Forum website has been sluggish for the last few days

[peteski]

I have noticed it few days ago that it takes exta long time for anything I try to do.

After I click on anything (like bringing up a thread or going to the unread part of a thread, or hovering over a thread subject line to see the little first/latest post summary), the status line on the bottom of my browser shows "Waiting for www.modelcarsmag.com".  Then after some time the forum websites responds and supplies the requested into which then renders fast.

I don't recall experiencing anything like that for such extended period of time.  I access the forum various times of the day (from about 7am to midnight), and the access is slow at all the times I have been accessing the forum.  I have no sluggishness accessing any other websites.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Ditto...and all my caches are clear on all my browsers and I've already upgraded to the o-so-much-mo-better "New Chrome".

EDIT: And right now it's glitching like mad, dumping edits, etc. I'll be surprised if this posts.

Edited May 12, 2024 by Ace-Garageguy

[Dave Ambrose]

I'm seeing that too. I'll investigate. 

[John M.]

 

10 hours ago, Dave Ambrose said:

I'm seeing that too. I'll investigate. 

Thanks Dave. 

I've been experiencing similar problems as well. 

Edited May 12, 2024 by John M.

[stavanzer]

10 hours ago, Dave Ambrose said:

I'm seeing that too. I'll investigate. 

I thought it was just me.

Been like this for several days.

[tim boyd]

Same here for last several days...TB

[jamesed]

It's working fine now. Thank you fix it guy. J.A.

[John M.]

The Forum is working like a finely tuned Swiss watch again. Thanks Dave. 

[peteski]

Yes, the access speed seems back to normal. Thanks Dave!  Now I'm curious what the problem was.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Yup. Workin' goodly.

[Dave Ambrose]

We were getting strangely formatted requests from some sketchy source. I've blocked them, but daresay they'll reappear from some other place. PM me if it starts happening again.

 

[peteski]

Oh yeah, in today's world you have to be ever vigilant to keep the bad guys away.   Thanks for keeping the forum running smoothly!

[TarheelRick]

A bit sluggish earlier, PM sent to Dave. Of course, since I reported it, it is working fine now.

Edited May 20, 2024 by TarheelRick

[Dave Ambrose]

This is getting to be a popular sport. The server's self protection software spotted it and blocked the source. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

Starting to hang again, and now sometimes pages just go completely blank.

[Bugatti Fan]

I thought that the site was down this morning. Turned out that Duck Duck Go was down.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Yup...definitely starting to hang again, photos in posts taking forever to load, etc.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Getting some weird glitching when trying to leave "likes" now too...

[Ace-Garageguy]

Even logging in and out are starting to hang up now, on both Chrome and Firefox, and photos are taking longer and longer to display...sometimes not at all.

No problems with ANY other sites or forums.

[stavanzer]

It is doing for me now, too.

Back to waiting for pages to load.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Now I'm getting all kinds of weird glitches.

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Edited May 27, 2024 by Ace-Garageguy

[Dave Ambrose]

Thanks, I'll take a look at it. 

[peteski]

It is back to being really sluggish this morning, but intermittently.

Edited May 27, 2024 by peteski

[Bainford]

Dead slow for me, pages frequently failing to load and timing out. The last few days have been like this. 

[Bainford]

And two hours later it's working slick as ever. Weird.