diff --git a/libraries/CMakeLists.txt b/libraries/CMakeLists.txt
index f9547a4f9ef0..c5edae0b00b2 100644
--- a/libraries/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libraries/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ set( LIBRARIES
    lib-music-information-retrieval
    lib-crypto
    lib-fft
+   lib-concurrency
 )
 
 if ( ${_OPT}use_lv2 )
diff --git a/libraries/lib-concurrency/CMakeLists.txt b/libraries/lib-concurrency/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0ffc97525285
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/lib-concurrency/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+# SPDX-FileName: CMakeLists.txt
+# SPDX-FileContributor: Dmitry Vedenko
+#[[
+A set of concurrency primitives
+]]
+
+set( SOURCES
+   concurrency/CancellationContext.cpp
+   concurrency/CancellationContext.h
+   concurrency/ICancellable.h
+)
+set( LIBRARIES
+   PUBLIC
+)
+audacity_library( lib-concurrency "${SOURCES}" "${LIBRARIES}"
+   "" "" )
diff --git a/libraries/lib-concurrency/concurrency/CancellationContext.cpp b/libraries/lib-concurrency/concurrency/CancellationContext.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..828f8eaca699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/lib-concurrency/concurrency/CancellationContext.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ * SPDX-FileName: CancellationContext.cpp
+ * SPDX-FileContributor: Dmitry Vedenko
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "CancellationContext.h"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+
+#include "ICancellable.h"
+
+namespace audacity::concurrency
+{
+CancellationContext::CancellationContext(Tag)
+{
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<CancellationContext> CancellationContext::Create()
+{
+   return std::make_shared<CancellationContext>(Tag {});
+}
+
+void CancellationContext::Cancel()
+{
+   if (mCancelled.exchange(true))
+      return;
+
+   std::vector<CancellableWPtr> cancellableObjects;
+
+   {
+      auto lock = std::lock_guard { mCancellableObjectsMutex };
+      std::swap(cancellableObjects, mCancellableObjects);
+   }
+
+   std::for_each(
+      cancellableObjects.begin(), cancellableObjects.end(),
+      [](auto& wptr)
+      {
+         if (auto lock = wptr.lock())
+            lock->Cancel();
+      });
+}
+
+void CancellationContext::OnCancelled(CancellableWPtr cancellable)
+{
+   auto locked = cancellable.lock();
+   if (!locked)
+      return;
+
+   if (mCancelled.load(std::memory_order_acquire))
+   {
+      locked->Cancel();
+      return;
+   }
+
+   auto lock = std::lock_guard { mCancellableObjectsMutex };
+   mCancellableObjects.erase(
+      std::remove_if(
+         mCancellableObjects.begin(), mCancellableObjects.end(),
+         [](auto& wptr) { return wptr.expired(); }),
+      mCancellableObjects.end());
+
+   mCancellableObjects.push_back(std::move(cancellable));
+}
+} // namespace audacity::concurrency
diff --git a/libraries/lib-concurrency/concurrency/CancellationContext.h b/libraries/lib-concurrency/concurrency/CancellationContext.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d27a96cd18db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/lib-concurrency/concurrency/CancellationContext.h
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ * SPDX-FileName: CancellationContext.h
+ * SPDX-FileContributor: Dmitry Vedenko
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <atomic>
+#include <memory>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace audacity::concurrency
+{
+class ICancellable;
+
+class CancellationContext;
+using CancellationContextPtr = std::shared_ptr<CancellationContext>;
+
+class CONCURRENCY_API CancellationContext final
+{
+   struct Tag final
+   {
+   };
+
+public:
+   explicit CancellationContext(Tag);
+
+   CancellationContext(const CancellationContext&)            = delete;
+   CancellationContext(CancellationContext&&)                 = delete;
+   CancellationContext& operator=(const CancellationContext&) = delete;
+   CancellationContext& operator=(CancellationContext&&)      = delete;
+
+   [[nodiscard]] static CancellationContextPtr Create();
+
+   void Cancel();
+
+   using CancellableWPtr = std::weak_ptr<ICancellable>;
+   void OnCancelled(CancellableWPtr cancellable);
+
+private:
+   std::atomic<bool> mCancelled { false };
+
+   std::mutex mCancellableObjectsMutex;
+   std::vector<CancellableWPtr> mCancellableObjects;
+}; // struct CancellationContext
+} // namespace audacity::concurrency
diff --git a/libraries/lib-concurrency/concurrency/ICancellable.h b/libraries/lib-concurrency/concurrency/ICancellable.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..83be9223b4a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/lib-concurrency/concurrency/ICancellable.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ * SPDX-FileName: ICancellable.cpp
+ * SPDX-FileContributor: Dmitry Vedenko
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+namespace audacity::concurrency
+{
+class CONCURRENCY_API ICancellable
+{
+public:
+   virtual ~ICancellable() = default;
+
+   virtual void Cancel() = 0;
+};
+} // namespace audacity::concurrency
diff --git a/libraries/lib-network-manager/CMakeLists.txt b/libraries/lib-network-manager/CMakeLists.txt
index 9799095c2a50..161e35a38dbc 100644
--- a/libraries/lib-network-manager/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libraries/lib-network-manager/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,13 +39,14 @@ set( SOURCES
 set ( LIBRARIES
     lib-string-utils-interface
     lib-preferences-interface
+    lib-concurrency-interface
 PRIVATE
     CURL::libcurl
     threadpool::threadpool
     lib-exceptions-interface
 )
 
