inference-timeout-status-code-408/700/1 "2026-03-27T14:14:11Z")

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We recently had this exception on a bunch of calls today.

It seems to be related to “adaptive” interruptionMode. What is the exact root cause and what can we do to remediate such errors?

```auto
Error in predict
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py", line 539, in start
    message, payload = await protocol.read() # type: ignore[union-attr]
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/aiohttp/streams.py", line 703, in read
    await self._waiter
asyncio.exceptions.CancelledError

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/livekit/agents/inference/interruption.py", line 766, in predict
    async with self._session.post(
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/aiohttp/client.py", line 1510, in __aenter__
    self._resp: _RetType = await self._coro
                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/aiohttp/client.py", line 779, in _request
    resp = await handler(req)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/aiohttp/client.py", line 757, in _connect_and_send_request
    await resp.start(conn)
  File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py", line 534, in start
    with self._timer:
         ^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/aiohttp/helpers.py", line 713, in __exit__
    raise asyncio.TimeoutError from exc_val
TimeoutError

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/livekit/agents/utils/log.py", line 17, in async_fn_logs
    return await fn(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/livekit/agents/inference/interruption.py", line 809, in predict
    raise APIStatusError(
livekit.agents._exceptions.APIStatusError: message='interruption inference timeout: ', status_code=408, retryable=False

```