# OpenAITimeoutError

> **Class** in `langchain_openai`

📖 [View in docs](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langchain-openai/chat_models/base/OpenAITimeoutError)

OpenAI timeout error classified as a LangChain model error.

## Signature

```python
OpenAITimeoutError()
```

## Extends

- `openai.APITimeoutError`
- `ModelTimeoutError`

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