changed the while condition for the FSM deciding SW state

teapot.py

@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ async def storm_webdav_state(state, condition, sub):
             "The state of the storm-webdav server for user %s is %s", user, state[user]
         )
 
-        while not (state[user] == "STARTING" or state[user] == "RUNNING"):
+        while not (state[user] == "RUNNING"):
             if state[user] == "NOT RUNNING":
                 state[user] = "STARTING"
                 condition.notify()
@@ -708,6 +708,7 @@ async def storm_webdav_state(state, condition, sub):
                     user,
                     state[user],
                 )
+                break
             elif state[user] == "RUNNING":
                 async with app.state.state_lock:
                     app.state.session_state[user]["last_accessed"] = str(
@@ -817,48 +818,9 @@ async def storm_webdav_state(state, condition, sub):
         return None, port, user
 
     else:
-        running = False
-        loops = 0
-        while not running:
-            await anyio.sleep(1)
-            if loops >= STARTUP_TIMEOUT:
-                logger.debug(
-                    "The webdav instance for user %s is not reachable after %d tries.",
-                    user,
-                    STARTUP_TIMEOUT,
-                )
-                async with condition:
-                    if state[user] == "STARTING" or state[user] == "RUNNING":
-                        state[user] = "NOT RUNNING"
-                    async with app.state.state_lock:
-                        app.state.session_state.pop(user)
-                    logger.debug("The unresponsive webdav instance is removed.")
-                    return None, -1, user
-            try:
-                context1 = ssl.create_default_context()
-                context1.load_verify_locations(
-                    cafile=config["Storm-webdav"]["Storm-webdav_CA"]
-                )
-                resp = httpx.get(
-                    "https://"
-                    + config["Storm-webdav"]["SERVER_ADDRESS"]
-                    + ":"
-                    + str(port)
-                    + "/",
-                    verify=context1,
-                )
-                if resp.status_code >= 200:
-                    running = True
-            except httpx.ConnectError:
-                loops += 1
-                logger.debug(
-                    "Waiting for the webdav instance to start. This is check %d/%d.",
-                    loops,
-                    STARTUP_TIMEOUT,
-                )
         async with condition:
             async with app.state.state_lock:
-                port = app.state.session_state[user].get("port", None)
+                port = app.state.session_state[user].get("port")
             logger.info(
                 "StoRM-WebDAV instance for %s is running on port %d", user, port
             )