72918 - HTTP Sessions time out too early

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Networking: HTTP, defect, P4)

Description

[Robert]

/components/nsXmlRpcClient.js contains the line:

     throw Components.Exception('Connection timed out');

for a while loop that checks if(!input.available()) //wait for data
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Is this directly related to the timeout issue? Netscape times out too early for 
my web sever to respond. My webserver wont respond for 3 minutes. Netscape 
always times out after approx 2 min 13 sec. I must fix this.

Comment 1

[Chris McAfee]

networking, over to gagan.

Comment 2

[Robert]

re: bug 36838

Your comment:
------- Additional Comments From ruslan 2000-04-24 18:35 -------

Is it timing out right away or after a while? I just adjusted response
timeout up to 120 seconds by default (it was 30 seconds).


This is a hard coded value? Netscape 6/6.01 times out after 2 min before my
server can respond to it. My server takes up to 3 min to respond. Is there
any way to change this value?
Any way to change this value with javascript? (wishful thinking).

Comment 3

[Robert]

over to ruslan 

Comment 4

[Gagan]

neeti

Comment 5

[Robert]

Where is Netscape 6/6.01 'prefs.js' file???

For earlier versions it was:
\ProgramFiles\Netscape\Users\<user name>\prefs.js

Modifying 'all.js' and even deleting it makes no changes.

Comment 6

[neeti]

prefs.js is in you profile directory. 

Search for users50 directory under winnt.

c:\winnt\profiles\<user>\Application Data\Mozilla\Users50


Neeti

Comment 7

[Keyser Sose]

Is this still a problem?

Comment 8

[Ken Snider]

This sounds like an HTTP conformance issue. I was unable to locate the timeout
specification for a User Agent in the HTTP RFC's, but I *was* able to verify the
timeout values specified by the reporter.

Since this is what the Reporter is alleging, marking NEW. If this is correct
behavior (i.e. mozilla is conforming to spec on how long a timeout should be),
feel free to mark WONTFIX. :)

Comment 9

[neeti]

cc'ing darin

Comment 10

[neeti]

Reporter: Is this still a problem?

Comment 11

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

moving neeti's futured bugs for triaging.

Comment 12

[Michael Graubart]

The comments below seem to refer to Netscape 6. But in Mozilla 2003010908, I get
a 'Timed out' message after about a minute, which prevents slow sites from being
accessed. (This does not happen in Netscape 4.79.)

There is nothing about this in Mozilla Help.

Comment 13

[Darin Fisher]

hmm.. i think the only timeout mozilla explicitly imposes is a 35 second
connection attempt timeout.  if we don't get a connection after 35 seconds, then
you will see that error.  is that how long you are waiting?  it is possible that
the operating system or some lower layer is generating a timeout error as well.

Comment 14

[Michael Graubart]

Darin, no, when I tried it yesterday it took 67 seconds. And since Netscape 4.79
did not impose any 'timed out' limit on the same web-site, I assume that it was
Mozilla and not my system or my ISP that imposed the 67" one when I used Mozilla.

Comment 15

[benc]

Michael, this bug originally is concerned with HTTP session timeout, which is a
timeout from an established TCP/IP connection.

It sounds like you and Darin are talking about a timeout during the initial
connection establishment, which comes from a failure of the three-way handshake.
The timeout would vary by OS (and the apparent latency would also depend on your
DNS performance).

Comment 16

[Michael Graubart]

'Benc', I think you must be right. I tried it again and it took 71 seconds this
time. Also no 'Time out' happens when other slow-loading sites are loading and
the progress bar at the bottom of the screen shows activity.

Comment 17

[benc]

Just to wrap up: over the years I think I have seen two or three bugs that
mentioned the HTTP-level application timeout was either 120 or infinity.

I have not been the lead HTTP tester, so I never nailed this down.

Comment 18

[Louise Cherry]

I don't understand all this stuff on this page but I am having a major problem
with my sites being timed out a lot. Can't get to some of the sites. Please help
me. I have XP. Thank You: Cherry

Comment 19

[benc]

Cherry, please file a new bug. Put a full description of the problem (what you
type, what happens, what you see, etc.)
Most of this bug discusses behavior that was removed a long time ago.