Forum very unreliable lately

Burgerbob · Post by **Burgerbob** » Wed Jun 25, 2025 3:10 pm

Forum seems to be down for long stretches, multiple times a day lately. Usually the HTTPS error, but sometimes others.

AndrewMeronek · Post by **AndrewMeronek** » Wed Jun 25, 2025 3:31 pm

Yes, I've noticed this too.

Post by **Doug Elliott** » Wed Jun 25, 2025 3:32 pm

I thought it was just bad signal because I'm in Spain right now.

JohnL · Post by **JohnL** » Wed Jun 25, 2025 3:34 pm

Same here, and I'm nowhere near Spain.

Post by **BGuttman** » Wed Jun 25, 2025 5:02 pm

Hit me too. Never more than a couple of hours, though.

tbdana · Post by **tbdana** » Wed Jun 25, 2025 5:32 pm

Same here. California.

WGWTR180 · Post by **WGWTR180** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 5:39 am

Ditto.

Oslide · Post by **Oslide** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 5:48 am

Same here in the center of Europe. Thanks to those who will take care of it

timothy42b · Post by **timothy42b** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 6:56 am

I haven't noticed here in central Virginia. But there has been a lot of solar activity lately; that might have something to do with it.

CalgaryTbone · Post by **CalgaryTbone** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 7:10 pm

Ditto for Western Canada.

JS

boneberg · Post by **boneberg** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 3:00 am

Same here in Germany

HawaiiTromboneGuy · Post by **HawaiiTromboneGuy** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 3:20 am

Spotty here in Hawaii.

ithinknot · Post by **ithinknot** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 3:26 am

Cloudflare Error 522 is the usual

Post by **Doug Elliott** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 3:44 am

I would assume that Matt is already aware and working on it.

ghmerrill · Post by **ghmerrill** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 8:26 am

Bizarre. I was having similar problems two days ago (so on the 25th). Just couldn't connect, and I was getting errors pointing to the server. But yesterday it completely cleared up and I've had no problems since then. Speculation is pretty senseless, I suppose, but I do note that in some areas (like mine) both Brightspeed and Spectrum are in a kind of frantic expansion mode, particularly in rural areas. Two days ago, contractors laying Spectrum fiber along my road cut through a water pipe -- leaving the area without effective water pressure for a day and a half. And yesterday, Brightspeed contractors were (again -- third time in about three months) upgrading the module on the utility pole at the end of my driveway to support more customers. So my direct internet connection was out for about two hours.

I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that the forum problems aren't really related to the forum server at all. It's been working great for me since yesterday.

Burgerbob · Post by **Burgerbob** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 9:02 am

It's clearly the server.

ghmerrill · Post by **ghmerrill** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 9:06 am

Burgerbob wrote: Fri Jun 27, 2025 9:02 am It's clearly the server.

How so? It's just difficult for me to imagine how I went from total inability to connect back to normal activity while others in other areas have been experiencing connection and performance issues. So I'm curious how you can tell its the TromboneChat server that's the issue.

Burgerbob · Post by **Burgerbob** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 9:09 am

I have not a single problem with any other thing I connect to, but the forum is down several hours a day (including 11pm before I went to bed last night).

ghmerrill · Post by **ghmerrill** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 9:13 am

Burgerbob wrote: Fri Jun 27, 2025 9:09 am I have not a single problem with any other thing I connect to, but the forum is down several hours a day (including 11pm before I went to bed last night).

Okay, I"m not denying that it's an issue with SOME server (or some network path to the forum server). But I haven't had any noticeable problem for well over 24 hours at this point. I guess I could put it in ping loop to see if it's dropping out on a continuous basis, but even that wouldn't point the finger at it directly.

Anyhow, it doesn't really matter and I'm sure Matt will fix it. I was just curious about what diagnostics you might be using.

boneberg · Post by **boneberg** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 10:32 am

Burgerbob wrote: Fri Jun 27, 2025 9:09 am I have not a single problem with any other thing I connect to, but the forum is down several hours a day (including 11pm before I went to bed last night).

My experience is similar. Everything else worked fine.

BPBasso · Post by **BPBasso** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:08 pm

I've been experiencing the same issues as well. Usually 1-2 hrs of down time. Sometimes it'll load the "Active Topics" page, but fail to load any of the threads I open in another tab. Or, it'll load 1-2 threads, but none of the others.

It just went down for an hour or so. Just coming up around 2pm CST

Burgerbob · Post by **Burgerbob** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:10 pm

Yup, just went down for me too. Connection lost error this time.

Finetales · Post by **Finetales** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 2:07 pm

Me three. Error screen rather than just not loading like the past couple days.

Posaunus · Post by **Posaunus** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 2:08 pm

Yup, it's been in & out here in California, no matter what the connection method. Clearly a TC server problem.

AtomicClock · Post by **AtomicClock** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 2:12 pm

BPBasso wrote: Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:08 pm It just went down for an hour or so. Just coming up around 2pm CST

If you mean 2pm CDT, then the same thing happened for me.

BPBasso · Post by **BPBasso** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 2:16 pm

AtomicClock wrote: Fri Jun 27, 2025 2:12 pm
BPBasso wrote: Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:08 pm It just went down for an hour or so. Just coming up around 2pm CST
If you mean 2pm CDT, then the same thing happened for me.

