What is the “Context Deadline Exceeded” error?

Upon attempting to pin an object to your Infura IPFS instance, which was not originally uploaded through the Infura IPFS service, you might encounter the following error:

{"Message":"pin: context deadline exceeded","Code":0,"Type":"error"}

When pinning an object not originally uploaded through the Infura IPFS service, Infura has to find and download the requested file from the IPFS network. If Infura cannot get this file within 60 seconds, the above error will be thrown.