{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/getlantern/lantern/issues/2840","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/getlantern/lantern/issues/2840/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/getlantern/lantern/issues/2840/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/getlantern/lantern/issues/2840/events","html_url":"https://github.com/getlantern/lantern/issues/2840","id":97822785,"number":2840,"title":"If port 8787 is used by another application Lantern never starts","user":{"login":"xiam","id":385670,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/385670?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/xiam","html_url":"https://github.com/xiam","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/xiam/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/xiam/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/xiam/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/xiam/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/xiam/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/xiam/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/xiam/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/xiam/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/xiam/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-07-28T23:27:33Z","updated_at":"2015-07-29T03:59:57Z","closed_at":"2015-07-29T03:59:57Z","body":"Run an application that binds at port 8787.\r\n\r\n```\r\n# server.py\r\n\r\nimport BaseHTTPServer as bhs, SimpleHTTPServer as shs\r\n\r\ns = bhs.HTTPServer((\"127.0.0.1\", 8787), shs.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler)\r\ns.serve_forever()\r\n```\r\n\r\n```\r\npython server.py\r\n```\r\n\r\nAnd then try to start Lantern. A new process will spawn waiting forever for the port `8787` to become a proxy."}}