Bug 126123 - Browsing projects.archlinux.org sometimes hangs entire desktop
Summary: Browsing projects.archlinux.org sometimes hangs entire desktop
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: WebKitGTK (show other bugs)
Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
Hardware: PC Linux
: P2 Critical
Assignee: Nobody
URL: https://projects.archlinux.org/svntog...
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Reported: 2013-12-21 13:12 PST by Michael Catanzaro
Modified: 2015-05-11 13:50 PDT (History)
3 users (show)

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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.