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Frontier bug
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 by Dave Winer.
Wanted to record this to be sure I get back to it some point. 
Problem is with all HTTP requests emanating from tcp.httpClient.
Setting the timeout has no effect when its not possible to open a connection on the server because tcp.openStream doesn't take a timeout parameter. It's always 20 seconds, near as I can tell.
Once I get back into the C source again I'll have to check this out.
You can see the problem on the log page for rssCloud -- when testing the link back from a remote app registering a handler, the timeout is never less than 20 seconds, even when it's unreachable. I have the timeout param in tcp.httpClient set at 180 ticks (3 seconds), which is plenty to find out if there's anyone at the other end.
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