# http request too long?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/http-request-too-long/152423>\
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**Created:** [February 3, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/http-request-too-long/152423 "2003-02-03T03:05:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![viking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@viking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/viking)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/http-request-too-long/152423/1 "2003-02-03T03:05:25Z")

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I’m use Mozilla 1.2.1 on Mac OS X 10.2 as my primary browser. I tend to never quit applications, and the OS hardly ever goes down. But if Mozilla’s been running for several days, when trying to access the SMDB, I get a 500 server error:

> [@](#):
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> Server Error  
> The following error occurred:
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> The HTTP request is too long. Contact your system administrator. (HTTP\_REQUEST\_TOO\_LONG)  
> Please contact the administrator.

Quitting and restarting Mozilla allows me to get back on the boards. I have not had the same problem with Safari, but I still prefer Mozilla as a browser…

Is this a known bug ^H^H^Hissue? Is there a solution/ workaround? Should I use different browser? Install a packet sniffer and gather more data?

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/http-request-too-long/152423/2 "2003-02-03T15:08:19Z")

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Supposing it were a bug in our software, we would have to wait until the software vendor fixed it anyway.