The connection probe (getinfo) used a 30s request timeout, so when something on
the local RPC port accepts TCP but never answers — a daemon still loading the
block index, or a wedged/foreign occupant — every attempt blocked the full 30s
before the wallet could retry or update its status. That is the "stuck, timing
out every 30s" behaviour users hit.
A healthy local daemon answers getinfo in milliseconds, and a warming one
returns -28 just as fast, so a long hang on localhost only ever means trouble.
Probe localhost with an 8s timeout (remote/TLS keeps the 30s budget). The
per-call override restores the persistent 30s afterwards, so normal RPC calls
that legitimately take longer are unaffected — only the probe fails faster, so
the wallet retries promptly and reflects "initializing" / recovery within
seconds of the daemon becoming ready.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
DanS
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