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During the last several days on occations, when I try to enter this site, I get the following error message:
502 Bad Gateway
nginx/0.7.63
It happens on occations for a period of time, every few hours,
and then everything gets back to normal.
Anyone else experience this ?
We are working on that.
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foobar423 said:
We are working on that.
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Mostly, it happens on clicking a link.
The issue is compounded by SPAM Auto-Bots doing flood posts to the forum ... effectively placing unwanted load on the gateway(s) - similar to a DoS attack.
hilaireg said:
The issue is compounded by SPAM Auto-Bots doing flood posts to the forum ... effectively placing unwanted load on the gateway(s) - similar to a DoS attack.
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Would it not be useful to put some kinda Captcha in place for posting on the forums? maybe a system where you have to enter one every few posts, that would ensure the post are automated
Most spam subjects are known from prior floods...these should be continuely filtered before they can create a thread!
Chaps,
You have my sympathy. Do hope you can find a solution to this soon as the user experience is pretty bad at the moment.
Speed of access to forums on XDA has been dreadfully slow over the last month, usually ending in the dreaded error 502 message which effectively means game over until the network traffic reduces.
I assume you have "blockers" e.g. not allowing multiple searches within n seconds of a previous request, and other denial of service prevention techniques in place?
All I can say is that, at the moment, using XDA is very frustrating to use, that is if one is lucky to get onto the site in the first place. Hope you get it sorted soon.
Good luck.
Thanks
WB
Yeah, it seems that there has been a downtime over the last hour (beginning from about GMT 03:15 PM) as well.
The site loading time has been very slow as well... but, don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, I'm just noticing .
Dunno what yall are using to combat the spambots but I have been using fail2ban and having it scan the user agent strings and ban them with a firewall level ban. Works pretty well as after the initial contact they get blocked and cause less load.
I am guess it is google. They are pretty evil, keep fighting the good fight XDA
I sufered...
Wow!
I think this is the most big time with XDA down!
More than 5 hrs went down on here.
You do not value something till you lost it!!
Come on guys!!
Lets give a donation to XDA.
Long live to dear XDA
Hopefully the 5 hrs down was to replace and add many more servers...
galaxys said:
Hopefully the 5 hrs down was to replace and add many more servers...
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AMEN to that!
MODs if possible please share the details of what went wrong, some of us here are security/network specialists, and can donate help.
i always get that problem,even i don't post/
Hmmm sounds like XDA's new site is 502.Bad.gateway.com
I have never run a site with more than 100 active users at the same time, let alone 6000+ users at once. The admins here have my respect for keeping this site running as well as they have. My guess is lots of people picked up new phones during this holiday & Black Friday week. Is the site seeing a surge in new visitors?
From the front page:
Currently Active Users: 6323 (2781 members and 3542 guests)
finally i got in!!!!!!
after 5hrs down!!
wow... this sucks! This 502 gate way error happens to me very often... i hope they're working on this issue asap!
rlee
Wow, that was some heavy down time...so much for new servers
And like mike said, the stars have been ripped off...what next
As many of you may have heard, we underwent routine maintenance on our Database Server last night (9/25). Upon rebooting the Database Server, it refused to boot and all indications are that the RAID 10 (what is RAID? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID) array failed.
We have restored the Forums from a 24 hour old backup. We know this is not ideal, but at this point, the chances of recovering the failed array are slim.
We sincerely apologize for this.
Technical Info:
This maintenance was intended to boost the redundancy of our database setup and "lightening struck".
The maintenance was to update the OS and make a configuration change to allow us to introduce a slave DB server which would replicate all data on the primary DB server. We are currently running off this intended "slave server" as a master.
ouch how does Raid 10 fail!? hope all is well!
At least your back!
Hoorah for back ups!
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
hurray for raid!!!
Now up but strange...
svetius said:
We have restored the Forums from a 24 hour old backup.
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is there any chance to restore newer entries too?
snq- said:
is there any chance to restore newer entries too?
