File upload and request timeout issues when handling external utility downloads

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Has anyone faced request timeouts or file handling quirks in yii when users upload or fetch files from third-party tools? I’m seeing inconsistent behavior when processing downloads from a mobile utility software link, like incomplete transfers and delayed responses. Could this be related to yii’s request lifecycle, server limits, or async handling, and what’s the cleanest way to stabilize this?

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Yes, such issues often stem from server limits (max_execution_time, post_max_size, memory_limit) or PHP/Yii request lifecycle handling large/external files.
The cleanest fix is streaming files with readfile()/response objects and using async/background jobs or queueing for large downloads/uploads.