Goliath API with_api call succeeding although it shouldn't

timeout.rb

require 'goliath'
require 'eventmachine'
require 'em-synchrony'
require 'em-synchrony/em-hiredis'

class Server < Goliath::API
  
  def response(env)
    @redis = EM::Hiredis.connect
    @redis.brpop "waiting_for_ever", 0
    
    [200, {}, "popped!"]
  end
  
end

timeout_spec.rb

require './timeout'
require 'goliath/test_helper'

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.include Goliath::TestHelper
  config.treat_symbols_as_metadata_keys_with_true_values = true
end

describe Server do
  
  it "should wait for ever" do
    with_api(Server) do
      get_request :path => "/" do
        puts "Request returned.."
      end
    end
  end
  
end