[Twisted-Python] Missing connections with Perspective Broker ( newbie alert )

[Peter Westlake]

On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 07:39 -0500, "Grant Mckenzie"
<mckenzig at optonline.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am using a Perspective Broker to service requests from a client on the
> same machine ( Windows XP ). This works fine most of the time however
> occasionally I see strange behaviour. The client uses connectTCP and
> provides a timeout of 5 seconds. Logging indicates that the client
> attempts to make a connection to the server, server logging in the remote
> methods indicates that the method is not called. Also my error callback
> on the client is not invoked after the timeout period. Unfotunately this
> is part of a large system, sporadic behaviour and difficult to generate a
> test case for.
> 
> Also commonly requests a few seconds before and after the issue are
> handled correctly so the behaviour seems transient. We are using a older
> version ot twisted 8.x. Any pointers?

I've seen strange sporadic errors with networking in 8.x that weren't
there in 2.5.0, so would you be able to test it with 2.5.0?

Peter.