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Most likely not, except for Google's cache that stores some of the sites stuff
Could I please request that this information is posted across all the forums ? It certainly confused me as to where my recent posts etc had gone.
God damn!!!
I had some brilliant posts about statistics on overclocking HD2 and now those posts all gone
Thanks svetius, I was about to post an annoucement on hero and desire, but you beat me...
Sorry to hear about this. Time to action the RPs again, cap'ntrek
Now this isn't the greatest way to start a day
I did notice the downtime messages, which you guys kept refreshing with status updates, and noticed the forums return. It's a shame you guys had to use a 24 hrs old backup but hey things are up and running again.
I wouldn't know what to do without my favourite forum.
Besides the set back on posts i want to say GREAT JOB guys for getting things up again, and a very big THANK YOU for keeping us posted during the process.
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Thanks svetius, I was about to post an annoucement on hero and desire, but you beat me...
Sorry to hear about this. Time to action the RPs again, cap'ntrek
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Yes boss
Captainkrtek said:
Yes boss
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Hehe. To the mod-mobile This means bans and warnings will need issued again...
pulser_g2 said:
Hehe. To the mod-mobile This means bans and warnings will need issued again...
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Oh great haha its 2 am where iam
So things I posted yesterday day are gone
I now understand what's going on. Thought I had lost my mind for a minute.
Not sure how we raise awareness of this issue across the site as there are a lot of confused people out there. I am beginning to get pms on it.
WB
wacky.banana said:
I now understand what's going on. Thought I had lost my mind for a minute.
Not sure how we raise awareness of this issue across the site as there are a lot of confused people out there. I am beginning to get pms on it.
WB
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Hi mate, there's a global announcement above every forum, but perhaps mike or svetius could add a new notice in place of the announcement, as it might be easier to see (since there are no notices in normal circumstances)
wacky.banana said:
I now understand what's going on. Thought I had lost my mind for a minute.
Not sure how we raise awareness of this issue across the site as there are a lot of confused people out there. I am beginning to get pms on it.
WB
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Sorry My friend fore the PM I send you!? But I was lost.
I thought that fore some reason 25/September/2010 was band? It was like a dream to see lot of thing we thought to have solved/see/replay/posted and now there isn't anymore!?
But NP we will have patience/understanding fore this issue.
For the size XDA is its pretty sad that you're not replicating your DB.
Glad the forum is back.
Hi,
Is the XDA websote slow? I ahve a very fast internet connection and i spend a lot of time on the XDA webste for updates and new ROMs..... but it's giving me hard time it's loading very slow. it take arouns 10s to load a page.
Is this normal? is anyone lese facing this problem?
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Hi,
Is the XDA websote slow? I ahve a very fast internet connection and i spend a lot of time on the XDA webste for updates and new ROMs..... but it's giving me hard time it's loading very slow. it take arouns 10s to load a page.
Is this normal? is anyone lese facing this problem?
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fast as any site for me, where in the world are you?
zacthespack said:
fast as any site for me, where in the world are you?
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Maybe he's getting lag from adverts loading?
DarkhShadow said:
Maybe he's getting lag from adverts loading?
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you think it's because if the ads? I'll isntall add blocker and check if it loads faster.
thx.
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fast as any site for me, where in the world are you?
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I am curretnly living in Qatar.
Search google to increase your networkspeed.
XDA is working normal fast for me.
Rajito said:
Search google to increase your networkspeed.
XDA is working normal fast for me.
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I checked with IE, Firefox and Chrome..the fastest was chrome especially with the add blocker! Xda website is loading much quicker!
Aprentice_ said:
I checked with IE, Firefox and Chrome..the fastest was chrome especially with the add blocker! Xda website is loading much quicker!
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I'm in France and it's incredibly slow too.
Edit: woops that's an old topic .....
raptor2003 said:
I'm in France and it's incredibly slow too.
Edit: woops that's an old topic .....
