private network of nodes running master doesn't allow client requests to complete
According to my bisect, a9172c87 has a bug that will cause application requests by clients to always fail. Reproduced in a private network. I don't have a more thorough analysis at this point, but I believe the relay side is the issue, not the client side.
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