Fix infinite spinner bug

[danfinlay]

We've had some users report issues that show Failed to fetch as an error in the background console.

Seems to suggest we may not be handling some disconnects perfectly.

[danfinlay]

This issue is just for the error that's crashing our provider, causing infinite provider spinners. Can be expanded by #2552.

[Douglasacost]

in my case the issue is caused by the date configuration

[danfinlay]

@Douglasacost could you clarify the date configuration diagnosis?

(Sorry for the late reply)

How do you believe a date configuration would cause this?

[Douglasacost]

@danfinlay in the server the datetime doesn't mismatch from network

[bdresser]

sorry @Douglasacost still not super clear - what server?

[whymarrh]

I think we might be able to close this in favour or some combination of #3253 and #5210, thoughts?

[bdresser]

Sounds good - we opened this when there were a couple live reports of this being a big issue, seems like it's quieted down. We should still implement the global timeout on spinners though.