Submission Error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded

[vonscriptor]

What happened?

When submitting a form it times out with the error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded.

This started occurring after an update from v5.8.7 to v5.9.7.

Errors and Stack Trace (if available)

PHP Warning:  Uncaught ReflectionException: Solspace\Freeform\Attributes\Property\Middleware is not an interface in /Users/[redacted]/Sites/[redacted]/vendor/solspace/craft-freeform/packages/plugin/src/Library/Helpers/ReflectionHelper.php:25

PHP Fatal error:  Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /Users/[redacted]/Sites/[redacted]/vendor/solspace/craft-freeform/packages/plugin/src/Library/Helpers/ReflectionHelper.php on line 26

How can we reproduce this?

I'm not really sure how to reproduce this.

1. My form uses: text, textarea, checkbox, dropdown, signature, and file drag and drop
2. It uses an Admin Notification
3. It uses rules to hide/show fields based on a dropdown value(s)
4. It uses reCAPTCHA
5. It does not use AJAX

Freeform Edition

Pro

Freeform Version

5.9.7

Craft Version

Pro 5.6.5.1

When did this issue start?

After upgrading from older Freeform version

Previous Freeform Version

5.8.7

[vonscriptor]

This is happening on more than one project when upgraded to 5.9.7 from a prior version.

[kjmartens]

I'm very sorry for the trouble you're experiencing @vonscriptor,

I cannot duplicate this issue and haven't heard of this being reported yet.

Would you be able to provide the following? 🙂

1. A screenshot of your Freeform Diagnostics page.
2. A screenshot of the form in the layout tab of the builder. If anything is sensitive, you can blur some parts.
3. A list of which integrations are being used in this form (or screenshot of the Integrations tab in the builder).

Thanks!

[vonscriptor]

Just to reiterate this happened on 2 of my projects that I just attempted to update Freeform on. One uses Freeform Pro, the other uses Express. Both updated from the same versions (5.8.7). Both timed out, huge stack trace gets output, ends up slowing down my server(s) for a bit after the timeout even.

No integrations on the simple Express project.

[vonscriptor]

Sorry forgot to mention… those are screenshots after downgrading Freeform back to v5.8.7. Thought it'd still be what you're looking for.

[kjmartens]

Thanks @vonscriptor,

I am having a developer check into this shortly. 🙂

[kjmartens]

This should now be resolved in Freeform 5.9.8+ 🙂

[vonscriptor]

Unfortunately, this is still occurring for me.

Here are some of the errors I'm seeing on forms that have the issue:

[06-Feb-2025 22:51:58 America/Detroit] PHP Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /Users/[redacted]/Sites/[redacted]/vendor/symfony/finder/Iterator/RecursiveDirectoryIterator.php on line 44

[06-Feb-2025 22:58:57 America/Detroit] PHP Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /Users/[redacted]/Sites/[redacted]/vendor/voku/stringy/src/Stringy.php on line 108

[06-Feb-2025 23:02:00 America/Detroit] PHP Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /Users/[redacted]/Sites/[redacted]/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/db/Command.php on line 1331

[06-Feb-2025 23:08:45 America/Detroit] PHP Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /Users/[redacted]/Sites/[redacted]/vendor/symfony/finder/Iterator/DepthRangeFilterIterator.php on line 46

"It looks like there was an issue verifying your sign-up."

[kjmartens]

Looks like maybe your environment isn't liking a number of files. We'll check into this again shortly.

[kjmartens]

Reviewing this again, I see that the files you reference are not part of Freeform. Can you share the full stack trace of the error you get to see where/if Freeform is causing the issue? 🙂

Thanks!

[vonscriptor]

The only way I'm able to get a Freeform submission to work is by disabling "Store Submitted Data for this Form". The Notifications will work as normal.

I tried creating a new form with one default text field and a submit button, AJAX / no AJAX, no notifications, no rules, no integrations. Disabling "Store Submitted Data for this Form" was the only way for me to get around the timeout.

The timeout is inconsistent in what it reports. My uninformed guess would be because when Freeform tries to store the submission in the database it's causing Craft to attempt things over and over until it the timeout and the stack trace is just where it was in the process at that moment. Here are 2 times in my testing just now that showed a stack trace with Freeform:

1. HashHelper.php on line 66
2. SessionContext.php on line 198

Hopefully this is helpful! Let me know what else I can do. Thanks!

