nextcloud/server

React gracefully on LDAP timeouts

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#7,091 opened on Nov 7, 2017

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Description

When the LDAP server isn't reacting we should react gracefully and not make the requests to the server timeout. – Maybe show the maintenance page or so?

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Research direction
Examine LDAP timeout handling in the codebase and implement graceful degradation, such as displaying a maintenance page.
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php
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backend
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2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Mostly clear
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PHP
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75