Overview
| Meaning | The code for your website took too long and the request timed out. |
Example
A 504 error generally means that the webserver talked to the process handling your website code (eg, PHP) but it took too long and didn’t return any information.
This can occur when you have a process which takes too long to run (eg it’s very resource intensive) or it relies on a third party system which may be down or slow to respond (eg image optimisation servers).
You can check your web server error logs for further details or ask your hosting provider to see if they can provide further information.
For a full run down on HTTP status error codes – What they really mean feel free to read our Blog Article.