{"id":452,"date":"2008-01-24T14:54:50","date_gmt":"2008-01-24T18:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.red-sweater.com\/blog\/452\/nsurlconnection-crashing-epidemic"},"modified":"2008-01-24T14:54:54","modified_gmt":"2008-01-24T18:54:54","slug":"nsurlconnection-crashing-epidemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/452\/nsurlconnection-crashing-epidemic","title":{"rendered":"NSURLConnection Crashing Epidemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m proud to say that all of my apps are pretty solid. They rarely crash. At least, I assume they rarely crash, because I very<\/em> rarely receive crash reports from users. When I do, it’s usually from beta testers before the application has been shared with the general public.<\/p>\n

\nBut after Apple released 10.4.11, I started receiving crash reports at an accelerated pace. The log is the same in every instance, and culminates in what appears to be a threaded NSURLConnection caching operation:\n<\/p>\n

\n-[NSURLConnection(NSURLConnectionInternal) \n\t_didFinishReturnCachedResponse:]\n-[NSHTTPURLProtocol startLoading]\n-[NSURLConnection(NSURLConnectionInternal)\n\t_performOriginLoad]\n<\/pre>\n<\/p>\n
\nNow it so happens that WebKit is the one crashing in many of these cases, but I suspect the problem is more widespread than that. In any case, the problem is definitely more widespread than just MarsEdit. Searching Google reveals a number of similar results<\/a>, from a variety of applications, including Apple’s own.\n<\/p>\n
\nIf you’re a developer and your application uses WebKit or NSURLConnection, chances are you’ve noticed an increase in crash reports, too. Always on 10.4.11, always involving NSURLConnection. If you’re a user running 10.4.11, chances are you’ve noticed that network-enabled applications seem to be a bit more flakey and crash-prone.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe fact that the bug seems to be fixed in Leopard makes me think that this is a bug whose source was identified and fixed. Now the question is, will Apple ever ship a 10.4.12 containing a fix? Or will those users be stuck in crash-ville forever?\n<\/p>\n
\nApple needs to get this fixed. For these poor 10.4.11 users who got stuck with a buggy URL loader, and for us poor developers who have to gently explain to them that it’s out of our control. I have to assume there’s already a bug reported against this, but better safe than sorry, I wrote up another one: Radar #5704773.\n<\/p>\n
\nSo why I am I writing this blog entry? Because I want other developers who read my blog or who find it by Google search to know that they’re not crazy<\/em>. And I want users who run into this crash to please remember to send the crash report to Apple. They need to know that this is a serious issue that is impacting you and the apps you use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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