Description of problem:

When the console backend cannot be reached, the console front end enters a loop trying to fetch user-settings resulting in high CPU usage for the browser.

Prerequisites (if any, like setup, operators/versions):

Steps to Reproduce

Easier to reproduce in dev env:

1. load up a page
2. disconnect the bridge
3. navigate to the +Add page

Actual results:

Infinite loop of network requests logged in web inspector:

Expected results:

Once an error occurs, the user-settings should enter a stable error state.

Reproducibility (Always/Intermittent/Only Once):

always

Build Details:

4.7.0-0.nightly-2021-01-10-070949

Additional info: