SOCKET_CONNECT_TIMEOUT is the timeout for the connection to be established and SOCKET_TIMEOUT

 

3.2. Socket timeout

Socket timeout can be set using ​​SOCKET_TIMEOUT​​ and ​​SOCKET_CONNECT_TIMEOUT​​ options:

CACHES = {
    "default": {
        # ...
        "OPTIONS": {
            "SOCKET_CONNECT_TIMEOUT": 5,  # in seconds
            "SOCKET_TIMEOUT": 5,  # in seconds
        }
    }
}

​​SOCKET_CONNECT_TIMEOUT​​ is the timeout for the connection to be established and ​​SOCKET_TIMEOUT​​ is the timeout for read and write operations after the connection is established.