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It's running extremely slow for me today too (USA), I would think there's a database backup or update or something like that, the admin here are really good about fixing such issues.
Just hang tight :good:
orangekid said:
It's running extremely slow for me today too (USA), I would think there's a database backup or update or something like that, the admin here are really good about fixing such issues.
Just hang tight :good:
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We are aware of the situation, working to speed things up. :good:
xda site having issues all weekend long across many phones and 3 pc. could be all this ads they now have.
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xda site having issues all weekend long across many phones and 3 pc. could be all this ads they now have.
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I bet you anything this is because of server user overloads and/or capacity issues. I've had the same problems several times, come to think of it.
thenookieforlife3 said:
First point, this thread is nearly a year old. It's generally better not to go "thread digging" if the thread is this old.
Secondly, the XDA site's been as fast as ever for me. Your slowness issue might be ads, but it could also be a plethora of other causes. Here are two…
Your Internet might be unstable or having issues;
Your devices might have bugs or too much memory;
… so all in all, don't expect that just because the site is slow means that the site itself is having issues.
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It is extremely slow for me since Android 5.0 was released, especially on evenings and this weekend. With or without adblock, doesn't make a difference. I am getting several gateway timeouts and sites take forever to load.
thenookieforlife3 said:
First point, this thread is nearly a year old. It's generally better not to go "thread digging" if the thread is this old.
Secondly, the XDA site's been as fast as ever for me. Your slowness issue might be ads, but it could also be a plethora of other causes. Here are two…
Your Internet might be unstable or having issues;
Your devices might have bugs or too much memory;
… so all in all, don't expect that just because the site is slow means that the site itself is having issues.
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you are very mistaken. my internet fast my 4g lte fast. doing same issue on note 4 and s5 and galaxy tab. same issue on 2 pc in front of me now. same issue all morning long across the usa. so with that being said does anyone who is a xda expert can assist the thousands who i bet are having the same issues.
thenookieforlife3 said:
First point, this thread is nearly a year old. It's generally better not to go "thread digging" if the thread is this old.
Secondly, the XDA site's been as fast as ever for me. Your slowness issue might be ads, but it could also be a plethora of other causes. Here are two…
Your Internet might be unstable or having issues;
Your devices might have bugs or too much memory;
… so all in all, don't expect that just because the site is slow means that the site itself is having issues.
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Hmm. You'd be seriously wrong here. I'm an RC. I don't get ads because of my status and the site has been slow for me as well. PC, Browser on device, as well as TapaTalk.
This is not the correct way to get the RC status you're striving for...
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Hmm. You'd be seriously wrong here. I'm an RC. I don't get ads because of my status and the site has been slow for me as well. PC, Browser on device, as well as TapaTalk.
This is not the correct way to get the RC status you're striving for...
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That's certainly not what I want.
I'll edit that post now, if it is deemed offensive and incorrect. Sorry about that.
@BACARDILIMON and @Lownita, sorry again. I bet the slowness is/has been server overloads and capacity issues.
Sorry again, everyone!
thenookieforlife3 said:
That's certainly not what I want.
I'll edit that post now, if it is deemed offensive and incorrect. Sorry about that.
@BACARDILIMON and @Lownita, sorry again. I bet the slowness is/has been server overloads and capacity issues.
Sorry again, everyone!
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no biggie bro it all good. this just came out of the blue and i googled the xda slow down so i figured maybe they watch this thread. they dont have a report issue page separate from when the website goes down.
Yup, same slow loading times here too. I'm on a 30mbps connection on my computer, and it takes around 10 seconds to load a single page. It's the same thing on my phone, which is on LTE. It's understandable if it's a capacity issue, with all the Lollipop activity going on now, but it's making things really hard to pull off now, like effective communication with other devs during development.
Routing issues
http://tracert.com/run?host=207.244.72.9&gw=128
The last two days has been Slowest I've seen it in sometime...
Hi there XDA!
