Why do some page requests hang when fetching Javascript/image assets using Safari and Apache 2.2.3?

Question

Some of the users of our Ruby on Rails app have complained that page requests occasionally hang indefinitely under Safari (a couple have noticed it under Firefox, but it\'s over

Answer 1

Same problem in a Oaracle ias 10.1.3.4 server browsing with Safari 5.1 in Windows.

The problem disappear if the keepalive negotiation is disabled for Safari browser (httpd.conf):

BrowserMatch "Safari" nokeepalive

I'm not sure what the real problem is, or if the previous solutions is the best, but this configuration fix the problem.