From 964f316bb091cf3cd930da1a6fe9f8d11ccbcda8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kat <katrina@madetech.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 13:51:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add timeout for postcode lookup

---
 app/models/case_log.rb | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/models/case_log.rb b/app/models/case_log.rb
index a5cc2eff7..98ffcea6d 100644
--- a/app/models/case_log.rb
+++ b/app/models/case_log.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require "postcodes_io"
+require "timeout"
 
 class CaseLogValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
   # Validations methods need to be called 'validate_' to run on model save
@@ -241,7 +242,8 @@ private
 
   def get_la(postcode)
     if postcode.present?
-      postcode_lookup = PIO.lookup(postcode)
+      postcode_lookup = nil
+      Timeout.timeout(5) { postcode_lookup = PIO.lookup(postcode) }
       if postcode_lookup && postcode_lookup.info.present?
         self.is_la_inferred = true
         return postcode_lookup.admin_district