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Proposal to Add Timeout Option to HttpClient Interface for Simplified Request Error Handling

We're looking at the best way to handle

HttpClient

HttpClient

timeouts. While composing the client like Struggling to Implement Request Timeout in Discord Client works, it would be useful to add a

timeout

timeout

option to the send methods on the

HttpClient

HttpClient

interface (similar to how

fetch

fetch

has a

signal

signal

option) to simplify creating the

RequestError

RequestError

. It could also be an option on

HttpClientRequest

HttpClientRequest

itself. I'm happy to open a PR to add this, but has it been discussed/thought about before?