I know this might seem like a noob question - but its been on my mind....and I've searched google and the forums + wiki....to no avail - that said I'm not the best at searching, so excuse me in advance for not finding it, if it has already been mentioned.
What is "referrals" in the "statistics" menu, under general information?
General Information
Last Activity: Today 10:55 AM
Current Activity: Viewing Thread Information about Triangle Away & GT-I9300 Flash Counter
Join Date: 7th December 2010
Referrals: 14
I got 14 ?
Referrals are when someone mentions you when registering. Basically saying that you referred them to the site. Moved to About XDA.
Ah! Cool thanks for that, and thanks for the pm
I wasn't sure where to post, but seeing as it was a question i thought qna !
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Ah! Cool thanks for that, and thanks for the pm
I wasn't sure where to post, but seeing as it was a question i thought qna !
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Archer has the most I have seen with 27 although I am closing in on him now that I check again. MikeChannon has 24, I am in rarified territory.
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Archer has the most I have seen with 27 although I am closing in on him now that I check again. MikeChannon has 24, I am in rarified territory.
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haha epic - I went to 15 now, watch out! !
I think Cotulla may be the king with 88.
The highest from a "valid" user (the highest referral is "google", for people typing in the site that sent them here) is in fact cyanogen
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The highest from a "valid" user (the highest referral is "google", for people typing in the site that sent them here) is in fact cyanogen
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cyanogen: 275 :awe:
haha wow!
soo wht do a person get when he refers someone to xda comunity?? jst wana know
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soo wht do a person get when he refers someone to xda comunity?? jst wana know
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When I pass cyanogen in a couple of months I will let you know. :fingers-crossed::victory:
Update: finally did it, took a couple months longer than I thought
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When I pass cyanogen in a couple of months I will let you know. :fingers-crossed::victory:
Update: finally did it, took a couple months longer than I thought
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bro u have 375... awesome....
haha wow old thread of mine!
I'm only at 18 now
Been quite inactive due to better Samsung Stock ROMS being released!
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Referrals are when someone mentions you when registering. Basically saying that you referred them to the site. Moved to About XDA.
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and how do you refer them @symbol or just type in their name?
Edit: lol never mind i saw it
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and how do you refer them @symbol or just type in their name?
Edit: lol never mind i saw it
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woah reliving an old thread from the grave there buddy!
BAM! Resurrected once more! However fleeting it may (will) be with 2017 around the corner life has just bloomed into too many introspective conversations with myself. Getting older sucks haha...but I had no idea this was a thing until I was I had one of those bad boys on my stats chart *flexes muscles* :victory::highfive: I feel like due to the nature of that number being very...specific I should know who referred me but I haven't the slightest buaha I still don't have a computer to help with my claims of an aspiring dev...rent shouldn't be a thing IMHO haha
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BAM! Resurrected once more! However fleeting it may (will) be with 2017 around the corner life has just bloomed into too many introspective conversations with myself. Getting older sucks haha...but I had no idea this was a thing until I was I had one of those bad boys on my stats chart *flexes muscles* :victory::highfive: I feel like due to the nature of that number being very...specific I should know who referred me but I haven't the slightest buaha I still don't have a computer to help with my claims of an aspiring dev...rent shouldn't be a thing IMHO haha
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Received this this morning from one of the XDA Administrators, "I'll make sure we add a full set of forums for the Shield TV. We held off because there wasn't huge activity, now we see that there is. Look for it today or tomorrow" ?
Edit:http://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tv
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Received this this morning from one of the XDA Administrators, "I'll make sure we add a full set of forums for the Shield TV. We held off because there wasn't huge activity, now we see that there is. Look for it today or tomorrow"
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It is now finally up! About time. Awesome though none the less.
Finally ! Great to see.
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About time. Now I can finally convert my threads to real DevDB projects...
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Here it is:http://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tv
Awsome
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Great! waiting
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link is in the first post.
It's also the top forum on the forums page.
Woot!