For whatever reason, I do not have access to that JIRA [perhaps you could give me permission considering I am a Red Hat Employee].
I have changed the visibility of the issue to public; I found out there was no reason why it wasn't in the first place. You should see it now.
I do think failing is an issue in the sense that even if the remote service comes back online, this one never will.
Sounds like a Feature Request to me. ;)