[#217] Retry on response timeout (#234)

Problem: Currently, getting response timeout immediately results in fail, it's desired to have a possibility to configure retries on timeouts. Solution: The new ExternalHttpTimeout error is added, which is treated in a similar way as the ExternalHttpTooManyRequests error. A new field is added to the config meaning how many timeouts are allowed. Default value equals to 1.
2024-11-20 14:39:53 +03:00 · 2022-12-29 21:59:48 +05:00 · 2022-12-29 21:59:48 +05:00 · a4dc29bf2a
commit a4dc29bf2a
parent 9213017e60
16 changed files with 538 additions and 177 deletions
--- a/.hlint.yaml
+++ b/.hlint.yaml
@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 - ignore: { name: Redundant do }
 - ignore: { name: Redundant bracket }
 - ignore: { name: Redundant lambda }
- ignore: { name: Redundant $ }
 - ignore: { name: Redundant flip }
 - ignore: { name: Move brackets to avoid $ }
 - ignore: { name: Avoid lambda using `infix` }
--- a/ftp-tests/Test/Xrefcheck/FtpLinks.hs
+++ b/ftp-tests/Test/Xrefcheck/FtpLinks.hs
@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ import Test.Tasty.Options as Tasty (IsOption (..), OptionDescription (Option), s
 import Xrefcheck.Config (Config, cExclusionsL, defConfig)
 import Xrefcheck.Core (Flavor (GitHub))
 import Xrefcheck.Scan (ecIgnoreExternalRefsToL)
-import Xrefcheck.Verify
-  (VerifyError (..), VerifyResult (VerifyResult), checkExternalResource, verifyErrors)
+import Xrefcheck.Verify (VerifyError (..), checkExternalResource)

 -- | A list with all the options needed to configure FTP links tests.
 ftpOptions :: [OptionDescription]
@ -49,36 +48,34 @@ test_FtpLinks = askOption $ \(FtpHostOpt host) -> do
  testGroup "Ftp links handler"
    [ testCase "handles correct link to file" $ do
        let link = host <> "/pub/file_exists.txt"
-        result <- checkExternalResource config link
-        result @?= VerifyResult []
+        result <- runExceptT $ checkExternalResource config link
+        result @?= Right ()

    , testCase "handles empty link (host only)" $ do
        let link = host
-        result <- checkExternalResource config link
-        result @?= VerifyResult []
+        result <- runExceptT $ checkExternalResource config link
+        result @?= Right ()

    , testCase "handles correct link to non empty directory" $ do
        let link = host <> "/pub/"
-        result <- checkExternalResource config link
-        result @?= VerifyResult []
+        result <- runExceptT $ checkExternalResource config link
+        result @?= Right ()

    , testCase "handles correct link to empty directory" $ do
        let link = host <> "/empty/"
-        result <- checkExternalResource config link
-        result @?= VerifyResult []
+        result <- runExceptT $ checkExternalResource config link
+        result @?= Right ()

    , testCase "throws exception when file not found" $ do
        let link = host <> "/pub/file_does_not_exists.txt"
-        result <- checkExternalResource config link
-        case verifyErrors result of
-          Nothing ->
+        result <- runExceptT $ checkExternalResource config link
+        case result of
+          Right () ->
            assertFailure "No exception was raised, FtpEntryDoesNotExist expected"
-          Just errors ->
-            assertBool "Expected FtpEntryDoesNotExist, got other exceptions"
-            (any (
-              \case
+          Left err ->
+            assertBool "Expected FtpEntryDoesNotExist, got other exceptions" $
+              case err of
                FtpEntryDoesNotExist _ -> True
                ExternalFtpException _ -> True
                _ -> False
-            ) $ toList errors)
    ]
--- a/src/Xrefcheck/CLI.hs
+++ b/src/Xrefcheck/CLI.hs
@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ filepathOption :: Mod OptionFields FilePath -> Parser FilePath
 filepathOption = strOption

 globOption :: Mod OptionFields RelGlobPattern -> Parser RelGlobPattern
-globOption = option $ eitherReader $ mkGlobPattern
+globOption = option $ eitherReader mkGlobPattern

 repoTypeReadM :: ReadM RepoType
 repoTypeReadM = eitherReader $ \name ->
--- a/src/Xrefcheck/Command.hs
+++ b/src/Xrefcheck/Command.hs
@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ defaultAction Options{..} = do
      #{interpolateIndentF 2 (build repoInfo)}
      |]

-    whenJust (nonEmpty $ sortBy (compare `on` seFile) scanErrs) $ reportScanErrs
+    whenJust (nonEmpty $ sortBy (compare `on` seFile) scanErrs) reportScanErrs

    verifyRes <- allowRewrite showProgressBar $ \rw -> do
      let fullConfig = config
--- a/src/Xrefcheck/Config.hs
+++ b/src/Xrefcheck/Config.hs
@ -54,6 +54,30 @@ data NetworkingConfig' f = NetworkingConfig
  , ncMaxRetries                :: Field f Int
    -- ^ How many attempts to retry an external link after getting
    -- a "429 Too Many Requests" response.
+    -- Timeouts may also be accounted here, see the description
+    -- of `maxTimeoutRetries` field.
+    --
+    -- If a site once responded with 429 error code, subsequent
+    -- request timeouts will also be treated as hitting the site's
+    -- rate limiter and result in retry attempts, unless the
+    -- maximum retries number has been reached.
+    --
+    -- On other errors xrefcheck fails immediately, without retrying.
+  , ncMaxTimeoutRetries         :: Field f Int
+    -- ^ Querying a given domain that ever returned 429 before,
+    -- this defines how many timeouts are allowed during retries.
+    --
+    -- For such domains, timeouts likely mean hitting the rate limiter,
+    -- and so xrefcheck considers timeouts in the same way as 429 errors.
+    --
+    -- For other domains, a timeout results in a respective error, no retry
+    -- attempts will be performed. Use `externalRefCheckTimeout` option
+    -- to increase the time after which timeout is declared.
+    --
+    -- This option is similar to `maxRetries`, the difference is that
+    -- this `maxTimeoutRetries` option limits only the number of retries
+    -- caused by timeouts, and `maxRetries` limits the number of retries
+    -- caused both by 429s and timeouts.
  } deriving stock (Generic)

 -- | Type alias for ScannersConfig' with all required fields.
@ -113,6 +137,7 @@ overrideConfig config
        , ncIgnoreAuthFailures        = overrideField ncIgnoreAuthFailures
        , ncDefaultRetryAfter         = overrideField ncDefaultRetryAfter
        , ncMaxRetries                = overrideField ncMaxRetries
+        , ncMaxTimeoutRetries         = overrideField ncMaxTimeoutRetries
        }
      where
        overrideField :: (forall f. NetworkingConfig' f -> Field f a) -> a
--- a/src/Xrefcheck/Config/Default.hs
+++ b/src/Xrefcheck/Config/Default.hs
@ -54,8 +54,33 @@ networking:

