Source:
<code>public FormValidation doValidateProxy( @QueryParameter("testUrl") String testUrl, @QueryParameter("name") String name, @QueryParameter("port") int port, @QueryParameter("userName") String userName, @QueryParameter("password") String password, @QueryParameter("noProxyHost") String noProxyHost) { Jenkins.getInstance().checkPermission(Jenkins.ADMINISTER); if (Util.fixEmptyAndTrim(testUrl) == null) { return FormValidation.error(Messages.ProxyConfiguration_TestUrlRequired()); } String host = testUrl; try { URL url = new URL(testUrl); host = url.getHost(); } catch (MalformedURLException e) { return FormValidation.error(Messages.ProxyConfiguration_MalformedTestUrl(testUrl)); } GetMethod method = null; try { method = new GetMethod(testUrl); <START> method.getParams().setParameter("http.socket.timeout", DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS > 0 ? DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS : 30 * 1000); <END> HttpClient client = new HttpClient(); if (Util.fixEmptyAndTrim(name) != null && !isNoProxyHost(host, noProxyHost)) { client.getHostConfiguration().setProxy(name, port); Credentials credentials = createCredentials(userName, password); AuthScope scope = new AuthScope(AuthScope.ANY_HOST, AuthScope.ANY_PORT); client.getState().setProxyCredentials(scope, credentials); } int code = client.executeMethod(method); if (code != HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) { return FormValidation.error(Messages.ProxyConfiguration_FailedToConnect(testUrl, code)); } } catch (IOException e) { return FormValidation.error(e, Messages.ProxyConfiguration_FailedToConnectViaProxy(testUrl)); } finally { if (method != null) { method.releaseConnection(); } } return FormValidation.ok(Messages.ProxyConfiguration_Success()); }</code><technical_language>update this TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(30) more readable</technical_language>

Target:
public FormValidation doValidateProxy( @QueryParameter("testUrl") String testUrl, @QueryParameter("name") String name, @QueryParameter("port") int port, @QueryParameter("userName") String userName, @QueryParameter("password") String password, @QueryParameter("noProxyHost") String noProxyHost) { Jenkins.getInstance().checkPermission(Jenkins.ADMINISTER); if (Util.fixEmptyAndTrim(testUrl) == null) { return FormValidation.error(Messages.ProxyConfiguration_TestUrlRequired()); } String host = testUrl; try { URL url = new URL(testUrl); host = url.getHost(); } catch (MalformedURLException e) { return FormValidation.error(Messages.ProxyConfiguration_MalformedTestUrl(testUrl)); } GetMethod method = null; try { method = new GetMethod(testUrl); method.getParams().setParameter("http.socket.timeout", DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS > 0 ? DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS : TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(30)); HttpClient client = new HttpClient(); if (Util.fixEmptyAndTrim(name) != null && !isNoProxyHost(host, noProxyHost)) { client.getHostConfiguration().setProxy(name, port); Credentials credentials = createCredentials(userName, password); AuthScope scope = new AuthScope(AuthScope.ANY_HOST, AuthScope.ANY_PORT); client.getState().setProxyCredentials(scope, credentials); } int code = client.executeMethod(method); if (code != HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) { return FormValidation.error(Messages.ProxyConfiguration_FailedToConnect(testUrl, code)); } } catch (IOException e) { return FormValidation.error(e, Messages.ProxyConfiguration_FailedToConnectViaProxy(testUrl)); } finally { if (method != null) { method.releaseConnection(); } } return FormValidation.ok(Messages.ProxyConfiguration_Success()); }