Server Error Reports

[gnif]

Sorry mate, not a server issue our side, must be a connectivity issue on your end.

Ping times to the server are a stable 130ms from several EU countries (FR, NL, UK) and 160ms from Sidney. It doesn't look like a connectivity issue. However, if you don't seen anything strange on the server there's not much we (you) can do.

Ping times are not a good indicator for packet loss, or fragmentation. If you want something somewhat more reliable, use `mtr`

I've tried mtr on linux, and seem to be getting HUGE packet losses.  The output, is as follows:

                                      My traceroute  [v0.94]
mx (192.168.0.29) -> www.eevblog.com                                      2022-12-06T15:14:24+0000
Keys:  Help  Display mode  Restart statistics  Order of fields  quit
                                                          Packets              Pings
Host                                                    Loss%  Snt  Last  Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
1. _gateway                                              0.0%    85    3.8  4.0  3.7  6.5  0.5
2. host-62-24-254-204.as13285.net                        0.0%    85  32.5  32.0  31.3  33.7  0.5
3. ae53-ner002.bre.as13285.net                          0.0%    85  32.4  32.4  31.5  39.5  1.1
4. ae53-scr101.loh.as13285.net                          0.0%    85  32.7  34.8  32.0  69.3  6.2
5. ae61-scr101.thw.as13285.net                          0.0%    84  32.8  34.5  32.5  49.3  3.1
6. e0-30.core3.lon1.he.net                              0.0%    84  33.6  33.9  33.0  35.6  0.5
7. 100ge0-75.core3.lon2.he.net                          88.0%    84  72.4  59.7  33.7 146.6  37.4
8. port-channel2.core2.nyc5.he.net                      75.0%    84  102.1 101.1 100.0 104.5  1.1
9. e0-79.core3.nyc4.he.net                              89.2%    84  102.9 101.2 100.2 102.9  1.1
10. port-channel6.core2.mci3.he.net                      85.7%    84  132.6 130.8 126.6 154.1  7.8
11. port-channel2.core3.mci3.he.net                      76.2%    84  128.1 128.4 126.6 142.5  3.8
12. port-channel8.core2.den1.he.net                      88.0%    84  137.0 136.9 136.2 137.8  0.5
13. port-channel10.core2.slc1.he.net                    50.6%    84  147.4 148.5 147.4 153.6  1.2
14. webnx-inc.100gigabitethernet0-25.switch2.slc1.he.net 52.4%    84  185.4 186.4 185.2 188.9  0.8
15. 104-250-156-167.static.gorillaservers.com            42.2%    84  185.9 186.3 185.2 190.4  0.8
16. 192-154-109-3.static.gorillaservers.com              38.1%    84  185.5 185.6 184.5 187.1  0.6

Packet loss starts at hop 7, continues right up to the server. Not an eevblog server issue, please stop posting here now that this has been confirmed. This thread is special and triggers alerts to wake me for issues when it's posted to.

[IanB]

Suddenly seeing this a lot:

Connection Problems
Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later.

[sokoloff]

Same here. 2022-12-22 19:44-19:45 UTC

[xrunner]

Same here. 2022-12-22 19:44-19:45 UTC

Same here -

Connection Problems
Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later.

[Ed.Kloonk]

Me too.

[bingo600]

same here

Other thread
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/news/lots-of-smf-database-connection-problems/msg4597778/?topicseen#msg4597778

[SiliconWizard]

Keep getting those as well.

[gubezon]

Getting the database server may be too busy errors here too today. Usually a single page refresh gets it going again.

[james_s]

I've been getting loads of these today.

[AndyBeez]

Aw snap

[tautech]

Downunder also.

[Infraviolet]

I've been getting the same error for a while. Saw it some hours ago, each page needs about 3 refreshes before the proepr page appears, and am still having it now.

[Psi]

I'm getting them now as well, not on every page load, just randomly.  Maybe 1 in 5

[joeqsmith]

Photo attachments are having problems again.   The thumbnail is correct but the photo is not.   Seems to happen with drag and drop.   Maybe the same problem as last time.   

[james_s]

Came here to say this. Sometimes I can see the thumbnail but then I click it and it expands to the wrong photo. Just now I tried to view a photo and got an error that said "You are not allowed to access this section" or something like that.

[xrunner]

Errors this evening in TX, USA

Connection Problems
Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later.

and

404 Not Found

nginx

[gnif]

This was due to some server maintenance that was planned and Dave announced on Twitter. Work has been completed now and services should return to normal.

[EEVblog]

This was due to some server maintenance that was planned and Dave announced on Twitter. Work has been completed now and services should return to normal.

BTW wasn't announced on here because we didn't think it would impact the forum, only the website, but it did. Took the opportunity to upgrade SMF to 2.0.19 as well.

[gnif]

Please be aware that I am commencing work on the servers again and while there should be no interruptions to services, if there is due to unforeseen reasons, I apologize.

[timenutgoblin]

404 Not Found

nginx

I have seen the same error when the forward slash / is omitted from the URL.

The link below takes you to the first page of this thread:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/website-error-reports/

The link below will give a '404 not found' error:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/website-error-reports

[gnif]

404 Not Found

nginx

I have seen the same error when the forward slash / is omitted from the URL.

The link below takes you to the first page of this thread:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/website-error-reports/

The link below will give a '404 not found' error:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/website-error-reports

This is not what this thread is for sorry, though I will investigate when I am done here.

[gnif]

Work has been completed and the trailing slash issue has also been resolved.

[davidut5]

I get 404 not found when folowing the link in subscription email on android. On windows its fine.
This link for example: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear

[RoGeorge]

Try adding a slash character at the end, like this
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/

[davidut5]

Yeah, now i see the link is folowed partial, could be my email app not liking the $ character?