  # How many attempts to retry an external link after getting
  # a "429 Too Many Requests" response.
+  # Timeouts may also be accounted here, see the description
+  # of `maxTimeoutRetries` field.
+
+  # If a site once responded with 429 error code, subsequent
+  # request timeouts will also be treated as hitting the site's
+  # rate limiter and result in retry attempts, unless the
+  # maximum retries number has been reached.
+  #
+  # On other errors xrefcheck fails immediately, without retrying.
  maxRetries: 3

+# Querying a given domain that ever returned 429 before,
+# this defines how many timeouts are allowed during retries.
+#
+# For such domains, timeouts likely mean hitting the rate limiter,
+# and so xrefcheck considers timeouts in the same way as 429 errors.
+#
+# For other domains, a timeout results in a respective error, no retry
+# attempts will be performed. Use `externalRefCheckTimeout` option
+# to increase the time after which timeout is declared.
+#
+# This option is similar to `maxRetries`, the difference is that
+# this `maxTimeoutRetries` option limits only the number of retries
+# caused by timeouts, and `maxRetries` limits the number of retries
+# caused both by 429s and timeouts.
+  maxTimeoutRetries: 1
+
 # Parameters of scanners for various file types.
 scanners:
  # On 'anchor not found' error, how much similar anchors should be displayed as
--- a/src/Xrefcheck/Scan.hs
+++ b/src/Xrefcheck/Scan.hs
@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ scanRepo scanMode rw formatsSupport config root = do

  return . ScanResult errs $ RepoInfo
    { riFiles = M.fromList $ processedFiles <> notProcessedFiles
-    , riDirectories = M.fromList $ (fmap (, TrackedDirectory) trackedDirs
+    , riDirectories = M.fromList (fmap (, TrackedDirectory) trackedDirs
        <> fmap (, UntrackedDirectory) untrackedDirs)
    , riRoot = canonicalRoot
    }
--- a/src/Xrefcheck/Scanners/Markdown.hs
+++ b/src/Xrefcheck/Scanners/Markdown.hs
@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ toPosition :: Maybe PosInfo -> Position
 toPosition = Position . \case
  Nothing -> Nothing
  Just PosInfo{..}
-    | startLine == endLine -> Just $
+    | startLine == endLine -> Just
        [int|s|
        #{startLine}:#{startColumn}-#{endColumn}
        |]
-    | otherwise -> Just $
+    | otherwise -> Just
        [int|s|
        #{startLine}:#{startColumn}-#{endLine}:#{endColumn}
        |]
--- a/src/Xrefcheck/Util.hs
+++ b/src/Xrefcheck/Util.hs
@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ module Xrefcheck.Util
  , postfixFields
  , (-:)
  , aesonConfigOption
+  , composeFuncList
  , posixTimeToTimeSecond
  , utcTimeToTimeSecond
+  , unlessFunc
+  , whenFunc
  , module Xrefcheck.Util.Colorize
  , module Xrefcheck.Util.Interpolate
  ) where
@ -59,3 +62,13 @@ posixTimeToTimeSecond posixTime =

 utcTimeToTimeSecond :: UTCTime -> Time Second
 utcTimeToTimeSecond = posixTimeToTimeSecond . utcTimeToPOSIXSeconds
+
+composeFuncList :: [a -> a] -> a -> a
+composeFuncList = foldr (.) id
+
+whenFunc :: Bool -> (a -> a) -> (a -> a)
+whenFunc True f = f
+whenFunc False _ = id
+
+unlessFunc :: Bool -> (a -> a) -> (a -> a)
+unlessFunc = whenFunc . not
--- a/src/Xrefcheck/Verify.hs
+++ b/src/Xrefcheck/Verify.hs
@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 module Xrefcheck.Verify
  ( -- * General verification
    VerifyResult (..)
-  , verifyOk
  , verifyErrors
  , verifying

@ -21,6 +20,7 @@ module Xrefcheck.Verify
  , forConcurrentlyCaching

    -- * Cross-references validation
+  , DomainName (..)
  , VerifyError (..)
  , verifyRepo
  , verifyReference
@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import Data.List (lookup)
 import Data.List qualified as L
 import Data.Map qualified as M
 import Data.Reflection (Given)
+import Data.Set qualified as S
 import Data.Text (toCaseFold)
 import Data.Text.Metrics (damerauLevenshteinNorm)
 import Data.Time (UTCTime, defaultTimeLocale, formatTime, readPTime, rfc822DateFormat)
@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ import System.FilePath.Posix ((</>))
 import Text.Interpolation.Nyan
 import Text.ParserCombinators.ReadPrec qualified as ReadPrec (lift)
 import Text.Regex.TDFA.Text (Regex, regexec)
-import Text.URI (Authority (..), ParseExceptionBs, URI (..), mkURIBs)
+import Text.URI (Authority (..), ParseExceptionBs, URI (..), mkURIBs, unRText)
 import Time (RatioNat, Second, Time (..), ms, sec, threadDelay, timeout, (+:+), (-:-))
 import URI.ByteString qualified as URIBS

@ -92,9 +93,6 @@ newtype VerifyResult e = VerifyResult [e]
 deriving newtype instance Semigroup (VerifyResult e)
 deriving newtype instance Monoid (VerifyResult e)

-verifyOk :: VerifyResult e -> Bool
-verifyOk (VerifyResult errors) = null errors
-
 verifyErrors :: VerifyResult e -> Maybe (NonEmpty e)
 verifyErrors (VerifyResult errors) = nonEmpty errors

@ -121,6 +119,13 @@ instance (Given ColorMode, Buildable a) => Buildable (WithReferenceLoc a) where
    #{wrlItem}
    |]

+-- | Contains a name of a domain, examples:
+-- @DomainName "github.com"@,
+-- @DomainName "localhost"@,
+-- @DomainName "192.168.0.104"@
+newtype DomainName = DomainName { unDomainName :: Text }
+  deriving stock (Show, Eq, Ord)
+
 data VerifyError
  = LocalFileDoesNotExist FilePath
  | LocalFileOutsideRepo FilePath
@ -132,7 +137,8 @@ data VerifyError
  | ExternalResourceInvalidUrl (Maybe Text)
  | ExternalResourceUnknownProtocol
  | ExternalHttpResourceUnavailable Status
-  | ExternalHttpTooManyRequests (Maybe RetryAfter)
+  | ExternalHttpTooManyRequests (Maybe RetryAfter) (Maybe DomainName)
+  | ExternalHttpTimeout (Maybe DomainName)
  | ExternalFtpResourceUnavailable FTPResponse
  | ExternalFtpException FTPException
  | FtpEntryDoesNotExist FilePath
@ -214,11 +220,16 @@ instance Given ColorMode => Buildable VerifyError where
      Resource unavailable (#{statusCode status} #{decodeUtf8 @Text (statusMessage status)})
      |]

