Git: General Settings tab in a bucket times out while loading – connector endpoint URL blocked by CORS

Introduction

This article explains an issue with the General settings tab for a particular bucket, which times out after loading for a prolonged time.


Where is the problem and how to solve it?

To troubleshoot this issue, proceed as follows:

  1. Open the browser's developer tools (click here for help).

  2. In the Console section, you might see the error messages similar to those shown below. They inform us about a 504 error. We can also see that the URL is blocked by the so-called CORS policy.

  1. To prevent this problem from occurring, add the following header to your web server: Access-Control-Allow-Origin: {YOUR_DOMAIN}.

  2. Check if the General Settings tab then functions as intended.