465532 - Firefox stops responding for ~1min when connected to unstable internet (via wifi)

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Markus]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1b2pre) Gecko/20081118 Minefield/3.1b2pre
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1b2pre) Gecko/20081118 Minefield/3.1b2pre

In school we have a unstable internet connection (it disconnects often, sometimes the internet is really slow,...) via wifi over a proxy and Firefox (all versions I know from 2-3.1b2pre) very often stops to respond for a minute or so, when the site is loading.
Or when the wifi connection breaks while loading a page, firefox also stops to respond for a minute or so.
And this is really annoying and with opera you don't have this problem.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Connect to a unstable internet (via wifi and maybe with a proxy server)
2. Go to any page you want
Actual Results:  
Firefox stops responding for a short time and you can't switch to other tabs or do anything else (1 minute or so)

Expected Results:  
It should respond and you should be able to do anything while ff is loading the page

Comment 1

[Frivolt Gyuri]

I have the same problem. The Firefox hangs if the connection is unstable, or it is lost. Maybe it depends on the openned pages. I have simple pages, and also gmail often openned. Hanging happened for me for wifi and broadband connections.
I use use ubuntu Interpid. My Firefox version is 3.0.10.
I could always only kill Firefox and restart. Really annoying.

I think these bug reeports are about the same: 306464, 417358.

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported using Firefox 3.0 or older, which is no longer supported. The bug has also not been changed in over 500 days and is still in UNCO.
Reporter, please retest this bug in Firefox 3.6.10 or later using a fresh profile, http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/managing+profiles. If you still see this problem, please update the bug. If you no longer see the bug, please set the resolution to RESOLVED, WORKSFORME.

This is a mass search of unconfirmed bugs that have no activity on them, so if you feel a bug was marked in error, just remove the CLOSEME comment in the whiteboard within the next month.

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.12 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.