Initial Codebase (untested)

internal/init.go

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+package internal
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	/*
+	   Safety net for 'too many open files' issue on legacy code.
+	   Set a sane timeout duration for the http.DefaultClient, to ensure idle connections are terminated.
+	   Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37454236/net-http-server-too-many-open-files-error
+	*/
+	http.DefaultClient.Timeout = time.Minute * 5 // Default TCP timeout
+}