Robert Clapp(@RobertClapp):spent yesterday hardening `outpost`'s outbound calls: strict deadlines + smart retries for every external fetch. most calls had no timeout. five were blocking DB operations. a hung X publish could strand a post indefinitely. now, every request needs `timeoutMs`. retries are opt-in & idempotent only. a 500 at publish-time means "MAY be live, check before retrying" to prevent double-posts. the boring plumbing that prevents catastrophic outages.

2026.08.29 14:49

spent yesterday hardening `outpost`'s outbound calls: strict deadlines + smart retries for every external fetch. most calls had no timeout. five were blocking DB operations. a hung X publish could strand a post indefinitely. now, every request needs `timeoutMs`. retries are opt-in & idempotent only. a 500 at publish-time means "MAY be live, check before retrying" to prevent double-posts. the boring plumbing that prevents catastrophic outages.