[kjmartens]

Thanks @vonscriptor.

However, would you be able to copy and paste the entire thing? 🙂

[vonscriptor]

Just sent a support email. When you reply I can attach a bunch of screenshots for reference.

[seandelaney]

@vonscriptor

Can you share the contents of /dist/js/freeform-recaptcha_v3.js file please? Relpace recaptcha key/secret with XXX or something.

[seandelaney]

@vonscriptor

Can you edit this file locally:

https://github.com/solspace/craft-freeform/blob/v5/packages/plugin/src/Library/Helpers/AttributeHelper.php

Just before line #19, add var_dump($attribute);die();

Tell me what outputs please? I want to see what $attribute is coming back as?

[vonscriptor]

@seandelaney I do have /web/dist/js/freeform-recaptcha_v3.js (and a .js.gz), but is this being used?

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t||((t=document.createElement("textarea")).dataset.recaptcha="",t.name="g-recaptcha-response",t.style.visibility="hidden",t.style.position="absolute",t.style.top="-9999px",t.style.left="-9999px",t.style.width="1px",t.style.height="1px",t.style.overflow="hidden",t.style.border="none",n.appendChild(t)),t}(e),!a||e.isBackButtonPressed?[2]:[4,(0,r._V)(e.form,!0)]):[2,null];case 1:return c.sent(),i=(0,r.zi)(o),f=i.sitekey,s=i.action,[4,new Promise((function(e){grecaptcha.ready((function(){return n(void 0,void 0,void 0,(function(){var r;return t(this,(function(n){switch(n.label){case 0:return[4,grecaptcha.execute(f,{action:s})];case 1:return r=n.sent(),a.value=r,e(),[2]}}))}))}))}))];case 2:return[2,c.sent()]}}))}))}))}))}();

When adding var_dump($attribute);die(); to /vendor/solspace/craft-freeform/packages/plugin/src/Library/Helpers/AttributeHelper.php before line 19 it outputs:
object(ReflectionAttribute)#271 (0) { }

If I put it before the foreach and output the $attributes is outputs: array(3) { [0]=> object(ReflectionAttribute)#271 (0) { } [1]=> object(ReflectionAttribute)#272 (0) { } [2]=> object(ReflectionAttribute)#273 (0) { } }

[seandelaney]

@vonscriptor Is this for a form that is causing max timeout errors?

I want to try and catch what the $attributes are when the error triggers.

[vonscriptor]

@seandelaney

Two things for you…

1. If I remove the die(); and load the page with the form it outputs:
   (I used AI to redact the file paths.)

An Error occurred while handling another error:
yii\web\HeadersAlreadySentException: Headers already sent in [REDACTED_PATH]/AttributeHelper.php on line 19. 
in [REDACTED_PATH]/Response.php:369
Stack trace:
#0 [REDACTED_PATH]/Response.php(342): yii\web\Response->sendHeaders()
#1 [REDACTED_PATH]/ErrorHandler.php(136): yii\web\Response->send()
#2 [REDACTED_PATH]/ErrorHandler.php(226): yii\web\ErrorHandler->renderException(Object(yii\base\ErrorException))
#3 [REDACTED_PATH]/ErrorHandler.php(152): craft\web\ErrorHandler->renderException(Object(yii\base\ErrorException))
#4 [REDACTED_PATH]/ErrorHandler.php(102): yii\base\ErrorHandler->handleException(Object(yii\base\ErrorException))
#5 [internal function]: craft\web\ErrorHandler->handleException(Object(yii\base\ErrorException))
#6 {main}

