torroiseSVN hangs and show "please wait while the repository browser is initializing"

[zq hou]

Hello everyone, I'm a novice in SVN configuration. 

Recently, I encountered a problem on the SVN server I built. When I used the repo browser server of TortoiseSVN to access the SVN address, TortoiseSVN hangs and  it shows message like "please wait while the repository browser is initializing"  , and it could not be closed. I had to close it in the task manager. 

The SVN server I built has two ports: 8080 and 8066. At first, I can access both ports. One day, port 8066 can't be accessed, but port 8080 can still be accessed, and both ports in the browser can be accessed. This problem is also encountered by other colleagues in the company, but the port they can access is 8066, and they cannot access 8080.

 I also checked the answers of other people on the Internet and thought that it was related to the company's security software. However, after I contacted my colleagues to shut down the security software, I still couldn't access it. 

In addition, there is a strange phenomenon. When the security software has been shut down, I shut down the network and adjust it to flight mode. The previously accessible port 8080 reported an error running context: the server unexpectedly closed the connection, but the port 8066 is still suspended, which indicates that the error may occur before the request is sent by tortoissvn.But why do different ports lead to different results? 

This problem has been bothering me for a long time. I can't find the reason. Can someone help me find the reason? 

My SVN server configuration: 

Apache (2.2) 

SVN (1.8.17),

my SVN client :1.14.1

my win version: win10. 

thanks.

[Daniel Sahlberg]

I would look for some kind of firewall or other network equipment eating part of the traffic (on your machine, on the server or somewhere inbetween).

Can you install the command line tools (an option in the TortoiseSVN installer) and try

svn ls [url of repository]

My SVN server configuration: 

Apache (2.2) 

SVN (1.8.17),

my SVN client :1.14.1

my win version: win10. 

Are you aware that you are running a version of Subversion released 2016-11-29 (not even the latest 1.8) and a version of Apache httpd that has been EOL since 2018-01-01? Not that I would expect this to be a problem but in case it turns out to be a server problem you would get better help when running a supported version (1.10.7 or 1.14.1 being the latest Subversion releases, and ).

Kind regards,

Daniel Sahlberg

[zq hou]

HI   daniel,

I don't think it's a firewall problem,I've talked with our network administrator about this,our strategies are all correct, and we didn't find any problems when using telnet on the network port. 

As for the old version, in addition to the old version I am using now, I have also configured 1.14.1 (Windows Server 2016, visual SVN 4.3.3) and 1.9.3 (Linux, Apache 2.4),  which have similar problems without exception

I have also used Dbgview, a Windows diagnostic tool. I found that port 8080 (which I can access through tortoissvn) sent TCP requests, while port 8066 (which I can't access through tortoissvn) didn't send TCP requests, It confused me.

thanks

zq hou