-    ExternalHttpTooManyRequests retryAfter ->
+    ExternalHttpTooManyRequests retryAfter _ ->
      [int||
      Resource unavailable (429 Too Many Requests; retry after #{maybeF retryAfter})
      |]

+    ExternalHttpTimeout _ ->
+      [int||
+      Response timeout
+      |]
+
    ExternalFtpResourceUnavailable response ->
      [int||
      Resource unavailable:
@ -255,6 +266,21 @@ instance Given ColorMode => Buildable VerifyError where
        #{redirectedUrl}
      |]

+data RetryCounter = RetryCounter
+  { rcTotalRetries   :: Int
+  , rcTimeoutRetries :: Int
+  } deriving stock (Show)
+
+errorsOccured :: RetryCounter -> Bool
+errorsOccured rc = rcTotalRetries rc > 0
+
+incTotalCounter :: RetryCounter -> RetryCounter
+incTotalCounter rc = rc {rcTotalRetries = rcTotalRetries rc + 1}
+
+incTimeoutCounter :: RetryCounter -> RetryCounter
+incTimeoutCounter rc = rc {rcTimeoutRetries = rcTimeoutRetries rc + 1}
+
+
 reportVerifyErrs
  :: Given ColorMode => NonEmpty (WithReferenceLoc VerifyError) -> IO ()
 reportVerifyErrs errs = fmt
@ -279,11 +305,6 @@ instance Buildable RetryAfter where
    fromString $ formatTime defaultTimeLocale rfc822DateFormat d
  build (Seconds s) = nameF "seconds" $ show s

-- | Determine whether the verification result contains a fixable error.
-isFixable :: VerifyError -> Bool
-isFixable (ExternalHttpTooManyRequests _) = True
-isFixable _ = False
-
 data NeedsCaching key
  = NoCaching
  | CacheUnderKey key
@ -373,10 +394,10 @@ verifyRepo
                                 -- added to Git while gathering RepoInfo.

  progressRef <- newIORef $ initVerifyProgress (map snd toScan)
-
+  domainsReturned429Ref <- newIORef S.empty
  accumulated <- loopAsyncUntil (printer progressRef) do
    forConcurrentlyCaching toScan ifExternalThenCache $ \(file, ref) ->
-      verifyReference config mode progressRef repoInfo file ref
+      verifyReference config mode domainsReturned429Ref progressRef repoInfo file ref
  case accumulated of
    Right res -> return $ fold res
    Left (exception, partialRes) -> do
@ -384,7 +405,7 @@ verifyRepo
      let errs = verifyErrors (fold partialRes)
          total = length toScan
          checked = length partialRes
-      whenJust errs $ reportVerifyErrs
+      whenJust errs reportVerifyErrs
      fmt [int|A|
          Interrupted (#s{exception}), checked #{checked} out of #{total} references.
          |]
@ -419,6 +440,7 @@ shouldCheckLocType mode locType
 verifyReference
  :: Config
  -> VerifyMode
+  -> IORef (S.Set DomainName)
  -> IORef VerifyProgress
  -> RepoInfo
  -> CanonicalPath
@ -427,109 +449,132 @@ verifyReference
 verifyReference
  config@Config{..}
  mode
+  domainsReturned429Ref
  progressRef
  repoInfo@RepoInfo{..}
  file
  ref@Reference{..}
-    = retryVerification 0 $
+    = fmap (fmap addReference . toVerifyRes) $
+      retryVerification (RetryCounter 0 0) $ runExceptT $
        if shouldCheckLocType mode rInfo
        then case rInfo of
          RIFileLocal -> checkRef rAnchor riRoot file ""
          RIFileRelative -> do
            let shownFilepath = getPosixRelativeOrAbsoluteChild riRoot (takeDirectory file)
                  </> toString rLink
-            canonicalPath <- takeDirectory file </ toString rLink
+            canonicalPath <- liftIO $ takeDirectory file </ toString rLink
            checkRef rAnchor riRoot canonicalPath shownFilepath
          RIFileAbsolute -> do
            let shownFilepath = dropWhile isPathSeparator (toString rLink)
-            canonicalPath <- riRoot </ shownFilepath
+            canonicalPath <- liftIO $ riRoot </ shownFilepath
            checkRef rAnchor riRoot canonicalPath shownFilepath
          RIExternal -> checkExternalResource config rLink
-          RIOtherProtocol -> verifying pass
-        else return mempty
+          RIOtherProtocol -> pass
+        else pass
  where
+    addReference :: VerifyError -> WithReferenceLoc VerifyError
+    addReference = WithReferenceLoc (getPosixRelativeOrAbsoluteChild riRoot file) ref
+
    retryVerification
-      :: Int
-      -> IO (VerifyResult VerifyError)
-      -> IO (VerifyResult $ WithReferenceLoc VerifyError)
-    retryVerification numberOfRetries resIO = do
-      res@(VerifyResult ves) <- resIO
-
+      :: RetryCounter
+      -> IO (Either VerifyError ())
+      -> IO (Either VerifyError ())
+    retryVerification rc resIO = do
+      let errorsOccured_ = errorsOccured rc
+      res <- resIO
      now <- getPOSIXTime <&> posixTimeToTimeSecond
+      case res of
+        -- Success
+        Right () -> do
+          let moveProgressOnSuccess =
+                if errorsOccured_
+                then decProgressFixableErrors
+                else incProgress
+          modifyProgressRef now Nothing moveProgressOnSuccess
+          pure res
+        Left err -> do
+          setOfReturned429 <- addDomainIf429 domainsReturned429Ref err
+          case decideWhetherToRetry setOfReturned429 rc err of
+            -- Unfixable
+            Nothing -> do
+              let moveProgressOnUnfixable = composeFuncList
+                    [ unlessFunc errorsOccured_ incProgress
+                    , if errorsOccured_
+                      then fixableToUnfixable
+                      else incProgressUnfixableErrors
+                    ]
+              modifyProgressRef now Nothing moveProgressOnUnfixable
+              pure res
+            -- Fixable, retry
+            Just (mbCurrentRetryAfter, counterModifier) -> do
+              let toSeconds = \case
+                    Seconds s -> s
+                    -- Calculates the seconds left until @Retry-After@ date.
+                    -- Defaults to 0 if the date has already passed.
+                    Date date | utcTimeToTimeSecond date >= now -> utcTimeToTimeSecond date -:- now
+                    _ -> sec 0

-      let toSeconds = \case
-            Seconds s -> s
-            -- Calculates the seconds left until @Retry-After@ date.
-            -- Defaults to 0 if the date has already passed.
-            Date date | utcTimeToTimeSecond date >= now -> utcTimeToTimeSecond date -:- now
-            _ -> sec 0
+              let currentRetryAfter = fromMaybe (ncDefaultRetryAfter cNetworking) $
+                    fmap toSeconds mbCurrentRetryAfter

