TOC book in parent doesn't expand (OK from subproject, OK in past)

I have a merged project. The TOCs of the subprojects work fine if I open the webhelp from the subprojects (...mergedProjects/subproject..), but if I open the project from the parent, although the TOC seems fine at first sight, when I click on a book in the TOC it does not expand as it should. It all worked fine until yesterday (I think)...
I don't remember changing anything significant between builds - though clearly I must have!
How do I fix this?
Thanks
Peter

Hi there
When you edit the SSL properties for the builds, have you tried using "Local PC" as the speed setting?
My thought here is that you are seeing some latency as the TOC may not be fully loaded up.
Cheers... Rick
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