Reduce timeout

ammario · ammario · commit 22f02e11c0f8 · 2023-03-13T21:26:57.000-05:00
diff --git a/sloggers/slogstackdriver/slogstackdriver.go b/sloggers/slogstackdriver/slogstackdriver.go
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ import (
 func Sink(w io.Writer) slog.Sink {
 	// When not running in Google Cloud, the default metadata client will
 	// leak a goroutine.
+	//
+	// We use a very short timeout because the metadata server should be
+	// within the same datacenter as the cloud instance.
 	client := metadata.NewClient(&http.Client{
-		Timeout: time.Second * 5,
+		Timeout: time.Second * 3,
 	})
 	projectID, _ := client.ProjectID()
 