-      let toRetry = any isFixable ves && numberOfRetries < ncMaxRetries cNetworking
-          currentRetryAfter = fromMaybe (ncDefaultRetryAfter cNetworking) $
-            extractRetryAfterInfo res <&> toSeconds
+              let moveProgressOnFixable = whenFunc (not errorsOccured_) $
+                    composeFuncList
+                    [ incProgressFixableErrors
+                    , incProgress
+                    ]
+              modifyProgressRef now (Just currentRetryAfter) moveProgressOnFixable
+              threadDelay currentRetryAfter
+              retryVerification
+                (counterModifier rc)
+                resIO

-      let moveProgress = alterOverallProgress numberOfRetries
-                       . alterProgressErrors res numberOfRetries
+    modifyProgressRef :: Time Second -> Maybe (Time Second) -> (Progress Int -> Progress Int) -> IO ()
+    modifyProgressRef now mbRetryAfter moveProgress = atomicModifyIORef' progressRef $ \VerifyProgress{..} ->
+      ( if isExternal rInfo
+        then VerifyProgress{ vrExternal =
+          let vrExternalAdvanced = moveProgress vrExternal
+          in case mbRetryAfter of
+             Just retryAfter -> case pTaskTimestamp vrExternal of
+                    Just (TaskTimestamp ttc start)
+                      | retryAfter +:+ now <= ttc +:+ start -> vrExternalAdvanced
+                    _ -> setTaskTimestamp retryAfter now vrExternalAdvanced
+             Nothing -> vrExternalAdvanced, .. }
+        else VerifyProgress{ vrLocal = moveProgress vrLocal, .. }
+      , ()
+      )

-      atomicModifyIORef' progressRef $ \VerifyProgress{..} ->
-        ( if isExternal rInfo
-          then VerifyProgress{ vrExternal =
-            let vrExternalAdvanced = moveProgress vrExternal
-            in if toRetry
-               then case pTaskTimestamp vrExternal of
-                      Just (TaskTimestamp ttc start)
-                        | currentRetryAfter +:+ now <= ttc +:+ start -> vrExternalAdvanced
-                      _ -> setTaskTimestamp currentRetryAfter now vrExternalAdvanced
-               else vrExternalAdvanced, .. }
-          else VerifyProgress{ vrLocal = moveProgress vrLocal, .. }
-        , ()
-        )
-      if toRetry
-      then do
-        threadDelay currentRetryAfter
-        retryVerification (numberOfRetries + 1) resIO
-      else return . (<$> res) $
-        WithReferenceLoc (getPosixRelativeOrAbsoluteChild riRoot file) ref
+    addDomainIf429 :: IORef (S.Set DomainName) -> VerifyError -> IO (S.Set DomainName)
+    addDomainIf429 setRef err = atomicModifyIORef' setRef $ \s ->
+      (\x -> (x, x)) $ case err of
+      ExternalHttpTooManyRequests _ mbDomain ->
+        maybe s (flip S.insert s) mbDomain
+      _ -> s

-    alterOverallProgress
-      :: (Num a)
-      => Int
-      -> Progress a
-      -> Progress a
-    alterOverallProgress retryNumber
-      | retryNumber > 0 = id
-      | otherwise = incProgress
+    decideWhetherToRetry
+      :: S.Set DomainName
+      -> RetryCounter
+      -> VerifyError
+      -> Maybe (Maybe RetryAfter, RetryCounter -> RetryCounter)
+    decideWhetherToRetry setOfReturned429 rc = \case
+      ExternalHttpTooManyRequests retryAfter _
+        | totalRetriesNotExceeded -> Just (retryAfter, incTotalCounter)
+      ExternalHttpTimeout (Just domain)
+        | totalRetriesNotExceeded && timeoutRetriesNotExceeded ->
+          -- If a given domain ever returned 429 error, we assume that getting timeout from
+          -- the domain can be considered as a 429-like error, and hence we retry.
+          -- If there was no 429 responses from this domain, then getting timeout from
+          -- it probably means that this site is not working at all.
+          -- Also, there always remains a possibility that we just didn't get the response
+          -- in time, but we can't avoid this case here, the only thing that can help
+          -- is to increase the allowed timeout in the config.

-    alterProgressErrors
-      :: (Num a)
-      => VerifyResult VerifyError
-      -> Int
-      -> Progress a
-      -> Progress a
-    alterProgressErrors res@(VerifyResult ves) retryNumber
-      | (ncMaxRetries cNetworking) == 0 =
-          if ok then id
-          else incProgressUnfixableErrors
-      | retryNumber == 0 =
-          if ok then id
-          else if fixable then incProgressFixableErrors
-          else incProgressUnfixableErrors
-      | retryNumber == (ncMaxRetries cNetworking) =
-          if ok then decProgressFixableErrors
-          else fixableToUnfixable
-      -- 0 < retryNumber < ncMaxRetries
-      | otherwise =
-          if ok then decProgressFixableErrors
-          else if fixable then id
-          else fixableToUnfixable
-      where
-        ok = verifyOk res
-        fixable = any isFixable ves
-
-    extractRetryAfterInfo :: VerifyResult VerifyError -> Maybe RetryAfter
-    extractRetryAfterInfo = \case
-      VerifyResult [ExternalHttpTooManyRequests retryAfter] -> retryAfter
+          if S.member domain setOfReturned429
+          then Just (Just (Seconds $ sec 0), incTimeoutCounter . incTotalCounter)
+          else Nothing
      _ -> Nothing
+      where
+        totalRetriesNotExceeded = rcTotalRetries rc < ncMaxRetries cNetworking
+        timeoutRetriesNotExceeded = rcTimeoutRetries rc < ncMaxTimeoutRetries cNetworking

    isVirtual canonicalRoot = matchesGlobPatterns canonicalRoot (ecIgnoreLocalRefsTo cExclusions)

@ -540,7 +585,8 @@ verifyReference
    -- so it allows indirections and should be suitable for being shown to
    -- the user. Also, it will be considered as outside the repository if
    -- it is relative and its idirections pass through the repository root.
-    checkRef mAnchor canonicalRoot referredFile shownFilepath = verifying $
+    checkRef :: Maybe Text -> CanonicalPath -> CanonicalPath -> FilePath -> ExceptT VerifyError IO ()
+    checkRef mAnchor canonicalRoot referredFile shownFilepath =
      unless (isVirtual canonicalRoot referredFile) do
        when (hasIndirectionThroughParent shownFilepath) $
          throwError $ LocalFileOutsideRepo shownFilepath
@ -642,10 +688,10 @@ parseUri link = do
           & handleJust (fromException @ParseExceptionBs)
           (throwError . ExternalResourceUriConversionError)

