UIKitBackgroundCompletionTask - iPhone application crash

Originator:valvoline
Number:rdar://8881065 Date Originated:19-01-2011
Status:Open Resolved:NO
Product:iPhone 3GS, 4 Product Version:4.2.1
Classification:Severe Bug Reproducible:YES
 
Summary:
NSURLConnection does not handle correctly redirect responses from the webserver, crashing the application randomly.

Steps to Reproduce:
Initializing and launching an NSRULConnection with a NSURL that contains redirect, will crash the application, randomly with a frequency of about 5 positives per 100 test jobs.

Expected Results:
The application will crash.

Actual Results:
Also, the bug above seems to be related to: http://www.openradar.me/7169953 and http://www.openradar.me/7169953 and http://www.openradar.me/6700222.

Regression:
Tested on 4.2.1 iOS (both iPhone 3GS and 4).

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