170039 - Redirection limit for this URL exceeded message for several sites.

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core :: Networking: Cookies, defect)

Description

[duane mills]

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/columns/index.html
When I click on a column to read, I get the message "Redirection limit for this
url exceeded. Unable to load the requested page". Nothing I do will allow me to
read a column.

Also:  http://ancestry.com/
When I try to go to this bookmarked site, I get the message: 
"Redirection limit for this url exceeded. Unable to load the requested page".
Sometimes, I can go to preferences and clear the cache and this will correct the
problem, at least for this site.

Sometimes, while on a site that requires me to go to several screens, I will get
the redirection message and can go no further, so must log off.

Note:  Enable all cookies is marked in prefs, but restricted to the liftime of
the current session. I have tried several ways and nothing seems to matter.

Duane Mills
Stavanger, Norway

Comment 1

[Chris Lyon]

->Networking

Comment 2

[Jonathan S Abrams]

WFM Mac OS X v10.1.5 and 1.2a (2002091014).

Comment 3

[Jo Hermans]

According to bug 164236, it might be bug 114709, which was fixed a long time
ago. What version are you using (see Help | About Mozilla) ?

Or, you might be blocking NYTimes cookies, in which case you get an endless
redirection (but that's a fault in the NYTimes webserver). Check if the NYtimes
server isn't listed in the cookie manager (cookie sites tab).

Comment 4

[Patrick]

any relation to bug 117150 ? (Loading URL fails with error message "Redirection
limit for this URL exceeded. Loading aborted.") This bug was traced down to
buggy code on the site

Comment 5

[stevo]

I am also experiencing this issue.  I only see it when visiting
http://www.mycomicspage.com .   In emails with the webmaster for the site,
they're able to access it with Mozilla for Mac OS 9 and other browsers, but has
not been able to test the site with Mozilla for Mac OS X because of "problems on
the Mac."

I have cleared out the disk cache, RAM cache, and deleted any cookies for the
URLs .uclick.com and .mycomicspage.com and I still get the error.

Mac OS X 10.2.1, Mozilla 1.2b 2002101612

Comment 6

[Noah Sager]

I'm also getting this error in Mac OS 10.2.2. It popped-up in build 20021123xx.
(Sorry, can't remember the exact build, but it was on that date.) It happens
when I try to go to www.teoma.com and an internal Apple site. (Sorry again, I
can't post the URL.)

Comment 7

[Darin Fisher]

everyone: please make sure you do not have an restrictive cookie settings that
might prevent pages from loading correctly.  see bug 153888 for more details.

Comment 8

[stevo]

Clearing out all my cookies seems have to resolved the issue for the site I
reported.  Thanks for the info.

Comment 9

[Torben]

*** Bug 183194 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 10

[Tom Everingham]

original reported sites working - marking fixed per comments regarding
increasing redirection limit and unblocking cookies in bug 153888

Comment 11

[Tom Everingham]

v.