-checkExternalResource :: Config -> Text -> IO (VerifyResult VerifyError)
+checkExternalResource :: Config -> Text -> ExceptT VerifyError IO ()
 checkExternalResource Config{..} link
-  | isIgnored = return mempty
-  | otherwise = fmap toVerifyRes $ runExceptT $ do
+  | isIgnored = pass
+  | otherwise = do
      uri <- parseUri link
      case toString <$> uriScheme uri of
        Just "http" -> checkHttp uri
@ -670,7 +716,7 @@ checkExternalResource Config{..} link

    checkHttp :: URI -> ExceptT VerifyError IO ()
    checkHttp uri = makeHttpRequest uri HEAD 0.3 `catchError` \case
-      e | isFixable e -> throwError e
+      e@(ExternalHttpTooManyRequests _ _) -> throwError e
      _ -> makeHttpRequest uri GET 0.7

    httpConfig :: HttpConfig
@ -700,8 +746,12 @@ checkExternalResource Config{..} link
      let maxTime = Time @Second $ unTime ncExternalRefCheckTimeout * timeoutFrac

      mres <- liftIO (timeout maxTime $ void reqLink) `catch`
-        (either throwError (\() -> return (Just ())) . interpretErrors)
-      maybe (throwError $ ExternalResourceSomeError "Response timeout") pure mres
+        (either throwError (\() -> return (Just ())) . interpretErrors uri)
+      maybe (throwError $ ExternalHttpTimeout $ extractHost uri) pure mres
+
+    extractHost :: URI -> Maybe DomainName
+    extractHost =
+      either (const Nothing) (Just . DomainName . unRText . authHost) . uriAuthority

    isTemporaryRedirectCode :: Int -> Bool
    isTemporaryRedirectCode = flip elem [302, 303, 307]
@ -719,7 +769,7 @@ checkExternalResource Config{..} link
      , (405 ==)  -- method mismatch
      ]

-    interpretErrors = \case
+    interpretErrors uri = \case
      JsonHttpException _ -> error "External link JSON parse exception"
      VanillaHttpException err -> case err of
        InvalidUrlException{} -> error "External link URL invalid exception"
@ -733,7 +783,7 @@ checkExternalResource Config{..} link
            | isTemporaryRedirectCode code -> Right ()
            | isAllowedErrorCode code -> Right ()
            | otherwise -> case statusCode (responseStatus resp) of
-              429 -> Left . ExternalHttpTooManyRequests $ retryAfterInfo resp
+              429 -> Left $ ExternalHttpTooManyRequests (retryAfterInfo resp) (extractHost uri)
              _ -> Left . ExternalHttpResourceUnavailable $ responseStatus resp
            where
              code = statusCode $ responseStatus resp
--- a/tests/Test/Xrefcheck/ConfigSpec.hs
+++ b/tests/Test/Xrefcheck/ConfigSpec.hs
@ -17,12 +17,11 @@ import Test.Tasty (TestTree, testGroup)
 import Test.Tasty.HUnit (assertFailure, testCase, (@?=))
 import Test.Tasty.QuickCheck (ioProperty, testProperty)

-
 import Xrefcheck.Config
  (Config, cExclusionsL, cNetworkingL, defConfig, defConfigText, ncIgnoreAuthFailuresL)
 import Xrefcheck.Core (Flavor (GitHub), allFlavors)
 import Xrefcheck.Scan (ecIgnoreExternalRefsToL)
-import Xrefcheck.Verify (VerifyError (..), VerifyResult (..), checkExternalResource)
+import Xrefcheck.Verify (VerifyError (..), checkExternalResource)

 import Test.Xrefcheck.Util (mockServer)

@ -53,25 +52,23 @@ test_config =
          config & cNetworkingL . ncIgnoreAuthFailuresL .~ value
    in [ testCase "when True - assume 401 status is valid" $
          checkLinkWithServer (setIgnoreAuthFailures True)
-            "http://127.0.0.1:3000/401" $ VerifyResult []
+            "http://127.0.0.1:3000/401" $ Right ()

       , testCase "when False - assume 401 status is invalid" $
          checkLinkWithServer (setIgnoreAuthFailures False)
-            "http://127.0.0.1:3000/401" $ VerifyResult
-              [ ExternalHttpResourceUnavailable $
+            "http://127.0.0.1:3000/401" $
+                Left $ ExternalHttpResourceUnavailable $
                  Status { statusCode = 401, statusMessage = "Unauthorized" }
-              ]

       , testCase "when True - assume 403 status is valid" $
          checkLinkWithServer (setIgnoreAuthFailures True)
-            "http://127.0.0.1:3000/403" $ VerifyResult []
+            "http://127.0.0.1:3000/403" $ Right ()

       , testCase "when False - assume 403 status is invalid" $
          checkLinkWithServer (setIgnoreAuthFailures False)
-            "http://127.0.0.1:3000/403" $ VerifyResult
-              [ ExternalHttpResourceUnavailable $
+            "http://127.0.0.1:3000/403" $
+                Left $ ExternalHttpResourceUnavailable $
                  Status { statusCode = 403, statusMessage = "Forbidden" }
-              ]
       ]
  , testGroup "Config parser reject input with unknown fields"
      [ testCase "throws error with useful messages" $ do
@ -84,11 +81,8 @@ test_config =
      ]
  ]

-
-
-
  where
    checkLinkWithServer config link expectation =
      E.bracket (forkIO mockServer) killThread $ \_ -> do
-        result <- checkExternalResource config link
+        result <- runExceptT $ checkExternalResource config link
        result @?= expectation
--- a/tests/Test/Xrefcheck/RedirectRequestsSpec.hs
+++ b/tests/Test/Xrefcheck/RedirectRequestsSpec.hs
@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import Universum

 import Data.CaseInsensitive qualified as CI
 import Data.Map qualified as M
+import Data.Set qualified as S
 import Network.HTTP.Types (Status, mkStatus)
 import Network.HTTP.Types.Header (hLocation)
 import Test.Tasty (TestName, TestTree, testGroup)
@ -56,8 +57,10 @@ test_redirectRequests = testGroup "Redirect response tests"
        ]

