Request for Feedback on Governance: list_neurons pagination API

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@jasonzhu

currently IC is still using the guaranteed response messaging model - when a canister makes an inter-canister call, it will wait for the response forever, until it hears back from the callee.

What about these cases where a request could fail to be delivered. Do any of these apply to your situation @dfxjesse?

Simply wrapping all asynchronous calls in try/catch should cover request failures.

Messaging guarantees

Thanks a lot for your posts. We hope to be able to clarify all the questions above – in particular why the introduction of timeouts is not a breaking change – with the explanation below. Also, thanks a lot for your suggestions on next steps to discuss. We like the suggestions but would propose to discuss them in separate threads. Canister messaging guarantees The IC protocol provides two guarantees for canister-to-canister messages: Request ordering: Successfully delivered requests are receiv…