IMO every operation should have a maximum time to execute, and rejecting an update / response for failure to process fast enough SHOULD be valid, even for a an

IMO every operation should have a maximum time to execute, and rejecting an update / response for failure to process fast enough SHOULD be valid, even for a an otherwise well formed packet. A protocol must be resilient to valid communications failing for arbitrary reasons including operator error or cosmic bit-flips that corrupt the transmission.