Previous exception:
yii\base\ErrorException: session_name(): Session name cannot be changed after headers have already been sent 
in [REDACTED_PATH]/Session.php:357
Stack trace:
#0 [REDACTED_PATH]/ErrorHandler.php(115): yii\base\ErrorHandler->handleError(2, 'session_name():...', '[REDACTED_PATH]', 357)
#1 [internal function]: craft\web\ErrorHandler->handleError(2, 'session_name():...', '[REDACTED_PATH]', 357)
#2 [REDACTED_PATH]/Session.php(357): session_name('CraftSessionId')
#3 [REDACTED_PATH]/Component.php(180): yii\web\Session->setName('CraftSessionId')
#4 [REDACTED_PATH]/BaseYii.php(557): yii\base\Component->__set('name', 'CraftSessionId')
#5 [REDACTED_PATH]/BaseObject.php(107): yii\BaseYii::configure(Object(craft\web\Session), Array)
#6 [internal function]: yii\base\BaseObject->__construct(Array)
#7 [REDACTED_PATH]/Container.php(419): ReflectionClass->newInstanceArgs(Array)
#8 [REDACTED_PATH]/Container.php(170): yii\di\Container->build('craft\\web\\Sessi...', Array, Array)
#9 [REDACTED_PATH]/BaseYii.php(365): yii\di\Container->get('craft\\web\\Sessi...', Array, Array)
#10 [REDACTED_PATH]/Craft.php(71): yii\BaseYii::createObject(Array, Array)
#11 [REDACTED_PATH]/app.web.php(30): Craft::createObject(Array)
#12 [internal function]: {closure}()
#13 [REDACTED_PATH]/Container.php(633): call_user_func_array(Object(Closure), Array)
#14 [REDACTED_PATH]/BaseYii.php(349): yii\di\Container->invoke(Object(Closure), Array)
#15 [REDACTED_PATH]/ServiceLocator.php(137): yii\BaseYii::createObject(Object(Closure))
#16 [REDACTED_PATH]/Module.php(766): yii\di\ServiceLocator->get('session', true)
#17 [REDACTED_PATH]/Application.php(380): yii\base\Module->get('session', true)
#18 [REDACTED_PATH]/Application.php(178): craft\web\Application->get('session')
#19 [REDACTED_PATH]/Session.php(112): yii\web\Application->getSession()
#20 [REDACTED_PATH]/Session.php(133): craft\helpers\Session::session()
#21 [REDACTED_PATH]/Session.php(92): craft\helpers\Session::exists()
#22 [REDACTED_PATH]/User.php(528): craft\helpers\Session::has('__duration')
#23 [REDACTED_PATH]/User.php(199): craft\web\User->renewAuthStatus()
#24 [REDACTED_PATH]/Upvote.php(100): yii\web\User->getIdentity()
#25 [internal function]: doublesecretagency\upvote\Upvote->doublesecretagency\upvote\{closure}(Object(yii\base\Event))
#26 [REDACTED_PATH]/Component.php(641): call_user_func(Object(Closure), Object(yii\base\Event))
#27 [REDACTED_PATH]/ApplicationTrait.php(547): yii\base\Component->trigger('init', Object(yii\base\Event))
#28 [REDACTED_PATH]/ApplicationTrait.php(1633): craft\web\Application->trigger('init')
#29 [REDACTED_PATH]/Application.php(110): craft\web\Application->_postInit()
#30 [REDACTED_PATH]/BaseObject.php(109): craft\web\Application->init()
#31 [REDACTED_PATH]/Application.php(204): yii\base\BaseObject->__construct(Array)
#32 [internal function]: yii\base\Application->__construct(Array)
#33 [REDACTED_PATH]/Container.php(419): ReflectionClass->newInstanceArgs(Array)
#34 [REDACTED_PATH]/Container.php(170): yii\di\Container->build('craft\\web\\Appli...', Array, Array)
#35 [REDACTED_PATH]/BaseYii.php(365): yii\di\Container->get('craft\\web\\Appli...', Array, Array)
#36 [REDACTED_PATH]/Craft.php(71): yii\BaseYii::createObject(Array, Array)
#37 [REDACTED_PATH]/bootstrap.php(343): Craft::createObject(Array)
#38 [REDACTED_PATH]/web.php(40): require('[REDACTED_PATH]')
#39 [REDACTED_PATH]/index.php(11): require('[REDACTED_PATH]')
#40 [REDACTED_PATH]/server.php(110): require('[REDACTED_PATH]')
#41 {main}

2. When I add the var_dump in it just outputs that rather then rendering the page. If I load the page without it then add the var_dump in the AttributeHelper.php then submit the form here is what is shown in the console…

$attributes dump:

$attribute from within the foreach dump

Let me know what else I can test. I'd be happy to hop on a screenshare as I think that could be much more proficient.