Update telegram_bot.py

telegram_bot.py

@@ -128,11 +128,12 @@ class TelegramHomeopathyBot:
         api_url = "https://llm.chutes.ai/v1/chat/completions"
 
         try:
+            # Set connection and read timeouts for the AI query request
             response = requests.post(
                 api_url,
                 headers=headers,
                 json=data,
-                timeout=30
+                timeout=(5, 30) # 5s connect timeout, 30s read timeout
             )
             
             if response.status_code == 200:
@@ -147,6 +148,9 @@ class TelegramHomeopathyBot:
                 logger.error(f"Chute.ai Error {response.status_code}: {error_message}")
                 return f"❌ I'm having technical difficulties. Please try again later. (Error: {response.status_code})"
                 
+        except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
+            logger.error("Connection Error: Chute.ai request timed out.")
+            return "❌ Connection error: The AI service took too long to respond. Please try again."
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Connection Error: {e}")
             return f"❌ Connection error. Please try again. Error: {str(e)}"
@@ -378,9 +382,15 @@ def main():
     print("🚀 Starting Telegram Homeopathy Bot...")
     
     # Create Application
+    # CRITICAL FIX: Adding request_kwargs to explicitly set network timeouts for the underlying HTTPX client
     application = (
         Application.builder()
         .token(TELEGRAM_TOKEN)
+        .request_kwargs({
+            # Explicitly set low timeouts to force failures and retries faster if DNS fails
+            'connect_timeout': 5.0,  # 5 seconds to establish connection
+            'read_timeout': 15.0     # 15 seconds to receive the first byte
+        })
         .build()
     )
     
@@ -409,7 +419,7 @@ def main():
     
     # Start the Bot
     print("✅ Bot is running... Press Ctrl+C to stop")
-    # FIX: Removed unsupported 'retry_interval', kept 'bootstrap_retries' for DNS stability.
+    # Using bootstrap_retries to handle the recurrent network failure during startup
     application.run_polling(
         allowed_updates=Update.ALL_TYPES,
         bootstrap_retries=5,