[tor-bugs] #11612 [meek]: tbb bundle with meek takes (literally) hours to connect

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#11612: tbb bundle with meek takes (literally) hours to connect
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     Reporter:  cypherpunks  |      Owner:  dcf
         Type:  defect       |     Status:  needs_information
     Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:
    Component:  meek         |    Version:
   Resolution:               |   Keywords:
Actual Points:               |  Parent ID:
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Changes (by dcf):

 * status:  new => needs_information


Comment:

 This sounds reminiscent of a bug I thought was fixed in
 https://gitweb.torproject.org/pluggable-
 transports/meek.git/commitdiff/7c84d72e5b92e710ef560f493d836d722a65e4bb:
 receipt of the big data payloads that come during the downloading of
 descriptors was exceeding the HTTP helper's built-in timeout.

 Could you try increasing the internal timeout, and see if it makes a
 change? First, extract the bundle fresh. Then:
 {{{
 cd Data/Browser/profile.meek-http-helper/extensions
 mv meek-http-helper\@bamsoftware.com.xpi meek-http-
 helper\@bamsoftware.com.zip
 unzip -d meek-http-helper\@bamsoftware.com meek-http-
 helper\@bamsoftware.com.zip
 }}}
 Edit the file meek-http-helper at bamsoftware.com/components/main.js and
 increase the timeout on these two lines to 10.0:
 {{{
 MeekHTTPHelper.LOCAL_READ_TIMEOUT = 2.0;
 MeekHTTPHelper.LOCAL_WRITE_TIMEOUT = 2.0;
 }}}
 Then restart the browser.

 The only other thing I can think of is #9229, but that seems unlikely, as
 it only stalls bootstrapping for 60 seconds.

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