*
   * Note that transport-layer success (receiving a HTTP response code, headers and body) does not
   * necessarily indicate application-layer success: `response` may still indicate an unhappy HTTP
   * response code like 404 or 500.
   *
   * @throws IOException if the request could not be executed due to cancellation, a connectivity
   *     problem or timeout. Because networks can fail during an exchange, it is possible that the