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I tried using the timeout option on $.ajax and it just didn't seem to
work.
I think I tracked it down, since xhr gets set to null in
onreadystatechange( "timeout" );,
if ( xhr ) xhr.abort(); never runs and therefor the ajax call never
gets cancelled. Is this a bug or is it how it is meant to work?
It works (closes the connection) if you move xhr.abort(); before
running onreadystatechange.
Line: 3486
if ( s.async ) {
    // don't attach the handler to the request, just poll it instead
    var ival = setInterval(onreadystatechange, 13);
        // Timeout checker
    if ( s.timeout > 0 )
        setTimeout(function(){
            // Check to see if the request is still happening
            if ( xhr ) {
                if( !requestDone )
                    onreadystatechange( "timeout" );
                    // Cancel the request
                if ( xhr )
                    xhr.abort();
            }
        }, s.timeout);
}