diff --git a/app/javascript/src/admin/micro-clusters/macroClusters.js b/app/javascript/src/admin/micro-clusters/macroClusters.js
index e080c93ad..53b2dc3ca 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/admin/micro-clusters/macroClusters.js
+++ b/app/javascript/src/admin/micro-clusters/macroClusters.js
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ export const updateMacroCluster = (id, dispatch) => {
 
 const loadMacroClusterPage = async (page) => {
   const response = await getRequest(
-    `/admins/macro_clusters.json?per_page=25&page=${page}`
+    `/admins/macro_clusters.json?per_page=25&page=${page}`,
+    3 // timeout after 3s
   );
   return await response.json();
 };
diff --git a/app/javascript/src/fetch.js b/app/javascript/src/fetch.js
index 8f18d6e14..4d69aa7ba 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/fetch.js
+++ b/app/javascript/src/fetch.js
@@ -1,39 +1,52 @@
 import "whatwg-fetch";
 
-export function deleteRequest(path) {
-  return request(path, "DELETE");
+export function deleteRequest(path, timeout = 30) {
+  return request(path, "DELETE", undefined, timeout);
 }
 
-export function getRequest(path) {
-  return request(path, "GET");
+export function getRequest(path, timeout = 30) {
+  return request(path, "GET", undefined, timeout);
 }
 
-export function postRequest(path, body) {
-  return request(path, "POST", body);
+export function postRequest(path, body, timeout = 30) {
+  return request(path, "POST", body, timeout);
 }
 
-export function putRequest(path, body) {
-  return request(path, "PUT", body);
+export function putRequest(path, body, timeout = 30) {
+  return request(path, "PUT", body, timeout);
 }
 
-function request(path, method, body) {
-  return req(path, method, body);
+function request(path, method, body, timeout) {
+  return req(path, method, body, timeout);
 }
 
-async function req(path, method, body, retries = 3) {
-  const response = await fetch(path, {
-    credentials: "same-origin",
-    method: method,
-    body: JSON.stringify(body),
-    headers: {
-      Accept: "application/vnd.api+json",
-      "Content-Type": "application/vnd.api+json",
-      "X-CSRF-Token": csrfToken()
+async function req(path, method, body, timeout, retries = 3) {
+  let response;
+  try {
+    let extra = {};
+    try {
+      extra = { signal: AbortSignal.timeout(timeout * 1000) };
+    } catch (_e) {
+      // Ignore the error
     }
-  });
-  if (method === "GET" && response.status >= 500 && retries > 0) {
+    response = await fetch(path, {
+      credentials: "same-origin",
+      method: method,
+      body: JSON.stringify(body),
+      headers: {
+        Accept: "application/vnd.api+json",
+        "Content-Type": "application/vnd.api+json",
+        "X-CSRF-Token": csrfToken()
+      },
+      ...extra
+    });
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error("Failed to fetch", e);
+  }
+  const failure = !response || response.status >= 500;
+  if (method === "GET" && failure && retries > 0) {
     console.log("Retrying", path, method, body, retries);
-    return req(path, method, body, retries - 1);
+    return req(path, method, body, timeout, retries - 1);
   } else {
     return response;
   }
diff --git a/eslint.config.mjs b/eslint.config.mjs
index 91dab6b95..6e48275f0 100644
--- a/eslint.config.mjs
+++ b/eslint.config.mjs
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ export default [
   {
     ignores: ["vendor/"]
   },
+  {
+    rules: {
+      "no-unused-vars": ["error", { caughtErrors: "none" }]
+    }
+  },
   {
     files: ["**/*.js", "**/*.jsx"],