alphagov/whitehall — pull request #1136 by tekin (2013-12-05 17:33:12+00:00)
Title: Handle GdsApi::TimedOutExceptions

We receive dozens of exception notifications every day because rummager search requests are timing out. This will prevent the notifications being sent, whilst ensuring a 500 response is still returned so that cached results can be served in production.

This is definitely masking the symptom rather than fixing the cause, but as things stand, legitimate exceptions are getting lost in the noise.