medusa-ex.clj

(let [res (atom nil)
      response-future (medusa/medusa-future
                         ;; logging the result of client/post shows the correct value
                         (swap! res (fn [_]
                                      (client/post config/rtd-url
                                        {:headers default-headers
                                         :body xml })))]

  ;; this yields nil
  (.get response-future 3000 java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit/MILLISECONDS)
  @res)

Maybe it's throwing an exception? HOw does clojure handle a timeout exception?