stable http transfer

2026-10-30 10:41:56 +01:00
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@@ -31,3 +31,11 @@ The public interface is divided into layers:
 A normal application can use the device-oriented modules without dealing with
 SSDP, SOAP, service control URLs, or DIDL-Lite XML directly. The generic layer
 remains available for inspection and vendor-specific extensions.
+
+SOAP HTTP exchanges and service-description requests have a ten-second
+response deadline. A stalled renderer
+therefore raises a transport failure instead of indefinitely occupying a
+player's transport lock. The private @tt{call-with-http-timeout} procedure
+runs the exchange in a worker, propagates its values or exception and closes
+its HTTP resources. Its @tt{progress!} callback can restart the inactivity
+wait for streaming callers; SOAP calls use a single bounded exchange.