Runner timeout via Salt API

Debug information with timeout set

Json_return="$(curl -sSk ${API} ${CURL_OPTS} \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    -b ${cookie_file} \
    -d '
[{ 
  "client": "runner",
  "fun": "state.orchestrate",
  "mods": "'"${orchestrator_state}"'",
  "timeout": 900,
  "pillar": '"${pillars}"'
}]
')"

# Logs from Nginx proxy in front of Salt API
10.77.12.18 - - saltapi [2016-11-28T15:43:48+01:00] "POST /login HTTP/1.1" 200 170 0.023 "-" "curl/7.29.0" xff:"-" pid:9211
10.77.12.18 - - saltapi [2016-11-28T15:48:49+01:00] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 500 1317 300.023 "-" "curl/7.29.0" xff:"-" pid:9211

# Error shown in the Saltmasters logs:
016-11-29 11:22:41,162 [cherrypy.error.51667792                  ][ERROR   ][28523] [29/Nov/2016:11:22:41]  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cherrypy/_cpwsgi.py", line 169, in trap
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cherrypy/_cpwsgi.py", line 96, in __call__
    return self.nextapp(environ, start_response)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cherrypy/_cpwsgi.py", line 379, in tail
    return self.response_class(environ, start_response, self.cpapp)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cherrypy/_cpwsgi.py", line 222, in __init__
    self.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cherrypy/_cpwsgi.py", line 320, in run
    request.run(meth, path, qs, rproto, headers, rfile)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cherrypy/_cprequest.py", line 603, in run
    raise cherrypy.TimeoutError()
TimeoutError

JSON POST & API return without timeout set

# the JSON POST
Json_return="$(curl -sSk ${API} ${CURL_OPTS} \                                     
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \                                          
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \                                                
    -b ${cookie_file} \                                                            
    -d '                                                                           
[{                                                                                 
  "client": "runner",                                                              
  "fun": "state.orchestrate",                                                      
  "mods": "'"${orchestrator_state}"'",                                             
  "pillar": '"${pillars}"'
   }]                                                                                 
')"

# Return from the API
'{"status": 500, "return": "Traceback (most recent call last):\n
File \"/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/salt/netapi/rest_cherrypy/app.py\", line 684, in hypermedia_handler\n
ret = cherrypy.serving.request._hypermedia_inner_handler(*args, **kwargs)\n
File \"/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cherrypy/_cpdispatch.py\", line 34, in __call__\n
return self.callable(*self.args, **self.kwargs)\n
File \"/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/salt/netapi/rest_cherrypy/app.py\", line 1068, in POST\n
token=cherrypy.session.get('\''token'\'')))\n
File \"/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/salt/netapi/rest_cherrypy/app.py\", line 957, in exec_lowstate\n
ret = self.api.run(chunk)\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/salt/netapi/__init__.py\", line 70, in run\n
return l_fun(*f_call.get('\''args'\'', ()), **f_call.get('\''kwargs'\'', {}))\n
File \"/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/salt/netapi/__init__.py\", line 158, in runner\n
return runner.cmd_sync(kwargs, timeout=timeout)\n
File \"/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/salt/runner.py\", line 120, in cmd_sync\n
return mixins.SyncClientMixin.cmd_sync(self, reformatted_low, timeout)\n
File \"/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/salt/client/mixins.py\", line 167, in cmd_sync\n
jid=job['\''jid'\''])\nSaltClientTimeout: RunnerClient job '\''20161128154349063338'\'' timed out\n"}'