# terminal_timeout

> The terminal did not answer a read in time.

Source: https://tickwire.io/docs/errors/terminal_timeout/

HTTP 504.

**Likely cause:** The terminal is busy or stuck.

**What to do:** Retry the read.

**Retry:** Yes. Nothing happened (or it was a read), so repeat it, after `Retry-After` when present.

Listed under [Accounts and terminals](https://tickwire.io/docs/errors/#accounts-and-terminals) in [Errors](https://tickwire.io/docs/errors/). Send the error's `requestId` to support and we can find the request.