[Webtest] NoHttpResponseException ... how to handle/explain it?

Karel Soupal karels@ework.cz
Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:31:14 +0200


Hi,

this seems to be relevant to my case ... so how to tackle the AutoRetry?=
 ..
in the meantime ... I can try to save the tcpdump of such a failure ... =
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would it be of any help ...?

Dne Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:23:41 +0200 Marc Guillemot <mguillemot@yahoo.fr>=
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napsal/-a:

> Hi,
>
> can you look at following HtmlUnit issue and tell me if it could apply=

> for you:
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=3Ddetail&aid=3D1753734&g=
roup_id=3D47038&atid=3D448266
>
> If you have often the problem, we could try to configure the AutoRetry=

> handler.
>
> Cheers,
> Marc.
>
> Karel Soupal wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have experienced the same problems that are described in this issue=
:
>> http://webtest-community.canoo.com/jira/browse/WT-296
>>
>> The reason why I am writing into the group is I would like to discuss=
 it
>> a bit further. To sum up ... running the same test again and again th=
ere
>> are random occurences of the NoHttpResponseException, that fails the
>> test. The tricky thing is it always fails on a different place of the=

>> very same test i.e. the occurence of the exception is not driven by t=
he
>> test or the content or availability of the web pages, but by some oth=
er
>> reason. I would like to understand it but I only have those ideas:
>>
>> - the tested server fails to serve the Canoo tests because the reques=
ts
>> come very fast one after another (very unlikely IMHO)
>> - the server that hosts Canoo loses the sync due to the fact it is no=
t
>> powerfull enough HW ... I suspect this migh be the case as the freque=
ncy
>> of the exceptions have gone up for example in case I switch from ERRO=
R
>> to DEBUG level logging ...
>> - there is some setup / configuration on  Canoo, HTMLUnit, Linux/Wind=
ows
>> that I and the reporter of the above issue have missed and the behavi=
or
>> could be fixed and explained changing something in my env
>>
>> Please, any thoughts on this will be very helpfull,
>>
>> --Karel Soupal
>> http://www.ework.cz
>> Software Testing Services and Solutions
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>
>



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Karel Soupal
http://www.ework.cz
Software Testing Services and Solutions