fix(hub): 10s connect timeout in search page, error on unreachable download

Search-page connections (indexing and pool) now time out after 10s
instead of the transport's default 30s, so down nodes are skipped
faster. Downloads show a user-facing error when a group is unreachable.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

2 files changed, 35 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/files-app.js b/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/files-app.js
index 75005e2..3d51e67 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/files-app.js
+++ b/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/files-app.js
@@ -44,9 +44,14 @@ function FilesPanel({
   const downloadFile = useCallback(async (entry) => {
     let transport, gek;
     if (getTransport) {
-      const conn = await getTransport(entry);
-      transport = conn.transport;
-      gek = conn.gek;
+      try {
+        const conn = await getTransport(entry);
+        transport = conn.transport;
+        gek = conn.gek;
+      } catch {
+        setError(t('search.unreachable', { n: 1 }));
+        return;
+      }
     } else {
       transport = transportRef.current;
       gek = gekRef.current;
diff --git a/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/search-page.js b/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/search-page.js
index 5ac3ab6..e61dcd8 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/search-page.js
+++ b/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/search-page.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { transfers } from './transfers.js';
 const BATCH_SIZE = 3;
 const MAX_POOL_SIZE = 3;
 const DEBOUNCE_MS = 200;
+const SEARCH_TIMEOUT = 10000;
 const SEARCH_VIDEO_ROOT = '__search__';
 const SEARCH_AUDIO_ROOT = '__search__';
 const SEARCH_PHOTO_ROOTS = ['__search_photos__'];
@@ -58,9 +59,22 @@ class ConnectionPool {
     const transport = new window.MeshBayTransport(this._hubBase, live);
     transport.onNeedToken = async () => (await ensureFreshToken()) || token;
 
-    await transport.connect(
-      nodesData.nodes[0].node_id, live, groupId, null, null, bundleKey,
-      username, userId, null);
+    let timer;
+    try {
+      await Promise.race([
+        transport.connect(
+          nodesData.nodes[0].node_id, live, groupId, null, null, bundleKey,
+          username, userId, null),
+        new Promise((_, reject) => {
+          timer = setTimeout(() => reject(new Error('Connection timeout')), SEARCH_TIMEOUT);
+        }),
+      ]);
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+    } catch (e) {
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+      try { transport.close(); } catch {}
+      throw e;
+    }
 
     let gek = null;
     if (transport.gekRaw && window.MeshBayCrypto) {
@@ -106,9 +120,16 @@ async function fetchGroupIndex(groupId, token, bundleKey, username, userId) {
   transport.onNeedToken = async () => (await ensureFreshToken()) || token;
 
   try {
-    const ack = await transport.connect(
-      nodesData.nodes[0].node_id, live, groupId, null, null, bundleKey,
-      username, userId, null);
+    let timer;
+    const ack = await Promise.race([
+      transport.connect(
+        nodesData.nodes[0].node_id, live, groupId, null, null, bundleKey,
+        username, userId, null),
+      new Promise((_, reject) => {
+        timer = setTimeout(() => reject(new Error('Connection timeout')), SEARCH_TIMEOUT);
+      }),
+    ]);
+    clearTimeout(timer);
 
     const indexMsg = await transport.fetchIndex();
     const roots = {