REST API call will fail and time out with 504(Gateway Timeout) status Code

Issue Summary

The issue is that when making a REST API call to retrieve records using the endpoint /wiki/rest/api/content will timeout with 504 when the start position is 3000 or more.
For example:

Steps to Reproduce

1. Using postman make the following call to fetch contents
2. https://SITENAME.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content?expand=metadata.currentuser.viewed,history.lastUpdated.when&limit=200&start=3400

Expected Results

should return results with a 200 status code.

Actual Results

Return 504 gateway timeout.

Workaround

Currently there is no known workaround for this behavior. A workaround will be added here when available