RPT should not report Dropped Connections as Server Timeouts -- a new Error Condition "Dropped Connection" is needed

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The feature that is described in this request based on the updated description is a candidate for a future release.

Looks like we really need three new Error Conditions:
* Connection Timeout
* Server Request Failure
* Dropped Connection

And contrary to the original RFE description, Dropped Connection should be associated with "unexpectedly closed", but NOT be associated with "forcibly closed".

This is due to the latest comments in the associated Case. Here's a summary:

1) Connection Failure is reported when the socket-level connection gets no response from the Server within 25 seconds and is logged as:
a) Connection timed out: no further information

2) Server Timeout is reported after the connection has been made, but the server closes the connection without any response, and one of the following is logged:
a) Unable to successfully establish a connection to web-server
b) An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host

3) Server Timeout is reported when the server closes the connection after sending a partial response:
a) unexpectedly closed the connection while in the process of retrieving

It would seem that the sequence of potential failures should have the following Error Conditions reported as follows:

* 1.a is really a "Connection Timeout" since that's what's logged (this would require a new Error Condition, or rename Connection Failure)
* 2.a is really a "Server Request Failure" not a Server Timeout (this would require a new Error Condition)
* 2.b is really a "Server Request Failure" not a Server Timeout (this would require a new Error Condition)
* 3.a is really a "Dropped Connection" not a Server Timeout (this would require a new Error Condition)
* A "Server Timeout" should only be reported when the server does not complete transmission of the response before RPT gives up due to the value set in either the Test (HTTP Options - Timeout) or in an individual Request within the Test (Request - Advanced - Timeout - Override timeout value).

A "Server Request Failure" could instead be named "Server Response Failure", but "Request" makes more sense since it seems like it's the "Request" that failed.

Do I need a new RFE, or can someone update this one?

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