I did search throughout the Forums (as well as the Blogs, Knowledge Base, etc) and all I can find is the Grid Status page, which states that the problems with the Land Auctions are resolved. Yet just a few minutes ago, I signed in (a couple of minutes before the auction was to take place, at noon SL time)---yet was unable to submit a bid. The error message said that I had timed out.
Is anyone else experiencing this? (I realize that only a fraction of SL users sign into the Auctions, but maybe I'll get lucky and someone will know something about this.)
If the times have been reset to some new parameters, then I'm hoping we'll be told what those parameters are! (For example, it used to be possible to sign in anywhere from a half hour early to just a few seconds before the auctions, without triggering any 'you have timed out' messages. Similarly, it used to be possible to bid all the way up the the last few seconds.
Maybe the Lindens in charge decided to change those times. Maybe you now must sign in within some set window of time, and bid within a set window of time---if so, it would be wonderful to know in advance what those windows are.