A Timeout Is Not a Failure. Your Platform Thinks It Is.

Technical failures in payment and order systems often stem from server-side issues rather than user interface errors. In one case, a Flutter app caused double charges because the server lacked idempotency keys to recognize duplicate requests. Similarly, an ERP integration created duplicate purchase orders when a timeout was misinterpreted as a failure, triggering an automatic retry. Both scenarios demonstrate that disabling buttons is insufficient; servers must implement mechanisms to handle retries and network timeouts effectively.