Set timeout for scaffolder octokit client

If a client fails to contact github (or the network connectivity is bad), there is no reasonible timeout for the Octokit client.

This change here adds a default timeout of 60 seconds

Here is a link to the octokit type definition: https://github.com/octokit/types.ts/blob/master/src/RequestRequestOptions.ts

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Arnold <nic@roadie.io>

.changeset/khaki-socks-wash.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': patch
+---
+
+Set timeout for scaffolder octokit client

plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/github/helpers.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import {
 import { OctokitOptions } from '@octokit/core/dist-types/types';
 import { parseRepoUrl } from '../publish/util';
 
+const SECOND = 1000;
+
 export async function getOctokitOptions(options: {
   integrations: ScmIntegrationRegistry;
   credentialsProvider?: GithubCredentialsProvider;
@@ -30,6 +32,10 @@ export async function getOctokitOptions(options: {
 }): Promise<OctokitOptions> {
   const { integrations, credentialsProvider, repoUrl, token } = options;
   const { owner, repo, host } = parseRepoUrl(repoUrl, integrations);
+  const requestOptions = {
+    // set timeout to 60 seconds
+    timeout: 60 * SECOND,
+  };
 
   if (!owner) {
     throw new InputError(`No owner provided for repo ${repoUrl}`);
@@ -47,6 +53,7 @@ export async function getOctokitOptions(options: {
       auth: token,
       baseUrl: integrationConfig.apiBaseUrl,
       previews: ['nebula-preview'],
+      request: requestOptions,
     };
   }