1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/packages/meshbay-client/src/main.js b/packages/meshbay-client/src/main.js
index 8e11f1f..6228189 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-client/src/main.js
+++ b/packages/meshbay-client/src/main.js
@@ -252,6 +252,10 @@ function publicKeyB64(privateKey) {
 // full-screen is the whole list.
 const GRANTED_PERMISSIONS = new Set(['fullscreen']);
 
+// No hub call is still going to be answered after this. The hub's longest is
+// signaling a WebRTC offer, which gives up at fifteen seconds of its own.
+const HUB_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS = 30000;
+
 // ── Window ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 let mainWindow = null;
@@ -414,8 +418,18 @@ function registerBridge() {
         method: (init && init.method) || 'GET',
         headers: (init && init.headers) || {},
         body: (init && init.body) || undefined,
+        // Node's fetch waits as long as the OS lets it, which for a host that
+        // accepts a connection and then says nothing is minutes. The hub's own
+        // longest call is signaling, which gives up at fifteen seconds, so
+        // anything past this is not an answer that is still coming.
+        signal: AbortSignal.timeout(HUB_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS),
       });
     } catch (e) {
+      if (e && (e.name === 'TimeoutError' || e.name === 'AbortError')) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `${target.origin} accepted the connection but did not answer within `
+          + `${Math.round(HUB_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS / 1000)}s.`);
+      }
       // Node's fetch says "fetch failed" for everything from a refused
       // connection to a TLS mismatch, which tells a person nothing at all.
       throw new Error(describeUnreachable(target.origin, e));