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Re: Very strange connection issue with subversion

From: Frank Liu - Orite Group <frank_at_orite.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2017 08:34:29 +1100

Hi All,

Miracle happens, the strange problem mentioned below seems resolved it
self now, after hours of troubleshoot and hair pulling.

I guess it was some network packet filtering issue on one of the ISP's
routers.

Just for the record, the problem lasted over 25 hours, and we spent at
least 3 hours trying to find the cause.

Have a good weekend everyone!

kind regards,

Frank Liu

Orite Group Pty Ltd
http://www.orite.com.au
e-mail: frank_at_orite.com
tel: +61(2) 8090 2030 ext. 100
fax: +61(2) 8212 9543
mob: 0414 583 962

On 2/12/2017 12:47 AM, Frank Liu - Orite Group wrote:
>
> Hi There
>
> We had a really strange issue with subversion.
>
> The server side is running on Linux with svnserve daemon on the
> default svn port tcp 3690, with latest stable version 1.9.7
>
> We have clients on both Linux and Windows (TortoiseSVN), all of them
> are on version 1.9.7 as well.
>
> The issue started with one of the the repository on a Linux client
> were not able to commit, with connection timed out. However committing
> from Windows client to the same repository is fine, and updating the
> working copy from repository is also fine for both Linux and Windows
> clients.
>
> Today I have conducted more tests trying to find the cause of the
> problem, but with not much luck.
>
> Following is a screens shot is from a Linux client, when we trying to
> list content from remote SVN repository directories
>
>
> * first directory listing works fine
> * but the second directory got connection timed out
> * it's no even showing the authentication step
> * hangs for about 5-10 minutes before seeing the connection timed
> out message
> * this observation is not occasional, we have tried at least 10
> time, on different location, and different Linux client machine,
> all result the same
>
> The looks like a repository issue, or network filtering related.
> However the next screen shot makes it even more mysterious.
>
>
> * this test is carried out on a Windows TortoiseSVN clientrunning
> version 1.9.7
> * it's on the same local network as the previous Linux client
> * it lists the exact same directory as the previous test with no
> problem at all
>
> On other Linux client test of the same repository, we also got timed
> out on update and commit actions on certain directories, however all
> tests from Windows client are successful.
>
> We have done few other tests including disabling firewalls, check tcp
> dumps, enable server logs on svnserve, but couldn't find anything useful.
>
> We've been running SVN since 1.1, this is the first major instance
> we've ever faced, and haven't had a clue about.
>
> Thanks for reading so far. It would be much appreciated if anyone
> could shed some light on how to debug from clients or server for these
> kind of wired connection issues to track down the root cause.
>
> --
>
> kind regards,
>
> Frank Liu
>
> Orite Group Pty Ltd
> http://www.orite.com.au
> e-mail: frank_at_orite.com
> tel: +61(2) 8090 2030 ext. 100
> fax: +61(2) 8212 9543
> mob: 0414 583 962
>
Received on 2017-12-01 22:34:41 CET

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