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Hi there

Anybody else currently experiencing a timeout error when sending btc to a cosigner. Has the following error:

Failed to send transaction to cosigning pool:
TimeoutError()

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Time out error is mostly related to api  and always triggered when itakes to long to get a response  from the server through the api call ...
Firtly, Check if your device is getting  a low bandwidth  because  this is always  the main trigger of such response
Then I need to ask , have you made a transaction  before with the same co-sign implementation
If yes then it might be the server sometimes try restarting  your cosigner pool server
You can check:
https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/3160

It's currently not working in my test either.
For reference, Electrum uses the proxy server of their Cosigner Pool plugin, in this code: github.com/spesmilo/electrum/blob/master/electrum/plugins/cosigner_pool/qt.py#L121-L127 (https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/blob/06c8a39fc1ab5d0b141bd2497da0bda67cafdc0f/electrum/plugins/cosigner_pool/qt.py#L121-L127)

Since you've replied to the issue above, all you can do is to wait for the owner of the server (Electrum dev) to check it or try again later.

For now, you can export the Partially Signed Bitcoin Transaction via "Share" button and send that to the cosigner.
Then he can import it with "Tools->Load transaction" menu. In mobile, it's equivalent to Send's "Share" and "Paste" buttons.

the sharing and importing option worked. Will continue to use this method until electrum fixes the timeout issue. But thank you for all your help. much appreciated.