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Connection timeout when accessing Github

rated 0 times [ 4] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 39540 / 2 Years ago, sat, may 7, 2022, 6:21:46

I have exactly the same problem as described here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12849986/connection-timeout-when-accessing-github

So I'll just copy & paste:

I have some weird problems. When I try to log in my Github
account, I get a "net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE" error.

I tried with Chrome, Firefox and Opera. In Firefox, if a clean the
cache and offline data, it works for a while. Then I can log in, but I
still can't create a Github repository, even if I clear the cache
again.

My friend, in the same network, with Windows, can do
whatever he wants on Github's web site, but I can't. I tried many
DNS servers, I tried not to set it (my friend doesn't), but it's still not working.

My OS: Ubuntu x64 12.04

Ideas, please. And thanks.

Also, I can clone any repo but I can't push. I had to change to https://codeplane.com/ due to this problem, but I want to understand why it happens.

EDIT: I could clone one repo, but the other one just hangs at this point:

felipelalli@felipelalli-Studio-XPS-8100:~/wa$ git clone [email protected]:felipelalli/micaroni.git

Cloning into 'micaroni'...

remote: Counting objects: 5238, done.

remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3257/3257), done.

Receiving objects:  92% (4839/5238), 43.29 MiB | 902 KiB/s

ANY push hangs like this:

master!fml.eti.br> push

Counting objects: 23, done.

Delta compression using up to 4 threads.

Compressing objects: 100% (15/15), done.

Writing objects: 100% (19/19), 4.25 KiB, done.

Total 19 (delta 3), reused 0 (delta 0)

EDIT 2: I format my PC and I have reinstalled Ubuntu, but the problem keeps the same. So, it eliminates any problem with installations or updates. I have a Dell Studio XPS.

EDIT 3: I pay 4 Bitcoin if anyone solve my problem. Just put your public address together.

EDIT 4: When I try to push, after a few minutes, I receive this message:

felipelalli@felipelalli-Studio-XPS-8100:~/wa/fml.eti.br$ git push

Counting objects: 26, done.

Delta compression using up to 4 threads.

Compressing objects: 100% (18/18), done.

Writing objects: 100% (22/22), 4.48 KiB, done.

Total 22 (delta 4), reused 0 (delta 0)

Write failed: Broken pipe

fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

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answered 2 Years ago variark · Accepted Answer

The solution:

after a long thread with Github support, they said it was a server side configuration related to a tentative of avoid DDOS attack that has affected some users, like me. After some adjustments in the Github server everything back to normal and works very fine again!

Thanks very much for Github support team, they were very transparent and helpful.

Quote from the long email thread:

Hi Felipe -

We've been experiencing intermittent DDoS attacks over the last
several weeks, and an unfortunate side-effect of some of the
preventative measures we've put in place is strange side-effects like
this. We believe the problem here was that some of our DDoS protection
was mis-configured. We're working with out network provider to tune
the DDoS protection to not drop other traffic like this with the
highest priority. Sorry again for the repeated problems here!

Jesse GitHub Ops