[COUCHDB-1651] Server responds 400 "Exceeded rewrite recursion limit" indefinitely

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.2, 1.3
• Component/s: HTTP Interface
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Paul Frazee
• Created: 20/Jan/13 00:28
• Updated: 29/Jul/15 17:33
• Resolved: 24/Feb/13 20:39

Description

Running 1.2.1 on Windows 7 as a service.
hosts file includes "127.0.0.1 grimwire.local"

CouchDB conf includes vhosts entries:
grimwire.local:5984 /grimwire/_design/grimwire/_rewrite
grimwire.local:5984/local /grimwire/_design/local/_rewrite

'grimwire' design doc rewrites:
[

{ "from": "", "to": "index.html", "method": "GET" }

,

{ "from": "*", "to": "*" }

]

'local' design doc rewrites:
[

{ "from":"", "to":"index.html", "method":"GET" }

,

{ "from":"/posts", "to":"_list/wallpost/wallpost-by-created_at", "method":"GET" }

,

{ "from":"/posts", "to":"_update/wallpost", "method":"POST" }

,

{ "from":"/posts/:id", "to":"_show/wallpost/:id", "method":"GET" }

,

{ "from":"/posts/:id", "to":"_update/wallpost/:id", "method":"PUT" }

,

{ "from":"*", "to":"*" }

]

Problem:
The requests work as expected for some unknown period, then begin to respond with a 400 status and the "Exceeded rewrite recursion limit" error message. Changing the rewrites rules for both applications, including setting them to empty arrays, had no effect.

The problem was solved by restarting the CouchDB service.