unsuccessful post request hangs, what gives?

[Travis Altman]

i'm trying to use a post request to authenticate to a web application.
let's say username = alice is valid but username = bob does not exits.
making the request with alice works like a charm but when i try username =
bob it hangs?  any suggestions?
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