[OSM-talk] Errors on the API

[Dean Earley]

>>> No, I don't mean a response with no data.  I mean no response,
>>> period. The request is sent and JOSM or curl or whatever just
>>> hangs forever waiting for a response which never comes.
>>> 
>>> Have you *never* had that happen to you?
>> 
>> Mine at least have timed out eventually (5 minutes is the longest
>> iirc)
>> 
>> It sounds like you could be behind a proxy that times out sooner
>> but doesn't tell your client about it :|
> 
> There isn't a proxy between me and OSM.  I'd expect to see problems 
> with other applications if there was.

Only in unusual situations.
Pretty much all HTTP requests are satisfied within a second. To a proxy,
several minutes could well be a failure condition.

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