Sorry I've never called it anything but Central or CST.

ghmerrill · Post by **ghmerrill** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 2:20 pm

Yeah, I've been in the hole for a while now: getting email messages about postings, but can't log on.

From what I can see the forum is just bumping up against resource allocations and can't serve the demand.

tbdana · Post by **tbdana** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 4:39 pm

It has been about as reliable as my chops lately. And that is not a good thing.

BrianJohnston · Post by **BrianJohnston** » Tue Jul 01, 2025 9:57 am

It's been about as reliable as the missing mail page on USPS.

AndrewMeronek · Post by **AndrewMeronek** » Tue Jul 01, 2025 3:38 pm

ghmerrill wrote: Fri Jun 27, 2025 2:20 pm Yeah, I've been in the hole for a while now: getting email messages about postings, but can't log on. From what I can see the forum is just bumping up against resource allocations and can't serve the demand.

There are a number of things that can cause resource problems on servers. I've been a server admin in the past. There's a lot. It could be anything from a software glitch to a drive filling up, to a failing memory module. Whoever administrates the server running this Forum needs to be able to log in and do some diagnostics.

hyperbolica · Post by **hyperbolica** » Tue Jul 01, 2025 3:44 pm

It's an intermittent problem for me (Virginia), could happen any time of day, so I don't think it's load related. Happens on mobile and laptop, local fiber connection and 5G. TC is the only site (including other phpbb sites) that has the problem. Local internet is good, in-home wifi is good. Error screen says it's the TC server. Server might be randomly rebooting, might be infected with a resource hogging virus, might be sunspots effecting server connection, etc...

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BrassSection · Post by **BrassSection** » Tue Jul 01, 2025 5:33 pm

Last two days in central PA it’s been good. Prior is was slow or non-usable. We were also having trouble with our internet for about two weeks. That’s been better today.

AtomicClock · Post by **AtomicClock** » Tue Jul 01, 2025 9:51 pm

BPBasso wrote: Fri Jun 27, 2025 2:16 pm Sorry I've never called it anything but Central or CST.

I hope you're not scheduling any meetings.

BPBasso · Post by **BPBasso** » Tue Jul 01, 2025 10:12 pm

AtomicClock wrote: Tue Jul 01, 2025 9:51 pm
BPBasso wrote: Fri Jun 27, 2025 2:16 pm Sorry I've never called it anything but Central or CST.
I hope you're not scheduling any meetings.

Not with anyone who couldn't handle figuring it out, luckily!

UrbanaDave · Post by **UrbanaDave** » Wed Jul 02, 2025 5:59 am

The forum went down again at 8PM CDT yesterday

mgladdish · Post by **mgladdish** » Tue Jul 08, 2025 11:31 pm

I've been getting lots of Cloudflare timeouts over the past few days.

WGWTR180 · Post by **WGWTR180** » Wed Jul 09, 2025 12:04 pm

This morning I was trying to logon and

Posaunus · Post by **Posaunus** » Wed Jul 09, 2025 12:09 pm

Unreliable and IMPOSSIBLY slow. Multiple "time outs" trying to load. What's with the server?

RoscoTrombone · Post by **RoscoTrombone** » Wed Jul 09, 2025 12:17 pm

UK here & experiencing the same issues. It's not been accessible most of the day today. It's been on/off over the last couple of weeks.

Post by **BGuttman** » Wed Jul 09, 2025 12:28 pm

I've been experiencing the same thing today. Fixing this issue is WAY above my pay grade (and capability!).

Burgerbob · Post by **Burgerbob** » Wed Jul 09, 2025 12:31 pm

Yup, very bad this last week. Beuller?

jpwell · Post by **jpwell** » Wed Jul 09, 2025 12:55 pm

Is the ship on auto pilot or is someone in control???

EriKon · Post by **EriKon** » Wed Jul 09, 2025 1:32 pm

I was locked out for a whole day. Now back in again.

tbdana · Post by **tbdana** » Wed Jul 09, 2025 2:11 pm

I think I found the 15 minutes today when the forum is loading normally. I wonder if it's the same time every day. And wonder if they're ever going to fix it.

CalgaryTbone · Post by **CalgaryTbone** » Wed Jul 09, 2025 2:25 pm

Similar issue yesterday.

JS

JohnL · Post by **JohnL** » Wed Jul 09, 2025 2:55 pm

jpwell wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 12:55 pm Is the ship on auto pilot or is someone in control???

Matt K, who seems to do the nuts and bolts of keeping things up and running, last signed in on June 21. He hasn't posted since March.

Post by **blast** » Wed Jul 09, 2025 3:43 pm

It's out during the day in the UK. Works late evening. Odd.

Posaunus · Post by **Posaunus** » Wed Jul 09, 2025 4:46 pm

JohnL wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 2:55 pm
jpwell wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 12:55 pm Is the ship on auto pilot or is someone in control???
Matt K, who seems to do the nuts and bolts of keeping things up and running, last signed in on June 21. He hasn't posted since March.

Oops.

Please come back, Matt. We need you!

Post by **Doug Elliott** » Wed Jul 09, 2025 9:49 pm

I texted Matt. I'll post when he replies.

slidesix · Post by **slidesix** » Wed Jul 09, 2025 10:06 pm

For me I’ve noticed it is unreliable during the day but okay in the evening (US Eastern Time)