Temporary technical error (error 500) when trying to display or comment on forum topics

[Profaitchikenz Haiku]

I anybody else seeing this? It started perhaps ten minutes ago and is now showing almost every time I try to view a topic, edit a comment I've made, and even add a new topic.

[animats]

Yes. Refreshing enough times tends to get the forums back.

This is the kind of error web sites show when they have a load balancer with several web servers behind it, one or more of the web servers is down, and the load balancer hasn't detected this and cut the dead server out.

[Arielle Popstar]

Heh was convinced they finally caught up with me and instituted a ban. (knocks on wood) 😊

[Profaitchikenz Haiku]

29 minutes ago, animats said:

Refreshing enough times tends to get the forums back.

So it seems. Now I know what the rats went through in the Behavioural Psychologist's laboratories when they had to press a treadle a random number of times to get a food pellet reward.

[Luna Bliss]

It's the new website in progress...saw it for just a bit..

[Sid Nagy]

Seems the forum is back to normal again.
I did not need the refresh button any longer.

[Profaitchikenz Haiku]

20 hours ago, Sid Nagy said:

I did not need the refresh button any longer.

Can I have it as a spare? Mine got quite a hammering and it's almost flat.

Edited May 20, 2021 by Profaitchikenz Haiku

[Bree Giffen]

There is a concept in the design of user interfaces called the “idiot button” which is a button that does nothing but makes the user feel better because they are pressing it while the system is automatically fixing itself without any needed interaction from the user.