-set ( DEFINES INTERFACE "HAS_NETWORKING" )
+set ( DEFINES INTERFACE "HAS_NETWORKING" PRIVATE "WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN" )
 
 
 audacity_library( ${TARGET} "${SOURCES}" "${LIBRARIES}" "${DEFINES}" "" )
diff --git a/libraries/lib-network-manager/IResponse.cpp b/libraries/lib-network-manager/IResponse.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/libraries/lib-network-manager/IResponse.h b/libraries/lib-network-manager/IResponse.h
index 3b00cf1bedef..dba3cad136e2 100644
--- a/libraries/lib-network-manager/IResponse.h
+++ b/libraries/lib-network-manager/IResponse.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 #include "NetworkManagerApi.h"
 
+#include "concurrency/ICancellable.h"
+
 namespace audacity
 {
 namespace network_manager
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ enum
 
 
 //! Interface, that provides access to the data from the HTTP response
-class NETWORK_MANAGER_API IResponse
+class NETWORK_MANAGER_API IResponse : public concurrency::ICancellable
 {
 public:
     using RequestCallback = std::function<void (IResponse*)>;
@@ -174,6 +176,11 @@ class NETWORK_MANAGER_API IResponse
 
         return result;
     }
+
+    void Cancel() override
+    {
+        abort();
+    }
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/libraries/lib-network-manager/curl/CurlResponseFactory.cpp b/libraries/lib-network-manager/curl/CurlResponseFactory.cpp
index 8c5ba62e6041..26dcacbcb51a 100644
--- a/libraries/lib-network-manager/curl/CurlResponseFactory.cpp
+++ b/libraries/lib-network-manager/curl/CurlResponseFactory.cpp
@@ -7,15 +7,14 @@
 
  Dmitry Vedenko
  **********************************************************************/
-
 #include "CurlResponseFactory.h"
 
-#include <algorithm>
-
 #include "CurlResponse.h"
 #include "MultipartData.h"
 #include "RequestPayload.h"
 
+#include "ThreadPool/ThreadPool.h"
+
 namespace audacity
 {
 namespace network_manager
@@ -33,6 +32,10 @@ CurlResponseFactory::CurlResponseFactory ()
 
 }
 
+CurlResponseFactory::~CurlResponseFactory ()
+{
+}
+
 void CurlResponseFactory::setProxy (const std::string& proxy)
 {
     mHandleManager->setProxy (proxy);
diff --git a/libraries/lib-network-manager/curl/CurlResponseFactory.h b/libraries/lib-network-manager/curl/CurlResponseFactory.h
index 40aaa18f339d..c785f6e19892 100644
--- a/libraries/lib-network-manager/curl/CurlResponseFactory.h
+++ b/libraries/lib-network-manager/curl/CurlResponseFactory.h
@@ -10,15 +10,13 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <thread>
-#include <vector>
 #include <memory>
-#include <mutex>
 
 #include "../IResponseFactory.h"
 
 #include "CurlHandleManager.h"
-#include "ThreadPool/ThreadPool.h"
+
+class ThreadPool;
 
 namespace audacity
 {
@@ -29,6 +27,7 @@ class CurlResponseFactory final : public IResponseFactory
 {
 public:
 	CurlResponseFactory ();
+   ~CurlResponseFactory ();
 
 	void setProxy (const std::string& proxy) override;