    redirectAssertion :: Status -> Maybe Text -> Maybe VerifyError -> Assertion
-    redirectAssertion expectedStatus expectedLocation expectedError =
-      checkLinkAndProgressWithServer
+    redirectAssertion expectedStatus expectedLocation expectedError = do
+      setRef <- newIORef S.empty
+      checkLinkAndProgressWithServerDefault
+        setRef
        (mockRedirect expectedLocation expectedStatus)
        url
        (Progress
--- a/tests/Test/Xrefcheck/TimeoutSpec.hs
+++ b/tests/Test/Xrefcheck/TimeoutSpec.hs
@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+{- SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Serokell <https://serokell.io>
+ -
+ - SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+ -}
+
+module Test.Xrefcheck.TimeoutSpec where
+
+import Universum
+
+import Data.CaseInsensitive qualified as CI
+import Data.Map qualified as M
+import Data.Set qualified as S
+import Network.HTTP.Types (ok200, tooManyRequests429)
+import Network.HTTP.Types.Header (hRetryAfter)
+import Test.Tasty (TestTree, testGroup)
+import Test.Tasty.HUnit (testCase)
+import Time (Second, Time, sec, threadDelay)
+import Web.Firefly (ToResponse (toResponse), route, run)
+
+import Test.Xrefcheck.UtilRequests
+import Xrefcheck.Config
+import Xrefcheck.Progress
+import Xrefcheck.Verify
+
+-- Here all the delays are doubled because we call sites
+-- with HEAD first and then GET methods.
+test_timeout :: TestTree
+test_timeout = testGroup "Timeout tests"
+  [ testCase "Succeeds on one timeout if there were no 429 responses and no retries allowed" $
+      timeoutTestCase [Delay] True
+        (cNetworkingL . ncMaxTimeoutRetriesL .~ 0)
+  , testCase "Returns an error on two timeouts if there were no 429 responses" $
+      timeoutTestCase [Delay, Delay] False
+        (cNetworkingL . ncMaxTimeoutRetriesL .~ 2)
+  , testCase "Returns an error if there were 429 but no timeouts allowed" $
+      timeoutTestCase [Respond429, Delay, Delay] False
+        (cNetworkingL . ncMaxTimeoutRetriesL .~ 0)
+  , testCase "Succeeds if there were 429 and one timeout allowed" $
+      timeoutTestCase [Respond429, Delay, Delay] True
+        (cNetworkingL . ncMaxTimeoutRetriesL .~ 1)
+  , testCase "Fails on second timeout if there were 429 and one timeout allowed" $
+      timeoutTestCase [Respond429, Delay, Delay, Delay, Delay] False
+        (cNetworkingL . ncMaxTimeoutRetriesL .~ 1)
+  , testCase "Fails on maximum allowed errors achieved (mixed errors)" $
+      timeoutTestCase [Respond429, Delay, Delay, Respond429, Delay, Delay] False $ \c -> c
+        & cNetworkingL . ncMaxTimeoutRetriesL .~ 3
+        & cNetworkingL . ncMaxRetriesL .~ 3
+  , testCase "Fails on timeout if another domain returned 429" $ do
+      setRef <- newIORef S.empty
+      checkMultipleLinksWithServer
+        (mockTimeout (sec 0.4) [Respond429, Ok, Delay, Delay])
+        setRef
+        [ VerifyLinkTestEntry
+            { vlteConfigModifier = \c -> c
+                & cNetworkingL . ncMaxRetriesL .~ 1
+                & setAllowedTimeout
+            , vlteLink = "http://127.0.0.1:5000/timeout"
+            , vlteExpectedProgress = mkProgressWithOneTask True
+            , vlteExpectationErrors = VerifyResult []
+            }
+        , VerifyLinkTestEntry
+            { vlteConfigModifier = \c -> c
+                & cNetworkingL . ncMaxTimeoutRetriesL .~ 0
+                & setAllowedTimeout
+            , vlteLink = "http://localhost:5000/timeout"
+            , vlteExpectedProgress = mkProgressWithOneTask False
+            , vlteExpectationErrors = VerifyResult
+              [ ExternalHttpTimeout (Just $ DomainName "localhost")
+              ]
+            }
+        ]
+  , testCase "Succeeds on timeout if another path of this domain returned 429" $ do
+      setRef <- newIORef S.empty
+      checkMultipleLinksWithServer
+        (mockTimeout (sec 0.4) [Respond429, Ok, Delay, Delay])
+        setRef
+        [ VerifyLinkTestEntry
+            { vlteConfigModifier = \c -> c
+                & cNetworkingL . ncMaxRetriesL .~ 1
+                & setAllowedTimeout
+            , vlteLink = "http://127.0.0.1:5000/timeout"
+            , vlteExpectedProgress = mkProgressWithOneTask True
+            , vlteExpectationErrors = VerifyResult []
+            }
+        , VerifyLinkTestEntry
+            { vlteConfigModifier = \c -> c
+                & cNetworkingL . ncMaxTimeoutRetriesL .~ 1
+                & setAllowedTimeout
+            , vlteLink = "http://127.0.0.1:5000/timeoutother"
+            , vlteExpectedProgress = mkProgressWithOneTask True
+            , vlteExpectationErrors = VerifyResult []
+            }
+        ]
+  ]
+  where
+    setAllowedTimeout = cNetworkingL . ncExternalRefCheckTimeoutL .~ (sec 0.25)
+
+    mkProgressWithOneTask shouldSucceed =
+      Progress
+        { pTotal = 1
+        , pCurrent = 1
+        , pErrorsUnfixable = if shouldSucceed then 0 else 1
+        , pErrorsFixable = 0
+        , pTaskTimestamp = Nothing
+        }
+
+    timeoutTestCase mockResponses shouldSucceed configModifier = do
+      let prog = mkProgressWithOneTask shouldSucceed
+      setRef <- newIORef S.empty
+      checkLinkAndProgressWithServer
+        (\c -> c
+          & setAllowedTimeout
+          & configModifier)
+        setRef
+        (mockTimeout (sec 0.4) mockResponses)
+        "http://127.0.0.1:5000/timeout" prog $
+          VerifyResult $
+            [ExternalHttpTimeout $ Just (DomainName "127.0.0.1") | not shouldSucceed]
+
+    -- When called for the first (N-1) times, waits for specified
+    -- amount of seconds and returns an arbitrary result.
+    -- When called N time returns the result immediately.
+    mockTimeout :: Time Second -> [MockTimeoutBehaviour] -> IO ()
+    mockTimeout timeout behList = do
+      ref <- newIORef @_ behList
+      run 5000 $ do
+        route "/timeout" $ handler ref
+        route "/timeoutother" $ handler ref
+      where
+        handler ref = do
+          mbCurrentAction <- atomicModifyIORef' ref $ \case
+            b : bs -> (bs, Just b)
+            [] -> ([], Nothing)
+          let success = toResponse ("" :: Text, ok200, M.empty @(CI.CI Text) @[Text])
+          case mbCurrentAction of
+            Nothing -> pure success
+            Just Ok -> pure success
