Add block-network-request command #600
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This provides a reasonable way to simulate a flakey network, busted deploy, or ad blocker. It lets us actively block a network request that the page makes.
This is the simplest case, but is not the only useful one. It can also block specific files, and it can stack:
Once a block list is added, there's no way to remove it. Flakey network tests will probably be in separate test files, so that shouldn't be a serious weakness.
CC rust-lang/rust#123407