How to test/simulate network errors?

[ThomasH99]

I use parse4cn1 and from time to time I get error an "java.io.IOException: The request timed out." I believe this is because I test with a free cloud server which I assume gets parked and then it doesn't respond fast enough (the error happens frequently on the first use in the morning). I would like to test how my app responds to this in the simulator and before I file an RFE for such a feature, I wanted to hear if there is already a way to simulate such an error? I tried setting the Network to Disconnected in the Simulator but that creates an another error (java.io.IOException: Unreachable).

[shai-almog]

Added a timeout mode to the network simulator: #5407
This would hopefully help you reproduce the problem more easily/consistently in the simulator with the debugger.