Abyss Web Server 2.16 adds HTTP/2 support

admin · 2021-09-14T08:53:39+00:00

Dear all, We're very happy today to announce the immediate availability of a new major milestone in Abyss Web Server's history: Version 2.16 has been release...

tfh

rayleech wrote

admin wrote
It is rather specific to the Windows version of Abyss Web Server and occurs only under some conditions. A deadlock inside Windows' NTDLL.DLL triggers a massive thread leak and misbehavior which causes a lot of damage to the process.
Some dangling Windows handles were also causing trouble after a long process lifetime.
So we can confidently say that the problem is over and that a new revision is imminent.

I've been having trouble with my security scan vendor being able to complete scans against my website since I upgraded to 2.16.0.2. They make hundreds of requests for files that do not exist on the server, and even at the slowest rate, the scans fail and usually take down Abyss.
Happy to report that the 2.16.1.9 version is working well, and has resolved all my security scan problems.

Send an e-mail to support: They should be able to supply you with a beta that will solve this problem.

admin

tfh wrote
Send an e-mail to support: They should be able to supply you with a beta that will solve this problem.

Version 2.16.1.9 is now available for all users and customers.

admin

devastator82 wrote
HTTP/2 has make my decision to return back to the Abyss web server (after more thank year).
Repurchased license again. Works properly.
I hope maybe one day we will see a HTTP/3 :D

That's great to read about returning users and customers with 2.16 and HTTP/2.
We don't expect to start working on HTTP/3 until things clarify a bit. We plan to have the first test implementation around late 2022.

Paulie

Sorry but I'm not convinced the problems are completely solved.
I have upgraded to the latest version 2.16.1.9 running on Windows 8.1 x64 and I am still experiencing lockups where abyssws.exe is running in task manager but no connections are getting through (as if the web server is off line). The only difference I see between the latest version and the lockups experienced with 2.16.0.2 is there is no longer a crash report generated in the main abyss folder.
If running as a service I must stop the service then restart it for things to work again. If not running as a service I must close down the program and restart it.
The lockups are quite random and the server may run for a few days or only for a few hours before unresponsive and must be restarted.
If I revert back to 2.14.2 everything is fine again with no issues.
Any ideas?

admin

Paulie,
Could you please get in touch with our technical support by email so that we could discuss and diagnose the behavior?
It could be caused by a low number of concurrent connections and at the same time HTTP/2 clients who maintain their sessions active for a long time. So the lockup could be a simple exhaustion of your "connection" slots.
Anyway, we can't tell without some diagnosis.

tfh

admin wrote

tfh wrote
Send an e-mail to support: They should be able to supply you with a beta that will solve this problem.

Version 2.16.1.9 is now available for all users and customers.

Is there any experience with 2.16.1.9 running on Windows 11 Pro?

admin

tfh wrote

admin wrote

tfh wrote
Send an e-mail to support: They should be able to supply you with a beta that will solve this problem.

Version 2.16.1.9 is now available for all users and customers.
Is there any experience with 2.16.1.9 running on Windows 11 Pro?

Windows 11 is Windows 7 + Eye Candy + DRM and user tracking. The kernel, networking and the Win32 API what Abyss Web Server uses has not changed since ages. So there should be no showstoppers.

devastator82

I'm using win11 pro since launch. No problems so far with web server.

tfh

admin wrote

tfh wrote
Is there any experience with 2.16.1.9 running on Windows 11 Pro?

Windows 11 is Windows 7 + Eye Candy + DRM and user tracking. The kernel, networking and the Win32 API what Abyss Web Server uses has not changed since ages. So there should be no showstoppers.

LOL... You made me smile :)

devastator82 wrote
I'm using win11 pro since launch. No problems so far with web server.

Great! Thanks for the feedback!

tfh

I have just upgraded to v2.16.4 -> The bug in the installer is still there: It says that the service has been restarted, and for a brief moment you see the webserver starting in the Task Manager, and then it's gone again.
Source: service control manager
ID: 7034
The Abyss Web Server-service has closed unexcepted. That happened now once.

- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
  <Provider Name="Service Control Manager" Guid="{555908d1-a6d7-4695-8e1e-26931d2012f4}" EventSourceName="Service Control Manager" /> 
  <EventID Qualifiers="49152">7034</EventID> 
  <Version>0</Version> 
  <Level>2</Level> 
  <Task>0</Task> 
  <Opcode>0</Opcode> 
  <Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords> 
  <TimeCreated SystemTime="2022-07-30T09:12:42.4844922Z" /> 
  <EventRecordID>37710</EventRecordID> 
  <Correlation /> 
  <Execution ProcessID="980" ThreadID="18252" /> 
  <Channel>System</Channel> 
  <Computer>ServerPC</Computer> 
  <Security /> 
  </System>
- <EventData>
  <Data Name="param1">Abyss Web Server</Data> 
  <Data Name="param2">1</Data> 
  <Binary>410062007900730073005700650062005300650072007600650072000000</Binary> 
  </EventData>
  </Event>

tfh

Also going to the Server Activity in the console can still cause a crash of the server.

admin

tfh,
Thank you for your feedback about 2.16.4. The bug you have experienced could also be related to stopping the server when it is very busy with very long standing connections.
We will investigate it further for the next release.

tfh

admin wrote
tfh,
Thank you for your feedback about 2.16.4. The bug you have experienced could also be related to stopping the server when it is very busy with very long standing connections.
We will investigate it further for the next release.

I stop the service (both of them) manually usually.

admin

tfh wrote

admin wrote
tfh,
Thank you for your feedback about 2.16.4. The bug you have experienced could also be related to stopping the server when it is very busy with very long standing connections.
We will investigate it further for the next release.
I stop the service (both of them) manually usually.

Is there a crashrep.txt file? If so, could you please send it to us for review?

tfh

admin wrote

tfh wrote

admin wrote
tfh,
Thank you for your feedback about 2.16.4. The bug you have experienced could also be related to stopping the server when it is very busy with very long standing connections.
We will investigate it further for the next release.
I stop the service (both of them) manually usually.

Is there a crashrep.txt file? If so, could you please send it to us for review?

I can do better then that.
crashlog & minidump are underway by mail.

Daevon2

Hi
Any update on the matter, either by @tfh or by @admin?
I'm willing to update to the latest version but I'm hesitant since the bug reports..
Thanks! :)

tfh

Daevon2 wrote
Hi
Any update on the matter, either by @tfh or by @admin?
I'm willing to update to the latest version but I'm hesitant since the bug reports..
Thanks! :)

Well, the http/2 support is worth the issues this version still has.
I posted a bug-update/report about a month ago, but it's been pretty quiet from Apreliums side: https://aprelium.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=636243

tfh

It's been kind of quiet regarding new features/releases?

admin

tfh wrote
It's been kind of quiet regarding new features/releases?

Sorry for having missed your comment.
We confirm it's been a bit quiet this year. But be assured Abyss Web Server is still maintained and actively developed.

tfh

We're getting close to the 4 year mark since the last major release. Also the missing active server activity tab has already been the case for quite some time.

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