Bug 126123

Summary:	Browsing projects.archlinux.org sometimes hangs entire desktop
Product:	WebKit	Reporter:	Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro>
Component:	WebKitGTK	Assignee:	Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	Critical	CC:	bugzilla, cgarcia, mcatanzaro
Priority:	P2
Version:	528+ (Nightly build)
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git

Description Michael Catanzaro 2013-12-21 13:12:42 PST

Browsing projects at https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git sometimes, but not always, hangs my entire desktop. My lowball guess is that this happens roughly 20% of the time. It can happen on any subpage. This is pretty much the same as Bug #126122, but I have no clue if this is the same problem or a different one.

The first warning sign is that the page is taking unusually long to load (3-4 seconds). If I react very quickly and close the tab or my browser, then the day is saved. Otherwise, I can at first move the mouse pointer very sluggishly, but not click on anything, and then I completely lose control. I have no choice but to hold the power button to shut down my computer.

I've had no success attempting to debug this, since I don't know how to trigger the bug without borking my computer.

webkitgtk3-2.2.3-1.fc20
epiphany-3.10.2-1.fc20

Comment 1 Michael Catanzaro 2014-01-12 14:56:10 PST

https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk?h=packages/libreoffice specifically seems to be a fairly reliable reproducer.

Comment 2 Michael Catanzaro 2014-12-06 08:06:02 PST


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 126122 ***

Comment 3 Michael Catanzaro 2015-01-08 04:54:53 PST

We determined that this issue is most likely related to very large combo boxes. It also is likely to occur on bug reports at bugzilla.redhat.com.

Comment 4 Michael Catanzaro 2015-05-11 13:50:01 PDT

This site got a small redesign and the bug no longer occurs, as far as I can tell.