SVN PROPFIND error Broken Pipe

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Symptoms

Only partial synchronizaiton of

The following appears in the atlassian-jira.log:

1 2 3 2012-02-13 13:21:56,976 http-8080-12 DEBUG admin 801x52x1 1tx9kmw 10.159.168.184 /browse/TA-3017 [ext.subversion.revisions.RevisionIndexer] Retrieving revisions for : TA-3017 2012-02-13 13:21:56,998 http-8080-12 ERROR admin 801x52x1 1tx9kmw 10.159.168.184 /browse/TA-3017 [webwork.util.ValueStack] METHOD: "renderPanels", exception: java.lang.IllegalStateException: The connection to the repository is not active

Cause

The Subversion Server has prematurely ended the connection.

Resolution

  1. Open the httpd.conf file for the SVN sever. Change the keepAlive value to "ON".

httpd.conf

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 # # KeepAlive: Whether or not to allow persistent connections (more than # one request per connection). Set to "Off" to deactivate. # KeepAlive On # # MaxKeepAliveRequests: The maximum number of requests to allow # during a persistent connection. Set to 0 to allow an unlimited amount. # We recommend you leave this number high, for maximum performance. # MaxKeepAliveRequests 100 # # KeepAliveTimeout: Number of seconds to wait for the next request from the # same client on the same connection. # KeepAliveTimeout 15
Updated on April 15, 2025

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