+            Just Delay -> do
+              threadDelay timeout
+              pure $ toResponse ("" :: Text, ok200, M.empty @(CI.CI Text) @[Text])
+            Just Respond429 ->
+              pure $ toResponse
+                ("" :: Text, tooManyRequests429,
+                  M.fromList [(CI.map (decodeUtf8 @Text) hRetryAfter, ["1" :: Text])])
+
+data MockTimeoutBehaviour = Respond429 | Delay | Ok
--- a/tests/Test/Xrefcheck/TooManyRequestsSpec.hs
+++ b/tests/Test/Xrefcheck/TooManyRequestsSpec.hs
@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import Control.Concurrent (forkIO, killThread)
 import Control.Exception qualified as E
 import Data.CaseInsensitive qualified as CI
 import Data.Map qualified as M
+import Data.Set qualified as S
 import Data.Time (addUTCTime, defaultTimeLocale, formatTime, getCurrentTime, rfc822DateFormat)
 import Data.Time.Clock.POSIX (getPOSIXTime)
 import Network.HTTP.Types (Status (..), ok200, serviceUnavailable503, tooManyRequests429)
@ -29,22 +30,24 @@ import Xrefcheck.Verify
 test_tooManyRequests :: TestTree
 test_tooManyRequests = testGroup "429 response tests"
  [ testCase "Returns 200 eventually" $ do
+      setRef <- newIORef S.empty
      let prog = Progress{ pTotal = 1
                          , pCurrent = 1
                          , pErrorsUnfixable = 0
                          , pErrorsFixable = 0
                          , pTaskTimestamp = Nothing
                          }
-      checkLinkAndProgressWithServer (mock429 "1" ok200)
+      checkLinkAndProgressWithServerDefault setRef (mock429 "1" ok200)
        "http://127.0.0.1:5000/429" prog $ VerifyResult []
  , testCase "Returns 503 eventually" $ do
+      setRef <- newIORef S.empty
      let prog = Progress{ pTotal = 1
                         , pCurrent = 1
                         , pErrorsUnfixable = 1
                         , pErrorsFixable = 0
                         , pTaskTimestamp = Nothing
                         }
-      checkLinkAndProgressWithServer (mock429 "1" serviceUnavailable503)
+      checkLinkAndProgressWithServerDefault setRef (mock429 "1" serviceUnavailable503)
        "http://127.0.0.1:5000/429" prog $ VerifyResult
          [ ExternalHttpResourceUnavailable $
              Status { statusCode = 503, statusMessage = "Service Unavailable"}
@ -52,6 +55,7 @@ test_tooManyRequests = testGroup "429 response tests"
  , testCase "Successfully updates the new retry-after value (as seconds)" $ do
      E.bracket (forkIO $ mock429 "2" ok200) killThread $ \_ -> do
        now <- getPOSIXTime <&> posixTimeToTimeSecond
+        setRef <- newIORef S.empty
        progressRef <- newIORef VerifyProgress
              { vrLocal = initProgress 0
              , vrExternal = Progress
@ -62,8 +66,9 @@ test_tooManyRequests = testGroup "429 response tests"
                  , pTaskTimestamp = Just (TaskTimestamp (sec 3) (now -:- sec 1.5))
                  }
              }
-        _ <- verifyReferenceWithProgress
+        _ <- verifyReferenceWithProgressDefault
          (Reference "" "http://127.0.0.1:5000/429" Nothing (Position Nothing) RIExternal)
+          setRef
          progressRef
        Progress{..} <- vrExternal <$> readIORef progressRef
        let ttc = ttTimeToCompletion <$> pTaskTimestamp
@ -77,6 +82,7 @@ test_tooManyRequests = testGroup "429 response tests"
        retryAfter = formatTime defaultTimeLocale rfc822DateFormat (addUTCTime 4 utctime)
        now = utcTimeToTimeSecond utctime
      E.bracket (forkIO $ mock429 (fromString retryAfter) ok200) killThread $ \_ -> do
+        setRef <- newIORef S.empty
        progressRef <- newIORef VerifyProgress
              { vrLocal = initProgress 0
              , vrExternal = Progress
@ -87,8 +93,9 @@ test_tooManyRequests = testGroup "429 response tests"
                  , pTaskTimestamp = Just (TaskTimestamp (sec 2) (now -:- sec 1.5))
                  }
              }
-        _ <- verifyReferenceWithProgress
+        _ <- verifyReferenceWithProgressDefault
          (Reference "" "http://127.0.0.1:5000/429" Nothing (Position Nothing) RIExternal)
+          setRef
          progressRef
        Progress{..} <- vrExternal <$> readIORef progressRef
        let ttc = fromMaybe (sec 0) $ ttTimeToCompletion <$> pTaskTimestamp
@ -103,6 +110,7 @@ test_tooManyRequests = testGroup "429 response tests"
        retryAfter = formatTime defaultTimeLocale rfc822DateFormat (addUTCTime (-4) utctime)
        now = utcTimeToTimeSecond utctime
      E.bracket (forkIO $ mock429 (fromString retryAfter) ok200) killThread $ \_ -> do
+        setRef <- newIORef S.empty
        progressRef <- newIORef VerifyProgress
              { vrLocal = initProgress 0
              , vrExternal = Progress
@ -113,8 +121,9 @@ test_tooManyRequests = testGroup "429 response tests"
                  , pTaskTimestamp = Just (TaskTimestamp (sec 1) (now -:- sec 1.5))
                  }
              }
-        _ <- verifyReferenceWithProgress
+        _ <- verifyReferenceWithProgressDefault
          (Reference "" "http://127.0.0.1:5000/429" Nothing (Position Nothing) RIExternal)
+          setRef
          progressRef
        Progress{..} <- vrExternal <$> readIORef progressRef
        let ttc = ttTimeToCompletion <$> pTaskTimestamp
@ -147,8 +156,9 @@ test_tooManyRequests = testGroup "429 response tests"
                    )
                | otherwise -> toResponse ("" :: Text, serviceUnavailable503)
      infoReverseAccumulatorRef <- newIORef []
+      setRef <- newIORef S.empty
      E.bracket (forkIO $ mock429WithGlobalIORef infoReverseAccumulatorRef) killThread $ \_ -> do
-        _ <- verifyLink "http://127.0.0.1:5000/429grandfinale"
+        _ <- verifyLinkDefault setRef "http://127.0.0.1:5000/429grandfinale"
        infoReverseAccumulator <- readIORef infoReverseAccumulatorRef
        reverse infoReverseAccumulator @?=
          [ ("HEAD", tooManyRequests429)
--- a/tests/Test/Xrefcheck/UtilRequests.hs
+++ b/tests/Test/Xrefcheck/UtilRequests.hs
@ -7,15 +7,22 @@ module Test.Xrefcheck.UtilRequests
  ( checkLinkAndProgressWithServer
  , verifyLink
  , verifyReferenceWithProgress
+  , checkMultipleLinksWithServer
+  , checkLinkAndProgressWithServerDefault
+  , verifyLinkDefault
+  , verifyReferenceWithProgressDefault
+  , VerifyLinkTestEntry (..)
  ) where

