Say a timeout is not a failure, and where the controller keeps the answer (hq issue 265)

node-tools/internal/console/refusal_test.go

@@ -20,3 +20,18 @@ func TestARefusalIsSaidOnlyForTheBussOwn(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// **A timeout says it is not a failure** (novox/hq issue 265): a push that outlasted the wait had
+// pushed, and the caller read "did not answer in time". And from the controller, where its answer is.
+func TestATimeoutIsNotAFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	got := whyItFailed("seat:mesh-controller.push", errors.New("timeout"))
+	for _, want := range []string{"not a failure", "may already have done", "mesh-controller.calls"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("a controller timeout does not say %q: %s", want, got)
+		}
+	}
+	if other := whyItFailed("novox/postgres.postgres_list_databases", errors.New("timeout")); !strings.Contains(other, "not a failure") ||
+		strings.Contains(other, "calls") {
+		t.Errorf("a module's timeout: %s", other)
+	}
+}