Slow server

[qwerty]

Any hint when the forum server will respond in non snail mode again?

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[Glassboy]

Any hint when the forum server will respond in non snail mode again?

I'm not having any issues.  Are you on the other side of some soggy cables?

[qwerty]

In that case I'd have complained all day. Maybe you were just looking when it had been ok. In this very moment it's at normal speed. Well, I can't expect any answer before Monday.

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[Eve]

Haven't seen any issue.

[qwerty]

Right now it's snailing again. Traceroute says

 2  62.155.240.128 (62.155.240.128)  6.280 ms  5.651 ms  6.162 ms
 3  217.239.44.158 (217.239.44.158)  18.554 ms  17.465 ms  16.071 ms
 4  80.150.170.214 (80.150.170.214)  15.377 ms  32.099 ms  16.116 ms
 5  ae27.cs1.fra9.de.eth.zayo.com (64.125.30.254)  136.395 ms  149.477 ms  136.006 ms
 6  ae0.cs1.fra6.de.eth.zayo.com (64.125.29.54)  136.397 ms  135.881 ms  135.748 ms
 7  ae2.cs1.ams17.nl.eth.zayo.com (64.125.29.59)  135.478 ms  135.484 ms  135.371 ms
 8  ae0.cs1.ams10.nl.eth.zayo.com (64.125.29.80)  129.799 ms  129.944 ms  129.319 ms
 9  ae2.cs1.lhr15.uk.eth.zayo.com (64.125.29.17)  136.087 ms  136.001 ms  136.033 ms
10  * * *
11  * * *
12  ae0.cs2.lga5.us.eth.zayo.com (64.125.29.187)  129.582 ms  130.114 ms  128.830 ms
13  ae4.cs2.dca2.us.eth.zayo.com (64.125.29.31)  136.021 ms  136.416 ms  136.869 ms
14  ae3.cs2.iah1.us.eth.zayo.com (64.125.29.45)  142.892 ms  135.897 ms  135.709 ms
15  ae2.mpr2.aus1.us.zip.zayo.com (64.125.31.250)  135.577 ms  136.371 ms  136.496 ms
16  ae4.er1.aus3.us.zip.zayo.com (64.125.31.27)  135.841 ms  136.383 ms  135.990 ms
17  * * *

So if your server isn't the culprit it might be some different kind of Brexit.

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[Geert Bellekens]

I can confirm. From Belgium it's also damn slow.
Sometimes it even returns a a timeout error.

Geert

[Uffe]

I can confirm. From Belgium it's also damn slow.
Sometimes it even returns a a timeout error.

Well strictly speaking it's your browser that times the connection out, not the server.
But yes, it sucks from Sweden as well and has for a few days, from about midmorning (local) alhough I have been able to get through without issue in the early morning.

I tested a couple of other .au sites, eg ABC and realestate.com.au and they're responding just fine.

/Uffe

[qwerty]

As sort of work around (loading a page takes 30 seconds at least before data arrive, but then all in a go) I open all entries from Unread Posts in new tabs. So after these 30 seconds (or more) I have them all open to read. However, each interaction (like a reply) again takes time again.

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[Uffe]

Also, images take much longer to load. So I can see the text in a thread and in the user info on the left, but images come in much later, if at all. This includes smileys in posts, logos in user info and the new posts / no new posts indication on the forum front page.

I'm also getting large numbers of spelling-error indications in the editor, which look like it's assuming I'm writing in Swedish, and some words are replaced as I type, eg word (becomes Word) and spelling (becomes Spelling).

It's not just the forum either. The manual is also unresponsive, as are the product pages.

/U

[pvickers]

FYI - I also noticed slow performance problems from Canada on Thursday morning.
Currently, the site seems to be performing quite well again.

Speaking of "soggy" cables...in Canada we immerse network cables in maple syrup to protect them from that problem...eh.
 

Perry

[Geert Bellekens]

Yeah, now it's fast again.

They must have unclogged the tubes

Geert

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Yeah, now it's fast again.

They must have unclogged the tubes

Geert

I'm surprised no one blamed Covid-19! 

Here in Oz, it's been pretty good (albeit we are far away).

Paolo

[qwerty]

While exactly this page loaded normally, others were slow as molasses. Well, a reload again took ages. So situation isn't clear yet.

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[Ian Mitchell]

Still very slow and inconsistent from UK today - same as last week. Sometimes OK, sometimes a timeout.

[Geert Bellekens]

Yep, same here, slow as a snail again

Geert