Bug 4201 - One slow server can block all Safari windows
Summary: One slow server can block all Safari windows
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: WebKit Misc. (show other bugs)
Version: 312.x
Hardware: Mac OS X 10.3
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Nobody
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Reported: 2005-07-29 09:40 PDT by towb
Modified: 2008-02-22 16:17 PST (History)
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Description towb 2005-07-29 09:40:33 PDT 
If one of many Safari windows loads from a slow server all other windows (loading from much faster 
servers or even the file system) will be just as slow.

Just open a few (eg 4) sites in different windows, and pick a slow one: 4 blank windows. Wait 10sec, 
nothing will  change. Then cancel opening the slow one and within less than a second all other windows 
will complete loading!

It's especially obvious with ssl, as Safari is extremely slow on https even with fast servers.
Comment 1 Michael J. Cohen 2006-01-10 08:53:57 PST 
reproduced this using a rate-limited apache. nasty.