From 4acf5936c5fce267f1f0551b97135cd562482e0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pat Hartl <pat@pathar.tl>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:01:34 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add shorter timeout for server notifications

---
 LANCommander.SDK/Clients/GameClient.cs | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/LANCommander.SDK/Clients/GameClient.cs b/LANCommander.SDK/Clients/GameClient.cs
index ba4a507e..dcc52f5e 100644
--- a/LANCommander.SDK/Clients/GameClient.cs
+++ b/LANCommander.SDK/Clients/GameClient.cs
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ namespace LANCommander.SDK.Services
         private const string PlayerAliasFilename = "PlayerAlias";
         private const string KeyFilename = "Key";
 
+        private static readonly TimeSpan ServerNotificationTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15);
+
         private TrackableStream _transferStream;
         private IAsyncReader _reader;
 
@@ -519,6 +521,8 @@ namespace LANCommander.SDK.Services
             
             logger?.LogTrace("Signaling to the server that we started the game...");
 
+            using var timeout = new CancellationTokenSource(ServerNotificationTimeout);
+
             try
             {
                 await apiRequestFactory
@@ -526,6 +530,7 @@ namespace LANCommander.SDK.Services
                     .UseAuthenticationToken()
                     .UseVersioning()
                     .UseRoute($"/api/Games/{id}/Started")
+                    .UseCancellationToken(timeout.Token)
                     .GetAsync<object>();
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
@@ -541,13 +546,16 @@ namespace LANCommander.SDK.Services
             
             logger?.LogTrace("Signaling to the server that we stopped the game...");
 
+            using var timeout = new CancellationTokenSource(ServerNotificationTimeout);
+
             try
-            { 
+            {
                 await apiRequestFactory
                     .Create()
                     .UseAuthenticationToken()
                     .UseVersioning()
                     .UseRoute($"/api/Games/{id}/Stopped")
+                    .UseCancellationToken(timeout.Token)
                     .GetAsync<object>();
             }
             catch (Exception ex)