page.goto() with a certain URL throws TimeoutException when request interception is enabled, even if no request is aborted

I’ve been using this code for a while and it worked flawlessly, until today I found an URL which always fails to load with TimeoutException. Here’s the test function code:

const puppeteer = require("puppeteer");

(async () => {
	const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
	const page = await browser.newPage();
	await page.setDefaultNavigationTimeout(120000);
	await page.setRequestInterception(true);
	page.on("request", request => {
		request.continue();
	});

	try {
		const response = await page.goto("http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/the-universe/cosmology-and-the-big-bang/104-the-universe/cosmology-and-the-big-bang/expansion-of-the-universe/616-is-the-universe-expanding-faster-than-the-speed-of-light-intermediate");
		console.log("Response code: " + response.status() + (response.ok() ? " (OK)" : " (ERROR)"));
	} catch(exc) {
		console.log("Response: empty.");
	}

	await browser.close();
})();

When I Initially discovered this bug(?), I was using request interception to filter out images, but then I found out one does not have to abort any requests at all in order for the problem to appear. This page.goto() will always time out, as you can see, I even upped the timeout to 2 minutes and it made no difference. But as soon as you comment out the request interception part, it loads no problem in 7-8 seconds and reports status “200 (OK)”.

Environment: Windows 10 x64 Puppeteer v 1.9.0, Chromium: bundled Node v8.11.4

[jlcd]

Same issue… If I await page.setRequestInterception(false); right before some calls, it works fine, but if I leave request interception on, it doesn’t load at all. I’ve seen a few open issues (#3118 ; #2055 …) regardind this exact problem and on #1159 someone said it would be fixed on 1.8.0, but I’m using 1.9.0 and this issue still persists.

'--enable-features=NetworkService' doesn’t help at all.

[aslushnikov]

Merging this to #3471 that’s dedicated to fixing request interception once and for all. Please upvote to follow updates.