I've been stuck on this for 2 days now. After accessing this cache a couple of times, the CPU jumps to 100% and squid stops forwarding requests. It remained like this for 24 hours until I killed the process. Adding the following lines to the config has resolved the issue: ######################## always_direct allow all sslproxy_flags DONT_VERIFY_PEER ######################## BOTH of those lines must be added otherwise the symptoms return. But why? What are the security implications of these settings and why would they resolve the infinite loop problem? Config snippet ######################## https_port 443 accel cert=/path/to/CertAuth/cert.cert key=/path/to/CertAuth/key.pem vhost defaultsite=www.domain.com cache_peer source.domain.com parent 443 0 no-query originserver ssl sslversion=3 connect-timeout=8 connect-fail-limit=2 sslflags=DONT _VERIFY_PEER front-end-https=on name=source login=PASSTHRU acl sites_source dstdomain source.domain.com cache_peer_access source allow sites_source acl http proto http acl https proto https ######################## Replicated problem with: Ubuntu 12.04 - Squid 3.2 - compiled. CentOS 6 - Squid 3.3 - compiled. CentOS 6 - Squid 3.1 - installed from repository. Atlassian Stash with paid for SSL Certificate - looks fine connecting directly in firefox. Atlassian Stash with self signed SSL certificate. P.S. This appears to be the same problem: http://www.squid-cache.org/mail-archive/squid-users/201111/0416.html -- View this message in context: http://squid-web-proxy-cache.1019090.n4.nabble.com/Squid-RP-in-front-of-Atlassian-Stash-with-SSL-100-CPU-and-not-responding-tp4661490.html Sent from the Squid - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.