Add better error handling in actions

[k88hudson]

Right now if actions resolve with errors nothing is actually set in state/no errors are displayed; we should handle these better. Not sure what the current UX is for this in the new tab page

[k88hudson]

We also discussed:

• Adding timeouts in response is never received
• Have a retry count

We should have some kind of abstraction/common function for all actions that send requests and expect responses