376593 - Load and reload of pages stop working after a period of refreshes because of refresh meta tags

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Rasmus]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3

When I have been on the site of the given URL for some time within the same session (several hours) the browser suddenly won't load new pages or reload ones I'm already visiting. But this is without giving me any error.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Navigate to the given URL (and possibly login on the site)
2. Use the browser normally for hours
3.
Actual Results:  
When I try to reload pages, some images and stylesheets are missing. Some images are replaced by the "Broken image" icon. New pages I navigate to are completely blank.

Expected Results:  
The browser loads and reloads pages and fetches linked resources that are available on the Internet.

I have been able to reproduce the problem with all Firefox 2.x versions on Mac OS X 10.4.7 - 10.4.9 on my MacBook.

Comment 1

[Samuel Sidler (old account; do not CC)]

Can you please link to a site that doesn't require a login and causes this or attach a testcase to this bug that causes this?

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was originally reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.8 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.10 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.