Saving the final changes for the night.

src/lib/ae_api/api_post_object.ts

@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ export const post_object = async function post_object({
     for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= retry_count; attempt++) {
         try {
             const controller = new AbortController();
+            const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
+                console.error('API POST request timed out.');
+                controller.abort();
+            }, 20000); // 20-second timeout
+
             const fetchOptions: RequestInit = {
                 method: 'POST',
                 headers: headers_cleaned,
@@ -108,6 +113,7 @@ export const post_object = async function post_object({
             }
 
             const response = await fetch(url.toString(), fetchOptions);
+            clearTimeout(timeoutId); // Clear the timeout if the request completes in time
 
             if (log_lvl) {
                 console.log(`Response: status=${response.status} attempt=${attempt}`);