element-hq / element-hq/element-web

CS API reqs which time out produce execrable error messages.

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A-Error-Message O-Occasional S-Minor T-Defect
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Description

### Steps to reproduce

1. Run `/nick Matthew|away`
2. Wait 90s or so
3. Get a dialog which looks like this:
```
Server error
fetch failed: Failed to fetch (matrix-client.matrix.org)
```

### Outcome

#### What did you expect?

"Couldn't change display name: timed out"

or

"Couldn't change display name: something went wrong"

#### What happened instead?

"Server error: fetch failed: Failed to fetch (matrix-client.matrix.org)"

### Operating system

macOS

### Application version

today's nightly

### How did you install the app?

_No response_

### Homeserver

matrix.org

### Will you send logs?

No

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