# Get "http://xx.xx.xx.xx:11200/metrics": context deadline exceeded

**URL:** <https://discuss.prometheus.io/t/get-http-xx-xx-xx-xx-11200-metrics-context-deadline-exceeded/1468>\
**Category:** Prometheus server\
**Created:** [February 17, 2023, 8:16am UTC](https://discuss.prometheus.io/t/get-http-xx-xx-xx-xx-11200-metrics-context-deadline-exceeded/1468 "2023-02-17T08:16:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Santhakumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@Santhakumar](https://discuss.prometheus.io/u/Santhakumar)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 8:16am UTC](https://discuss.prometheus.io/t/get-http-xx-xx-xx-xx-11200-metrics-context-deadline-exceeded/1468/1 "2023-02-17T08:16:42Z")

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Hello Team,

when target server goes down prometheus doesn’t send alert and its always in pending state

below is the error we are getting from logs as well as target in gui

Get “[http://xx.xx.xx.xx:11300/metrics](http://xx.xx.xx.xx:11300/metrics)”: context deadline exceeded

Though we tried to increase below but doesn’t help

scrape\_interval: 60s  
scrape\_timeout: 59s

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**Author:** ![stuart](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/discuss.prometheus.io/stuart/32/18_2.png) [@stuart](https://discuss.prometheus.io/u/stuart)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 8:30am UTC](https://discuss.prometheus.io/t/get-http-xx-xx-xx-xx-11200-metrics-context-deadline-exceeded/1468/2 "2023-02-17T08:30:56Z")

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That suggests the target is unavailable. Changing the timeout won’t help if the target isn’t responding.

Are you using the “up” metric for your alert?

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**Author:** ![stuart](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/discuss.prometheus.io/stuart/32/18_2.png) [@stuart](https://discuss.prometheus.io/u/stuart)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://discuss.prometheus.io/t/get-http-xx-xx-xx-xx-11200-metrics-context-deadline-exceeded/1468/4 "2023-02-17T12:44:05Z")

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And what is that returning if you graph it?

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**Author:** ![stuart](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/discuss.prometheus.io/stuart/32/18_2.png) [@stuart](https://discuss.prometheus.io/u/stuart)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://discuss.prometheus.io/t/get-http-xx-xx-xx-xx-11200-metrics-context-deadline-exceeded/1468/6 "2023-02-17T17:38:22Z")

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What is the full alert code?

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**Author:** ![stuart](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/discuss.prometheus.io/stuart/32/18_2.png) [@stuart](https://discuss.prometheus.io/u/stuart)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.prometheus.io/t/get-http-xx-xx-xx-xx-11200-metrics-context-deadline-exceeded/1468/8 "2023-02-18T08:55:34Z")

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What is the full alerting rule, not just the query?