# Bug OP-12074 - Gateway timeout when copying work package with many descendants

Project: OpenProject
Status: closed
URL: https://community.openproject.org/work_packages/OP-12074

## Open points

_No work packages_

## Details

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Date |  |
| Priority | Medium |
| Module |  |
| Target versions | 12.5.0 |
| Observed in versions |  |
| Sprint | 12.5.0 |
| Backlog bucket |  |
| Bug found in version (deprecated) |  |
| Found in mobile app version |  |
| Follow-up feedback e-mail |  |
| Requires doc change | No |
| Accessibility | No |
| Pull preview |  |
| List |  |
| Labels |  |

## People

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| Assignee |  |
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| Product manager |  |
| Developers |  |
| Designer |  |
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## Planning

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## Costs

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## Description

### Steps to reproduce

1.  Create a work package
2.  Create many (hundreds) of descendants
3.  Try to copy the work package from 1) to another project

### What is the buggy behavior?

  - Gateway timeout
  - It's not clear if all relevant work packages were copied, but some definitely are copied

### What is the expected behavior?

1.  There should be no timeout

### Environment information

**OpenProject installation type**

- [x] Hosted cloud edition
- [ ] Packaged installation
    - What distribution?
- [ ] Docker All-in-one container
- [ ] Docker-compose installation
- [ ] Other (please specify)

**OpenProject version**

v12.4.5

## Notes

This should happen in a background job just like copying projects.