 import Universum

+import Control.Concurrent (forkIO, killThread)
 import Control.Exception qualified as E
+import Data.Map qualified as M
+import Data.Set qualified as S
+import Test.Tasty.HUnit (assertBool)
 import Text.Interpolation.Nyan

-import Control.Concurrent (forkIO, killThread)
-import Test.Tasty.HUnit (assertBool)
 import Xrefcheck.Config
 import Xrefcheck.Core
 import Xrefcheck.Progress
@ -24,29 +31,57 @@ import Xrefcheck.System (canonicalizePath)
 import Xrefcheck.Util
 import Xrefcheck.Verify

-checkLinkAndProgressWithServer
+checkMultipleLinksWithServer
  :: IO ()
+  -> IORef (S.Set DomainName)
+  -> [VerifyLinkTestEntry]
+  -> IO ()
+checkMultipleLinksWithServer mock setRef entries =
+  E.bracket (forkIO mock) killThread $ \_ -> do
+    forM_ entries $ \VerifyLinkTestEntry {..} ->
+      checkLinkAndProgress
+        vlteConfigModifier
+        setRef
+        vlteLink
+        vlteExpectedProgress
+        vlteExpectationErrors
+
+checkLinkAndProgressWithServer
+  :: (Config -> Config)
+  -> IORef (Set DomainName)
+  -> IO ()
  -> Text
  -> Progress Int
  -> VerifyResult VerifyError
  -> IO ()
-checkLinkAndProgressWithServer mock link progress vrExpectation =
-      E.bracket (forkIO mock) killThread $ \_ -> do
-        (result, progRes) <- verifyLink link
-        flip assertBool (result == vrExpectation) $
-          [int||
-          Verification results differ: expected
-          #{interpolateIndentF 2 (show vrExpectation)}
-          but got
-          #{interpolateIndentF 2 (show result)}
-          |]
-        flip assertBool (progRes `progEquiv` progress) $
-          [int||
-          Expected the progress bar state to be
-          #{interpolateIndentF 2 (show progress)}
-          but got
-          #{interpolateIndentF 2 (show progRes)}
-          |]
+checkLinkAndProgressWithServer configModifier setRef mock link progress vrExpectation =
+  E.bracket (forkIO mock) killThread $ \_ -> do
+    checkLinkAndProgress configModifier setRef link progress vrExpectation
+
+checkLinkAndProgress
+  :: (Config -> Config)
+  -> IORef (Set DomainName)
+  -> Text
+  -> Progress Int
+  -> VerifyResult VerifyError
+  -> IO ()
+checkLinkAndProgress configModifier setRef link progress vrExpectation = do
+  (result, progRes) <- verifyLink configModifier setRef link
+  flip assertBool (result == vrExpectation)
+    [int||
+    Verification results differ: expected
+    #{interpolateIndentF 2 (show vrExpectation)}
+    but got
+    #{interpolateIndentF 2 (show result)}
+    |]
+  flip assertBool (progRes `progEquiv` progress)
+    [int||
+    Expected the progress bar state to be
+    #{interpolateIndentF 2 (show progress)}
+    but got
+    #{interpolateIndentF 2 (show progRes)}
+    |]
+
  where
    -- Check whether the two @Progress@ values are equal up to similarity of their essential
    -- components, ignoring the comparison of @pTaskTimestamp@s, which is done to prevent test
@ -60,18 +95,57 @@ checkLinkAndProgressWithServer mock link progress vrExpectation =
                          , ((==) `on` pErrorsFixable) p1 p2
                          ]

-verifyLink :: Text -> IO (VerifyResult VerifyError, Progress Int)
-verifyLink link = do
+checkLinkAndProgressWithServerDefault
+  :: IORef (Set DomainName)
+  -> IO ()
+  -> Text
+  -> Progress Int
+  -> VerifyResult VerifyError
+  -> IO ()
+checkLinkAndProgressWithServerDefault = checkLinkAndProgressWithServer id
+
+verifyLink
+  :: (Config -> Config)
+  -> IORef (S.Set DomainName)
+  -> Text
+  -> IO (VerifyResult VerifyError, Progress Int)
+verifyLink configModifier setRef link = do
  let reference = Reference "" link Nothing (Position Nothing) RIExternal
  progRef <- newIORef $ initVerifyProgress [reference]
-  result <- verifyReferenceWithProgress reference progRef
-  p <- readIORef progRef
-  return (result, vrExternal p)
+  result <- verifyReferenceWithProgress configModifier reference setRef progRef
+  progress <- readIORef progRef
+  return (result, vrExternal progress)

-verifyReferenceWithProgress :: Reference -> IORef VerifyProgress -> IO (VerifyResult VerifyError)
-verifyReferenceWithProgress reference progRef = do
+verifyLinkDefault
+  :: IORef (Set DomainName)
+  -> Text
+  -> IO (VerifyResult VerifyError, Progress Int)
+verifyLinkDefault = verifyLink id
+
+verifyReferenceWithProgress
+  :: (Config -> Config)
+  -> Reference
+  -> IORef (S.Set DomainName)
+  -> IORef VerifyProgress
+  -> IO (VerifyResult VerifyError)
+verifyReferenceWithProgress configModifier reference setRef progRef = do
  canonicalRoot <- canonicalizePath "."
  file <- canonicalizePath ""
  fmap wrlItem <$> verifyReference
-    (defConfig GitHub & cExclusionsL . ecIgnoreExternalRefsToL .~ []) FullMode
-    progRef (RepoInfo mempty mempty canonicalRoot) file reference
+    (defConfig GitHub & cExclusionsL . ecIgnoreExternalRefsToL .~ []
+                      & configModifier)
+    FullMode setRef progRef (RepoInfo M.empty mempty canonicalRoot) file reference
+
+verifyReferenceWithProgressDefault
+  :: Reference
+  -> IORef (Set DomainName)
+  -> IORef VerifyProgress
+  -> IO (VerifyResult VerifyError)
+verifyReferenceWithProgressDefault = verifyReferenceWithProgress id
+
+data VerifyLinkTestEntry = VerifyLinkTestEntry
+  { vlteConfigModifier    :: Config -> Config
+  , vlteLink              :: Text
+  , vlteExpectedProgress  :: Progress Int
+  , vlteExpectationErrors :: VerifyResult VerifyError
+  }
--- a/tests/configs/github-config.yaml
+++ b/tests/configs/github-config.yaml
@ -43,8 +43,33 @@ networking:

  # How many attempts to retry an external link after getting
  # a "429 Too Many Requests" response.
+  # Timeouts may also be accounted here, see the description
+  # of `maxTimeoutRetries` field.
+
+  # If a site once responded with 429 error code, subsequent
+  # request timeouts will also be treated as hitting the site's
+  # rate limiter and result in retry attempts, unless the
+  # maximum retries number has been reached.
+  #
+  # On other errors xrefcheck fails immediately, without retrying.
  maxRetries: 3

+# Querying a given domain that ever returned 429 before,
+# this defines how many timeouts are allowed during retries.
+#
+# For such domains, timeouts likely mean hitting the rate limiter,
+# and so xrefcheck considers timeouts in the same way as 429 errors.
+#
+# For other domains, a timeout results in a respective error, no retry
+# attempts will be performed. Use `externalRefCheckTimeout` option
+# to increase the time after which timeout is declared.
+#
+# This option is similar to `maxRetries`, the difference is that
+# this `maxTimeoutRetries` option limits only the number of retries
+# caused by timeouts, and `maxRetries` limits the number of retries
+# caused both by 429s and timeouts.
+  maxTimeoutRetries: 1
+
 # Parameters of scanners for various file types.
 scanners:
  # On 'anchor not found' error, how much similar anchors should be displayed as