BYOC Edge Connector Timeout on Zendesk Widget Integration

Voice & Telephony
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Could someone explain the specific latency thresholds or configuration limits for the BYOC Edge Connector when attempting to bridge a legacy Zendesk Web Widget to a Genesys Cloud Architect flow? We are currently in the final stages of migrating our digital support infrastructure from Zendesk Support to Genesys Cloud Pure Engagement, and while the basic SIP trunks for voice are stable, the digital channel integration is proving to be a significant bottleneck. The migration strategy involves using the Edge Connector to route incoming web chat sessions from the Zendesk widget directly into a Genesys Cloud Flow via the POST /api/v2/analytics/events endpoint for real-time tracking, but we are encountering intermittent 504 Gateway Timeout errors specifically during peak load testing scenarios. The error logs from the Edge Connector indicate that the handshake between the Zendesk API gateway and the Genesys Cloud Edge instance is dropping packets after exactly 30 seconds, which coincides with the default timeout setting for our initial test flows. We have already increased the timeout in the Architect flow to 60 seconds, but the issue persists, suggesting the problem lies within the Edge Connector’s configuration or the underlying network path between our EU-West data center and the Genesys Cloud EU region. The Zendesk side is reporting successful session initiation, but the Genesys Cloud side is not receiving the interaction context, leading to a broken customer experience where the agent sees a disconnected session. We are using the latest version of the BYOC Edge Connector (v2.4.1) and have verified that the firewall rules allow traffic on ports 443 and 8443. Has anyone successfully implemented a similar Zendesk-to-GC digital channel migration using BYOC, and if so, what specific timeout or retry logic adjustments were necessary to handle the initial connection burst without triggering the 504 errors?

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The way I solve this is by:

  • Increasing the timeout to 120s in the Data Action configuration
  • Verifying the Zendesk webhook payload matches the Genesys schema exactly
  • Checking for firewall blocks on port 443 between the edge and Zendesk
  • Reviewing the ServiceNow REST API rate limits if using intermediate ticket creation
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Check your Data Action timeout settings. The default is too low for Zendesk’s variable response times.

  • Set timeout to 120000 in the JSON config.
  • Ensure retry_count is at least 3.
  • Verify the webhook endpoint returns 200 OK immediately, not 202.
{
 "timeout": 120000,
 "retry_count": 3
}