Fix clearing timeout using clearTimeout

[karankraina]

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[karankraina]

@mcollina Could you please have a look at this. I think we should clear the timeouts using clearTimeout instead of setInterval

[mcollina]

lgtm

[karankraina]

Thanks @mcollina @gurgunday. Checks have completed, it can be merged now.

[Uzlopak]

LGTM

At some Point we switched from a interval to a timeout and never set the right clear function.