Service cannot reach itself via host-port combo

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I have observed that it’s not possible for a service to be able to reach itself via its own internal host-port address, eg. http://api-l4dg:3001. As an example, from the shell of api-l4dg:

render@srv-c0abfrlua9vt7i8f5v2g-b6bfd4d64-s8cnw:~/project/src$ curl --max-time 1 http://api-l4dg:3001/graphql
curl: (28) Connection timed out after 1001 milliseconds

This seems like a bug to me. Is this behavior intentional?

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Try using port 10000 (the default port for Render services). We recently discovered a bug where sometimes the service address is reported incorrectly in the dashboard. We’ll get this fixed soon.

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Does this also affect render.yaml forms like

      - key: API_HOSTPORT
        fromService:
          name: api
          type: web
          property: hostport

I have recently discovered that two of my services from within the same render.yaml project cannot seem to reach each other. Could that be related?

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curl api-l4dg:10000/graphql does work.

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Does this also affect render.yaml forms

For web services, yes, it could be related. Ports for private services should be working properly. We’ll keep you posted on the fix.

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Any ETA on a fix for this? Will port 10000 stop working once the correct port starts working?

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We’re reviewing the suggested change and how it might impact existing users. We’ll ensure that if you use 10000 that it’ll continue to work.

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This worked for me as well.