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  1. Confluence Data Center
  2. CONFSERVER-7602

Perform external HTTP requests in another thread

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      We should have a hard timeout for any external HTTP requests made by Confluence (i.e. for jiraissues or RSS macros) Currently there's the possibility of DOS-ing a Confluence server by pointing it at a broken website. (See CONF-2127)

      HTTP requests should be spawned in a separate thread, using wait/notify to tell the original thread when a result is available, with a reasonable timeout. (Is there something in Concurrent that will do this for us?)

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. CONFSERVER-2127 A page containing the rss-macro is not displayed if the requested rss-feed is "down"

          • Medium - Medium priority issues
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          relates to

          Suggestion - CONFSERVER-6248 Prevent outbound HTTP connections during page rendering monopolising database connections

          • Closed

          Suggestion - CONFSERVER-6697 Allow configuration of timeouts for any http request made by Confluence

          • Closed

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              cmiller@atlassian.com Charles Miller
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