From ba231dab79ce66fc14f5560c9c5dd969724d9ade Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lla-dane <abhinavagarwalla6@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 09:36:16 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] added newsfragment

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 newsfragments/696.bugfix.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 newsfragments/696.bugfix.rst

diff --git a/newsfragments/696.bugfix.rst b/newsfragments/696.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..727b0f64
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Add timeout to:
+1. multiselect handshake
+2. query_multistream_command
+3. try_select
+to prevent indefinite hangs when a remote peer does not respond.