TortoiseSVN Error: “OPTIONS of 'https://…' could not connect to server (…)”

Question

I\'m trying to setup a new computer to synchronize with my SVN repository that\'s hosted with cvsdude.com.

I get this error:

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Answer 1

Either their security certificate has expired, or their hosting is broken/down.

Contact CVSDude and ask them whats up.

It could also be a timeout, because for me their site is exhaustively slow..

Answer 2

This can occur because of you are trying to checking out the repository by accessing it via a proxy server without enabling the proxy server in the place you need to change the settings in TortoiseSvn. So if you are using a proxy server make sure that you put a tick in "Enable Proxy Server" in Settings->Network and give your Server address and Port number in the relevant places. Now try to check out again.

Answer 3

make sure when you add your proxy entries to the server file, you add them under the [global] group. (That seemed to make the difference for me under ubuntu.)

Answer 4

Check you proxy settings in TortoiseSVN->Settings->Network.

Maybe they are configured differently than in your web browser.

Answer 5

Thank you to all the commenters on this page. When I first installed the latest TortoiseSVN I got this error.

I was using the latest version, so decided to downgrade to 1.5.9 (as the rest of my colleagues were using) and this got it to work. Then, once built, my machine was moved onto another subnet and the problem started again.

I went to TortoiseSVN->Settings->Saved Data and cleared the Authentication data. After this it worked fine.

Answer 6

Late reaction, but I've struggled with this for a while so maybe I can save somebody some time by showing my solution.

My problem showed a bit different, but the cause might be the same.

In my situation, TortoiseSVN kept on trying to connect via a proxy server. I could access SVN via chrome, firefox and IE fine.

Turns out that there is a configuration file that has a different configuration than the GUI in TortoiseSVN shows.

Mine was located here: C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Subversion\, but you can also open the file via the TortoiseSVN gui.

In my file, http-proxy-exceptions was empty. After I specified it, everything worked fine.

[global]
http-proxy-exceptions = 10.1.1.11
http-proxy-host = 197.132.0.223
http-proxy-port = 8080
http-proxy-username = defaultusername
http-proxy-password = defaultpassword
http-compression = no