[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 20463] New: Safari short timeout causes many pages to fail to load

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20463

           Summary: Safari short timeout causes many pages to fail to load
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 526+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: Macintosh
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.5
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P4
         Component: New Bugs
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: fabian at mailinator.com


Backstory:
Safari 1 had an annoying bug where it would timeout and fail to load pages
if the server did not respond within 60 seconds. This spawned a number of 
third-party products which hacked a reasonable default back into safari.
Eventually, safari developers realized that this was an unbelievably dumb
idea and set the timeout to 1 year.

Today:
This timeout is back. So access to any page which, say, performs a log
search, or (and this one is a real gem) uploads firmware to a router or
other device, craps out at 60 seconds. If it happens to be a router you
were updating, you are badly and irreversibly screwed. Thus the high
priority assigned to this bug.


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