The question is, when I run the program it works, however if wait several seconds between sending response my web server times out and says the ESP32 server not responding. How do I stop the time out problem.

Bill

Hello Bill,
Are you using Google Chrome as your web browser?
Can you try to follow this procedure to add a timeout timer in your code: https://rntlab.com/question/solved-esp32-web-server-drops-connection-crashes/
Adding those lines of code should fix your problem. Let me know your results. Regards,
Rui

Hello Bill,

Are you using Google Chrome as your web browser?

Can you try to follow this procedure to add a timeout timer in your code: https://rntlab.com/question/solved-esp32-web-server-drops-connection-crashes/

Adding those lines of code should fix your problem. Let me know your results. Regards,
Rui

Rui
The code change worked.  Note, when I ran the orig. code on my ipad with google chrome I had no problem. I never had a problem with Windows 8.1 iexplore.  Case closed
BillW 

Thanks for letting me know it worked! For some reason, newer Chrome version or some browser versions leave the connection open. Using that small trick ensure that the connection is always closes after a X number of seconds.
Regards,
Rui