277015 - browser hangs upon accessing this URL

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Doug Shelton]

firefox on BeOS (both netserver and BONE) hang when accessing this URL and other
SSL sites.  Site also hangs with mozilla 1.85a netserver build running under
BONE.  Does not hang with 1.85a netserver build running under BeOS/netserver. 
Note: bug is not consistent across all SSL sites - some work, many do not.

Comment 1

[tqh]

Well, if it's a bug it works sometimes on BONE. First try seemed to hang. Second
time (and when I had connected bdb to firefox-bin) (and let some moz_threads
time out) it worked as supposed presenting a login-page. This is with one of my
AVIARY 1.0 builds (not fit for public).

Comment 2

[tqh]

Attachment: Login-page under BONE

Login-page under BONE

Comment 3

[tqh]

Seems like it may time out on nsHostResolver:getHostToLookup. Although that may
also be because I'm debugging with bdb and had a breakpoint placed. I havn't
looked at that code yet to see if that's possible but it's in a condvar at least.

Comment 4

[tqh]

And seems to stay there if you access it by IP-address as well.

Comment 5

[Niels Reedijk]

Strange, with the latest Firefox 1.1-d2 build on net_server, the page loads like
a little angel (and looks like the one on the screenshot). Strange stuff.

Comment 6

[Doug Shelton]

I've worked with fyysik trying to narrow this; at lease with his latest Mozilla
build, the page will load correctly *one time*; a subsequent "reload" will hang
(sometimes takes 2 reloads, but always hangs).  Deleting then creating a new
profile seems to clear the problem temporarily.  Also, toggling the flag
"network.http.sendSecureXSiteReferrer" then restarting seems to temporarily
clear the problem.  

Comment 7

[Doug Shelton]

WaMu has apparently changed this page over time, as it now works with BeOS Firefox.  Stuart Adam has identified a new testcase:
1) Go to http://www.yahoo.com
2) click "MAIL" button from main page
3) sign into yahoo mail
4) open a message in the Inbox
5) click "Reply" button

Page hangs.
Browser UI is still responsive: back/forward arrows, bookmarks, new tabs, etc. all function.  However, no new network activity appears to occur.  The "hung" process appears stuck on PR_WaitCondVar.

Comment 8

[befuddled]

Using Bone with:

Mozilla/5.0 (BeOS; U; BeOS BePC; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20061106 Minefield/3.0a1

I can reproduce the Yahoo Mail "hang" if I use the standard Yahoo Mail interface, but if I use the "Beta" Yahoo Mail interface, it works. That is, I can reply to mails from that interface without any problem.

Comment 9

[Doug Shelton]

(In reply to comment #8)

> I can reproduce the Yahoo Mail "hang" if I use the standard Yahoo Mail
> interface, 

Yes, Stuart reported the problem using the standard interface.  I've also duplicated it here, using Zeta.

Comment 10

[Kyle Huey (Exited; not receiving bugmail, old account, do not use)]

BeOS is gone.