ASSERT: make sure you have a connection to a v3 server that's not reachable (ex. launch your local instance, create the connection and shut your server down again) ASSERT: make sure your connection is not unfolded EXEC: in Explorer: unfold your connection and wait until timeout occurrs ASSERT: exception is shown as child of your v3 connection: Result: The exception that is shown does not have any details about the cause and there's no entry about it in the Eclipse log.