{"section":"known-issues","requestedLocale":"en","requestedSlug":"collections-timeout","locale":"en","slug":"collections-timeout","path":"docs/en/known-issues/Catalog/collections-timeout.md","branch":"main","content":"## Summary\n\n\nOften, when attempting to save data for a collection group using the collections application, under the path /admin/a and attempting to Save Group, the user will, in cases of large catalogs (large amount of categories, brands, products), face a timeout error message and won't be able to save their changes.\n\nThis also can happen for the new collections module.\n\n\n#### Simulation\n\n\n1) Go to the CMS UI application using a store that has a large catalog base, for instance, >10000 products.\n2) Go to \"Product Clusters (Collections) and select \"_new group_\"\n3)  Create a group and then select a few checkboxes in the form\n4) Attempt to save these changes\n5) If the request takes longer than 50 seconds to save, which is often the case in accounts with a large amount of data, the request will be stopped by and the data will not be saved.\n\n\n#### Workaround\n\n\nUsing our collections API endpoints: https://developers.vtex.com/docs/api-reference/catalog-api#post-/api/catalog/pvt/collection?endpoint=post-/api/catalog/pvt/collection, however, it is important to note that in some cases, where there's a large amount of data being updated, the timeout may still occur via API."}