<!--IssueSummary start--> <details> <summary> Everyone can contribute. [Help move this issue forward](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/developer-relations/contributor-success/community-contributors-workflows/#contributor-links) while earning points, leveling up and collecting rewards. </summary> - [Close this issue](https://contributors.gitlab.com/manage-issue?action=close&projectId=278964&issueIid=441117) </details> <!--IssueSummary end--> In https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/423108+ params were added to constrain commit searches. This was due to searches timing out. Just providing the user with optional committed_before and committed_after params is not a sufficient UX experience. As suggested in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/423108#note_1754190796 we could enhance the UX by the following: * Capture the Gitaly timeout error and display a more specific error page * On the error page display a message something like "There was a Gitlay timeout. You can consider selecting a limited date range of commits" * Provide a form with from and through date ranges, possibly bounded by the earliest commit, which then submit the same parameters as https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/143354+ Related to: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/143354 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/423108