Anyone Else Have Problem w/ Slow Forum

[kaneohe]

Every once in a while, it seems like the forum gets very slow (or doesn't move at all) . If I click on something nothing happens. If I go to any other web page, it works fine and if I come back to ER, the same thing happens. It is only occasional and lasts for some minutes but there seems to be a distinct difference w/ everything else.

 

[travelover]

Same, periodically.

 

[Dtail]

No issues here. Maybe too many ads.

 

[GrayHare]

fwiw, no delays here, fastest site I can think of actually

 

[razztazz]

Yes, on this end in recent days

 

[target2019]

Have had that problem, but not frequently enough to care about it.

 

[Car-Guy]

It happens to me occasionally but not recently. When it does happen it seem to clear up in a few minutes.

 

[Jerry1]

Yes, happens pretty often. Seems to just lock up for a bit. Never seems to last long, but noticeable.

 

[MuirWannabe]

Yes, seems to happen rather frequently now

 

[Dawg52]

Rare but has happened.

 

[Midpack]

Rare for me too. I just assume there’s some admin function going on when it does happen, never lasts more than a few minutes that I recall.

 

[Winemaker]

No slowdown experienced here.

 

[ShokWaveRider]

Only when not using an add blocker.

 

[Alan]

It happens quite a bit with me, but I put it down to accessing it in the morning here, which is 6 hours ahead of CST. (I don't know where the server is located).

Interesting to hear that others experience similar issues during "office hours".

 

[Go-NoGo]

Happened to me as well - page took about 15 seconds to load. I checked if internet was down (Not), other sites loaded promptly which leads me to believe that the problem was with ER

 

[mountainsoft]

page took about 15 seconds to load. I checked if internet was down (Not), other sites loaded promptly which leads me to believe that the problem was with ER

Yep, I get the same results about once a month or so. I am using an ad blocker so I don't think it's related to advertisements. The page just fails to load. Thankfully it usually clears up in a few minutes and works fine when I come back to visit later.

 

[MRG]

It's appeared slow intermediatly,I'd thought it was my internet connection but other sites seem unaffected..

 

[MichaelB]

This happens to me, but not frequently, almost always early in the morning when I first post. It goes away after a few minutes.

Something similar happens with other websites as well, and a couple stop loading altogether. Bloomberg News is like this. They still load normally on other devices, but not on my tablet, and if I clear cache the problem goes away.

 

[Go-NoGo]

I am sure the Administrators are on top of this and are aware of this - there are flaws in the vbulletin software that this forum is running on. Apparently hackers are exploiting this vulnerability to take control of servers:

"Attackers are mass-exploiting an anonymously disclosed vulnerability that makes it possible to take control of servers running vBulletin, one of the Internet’s most popular applications for website comments."

https://arstechnica.com/information...-attacks-against-high-severity-vbulletin-bug/

 

[Walt34]

I happens every great long while to me too but not long enough or often enough to complain about. I'll open a new window and load another site to see if it's me or something else. 99.9% of the time it's something else.

 

[GalaxyBoy]

No slowdowns here.

Dang, I just jinxed myself!

 

[target2019]

I figured it out. Something happens on the server, and then something happens on the internet. I didn't touch anything, I swear.


It is something that seems to happen more often early in the day. Maybe it is a period of time since you've been active. The security module gets handed a request from the ratz-en-frass module to re-validate your login. Security module is asleep at the wheel, wakes up, stumbles on its way to the coffee pot, and you can figure out the rest.

 

[target2019]

Interesting. After posting above, I went to Subscribed Threads, read, and posted in another thread.
Then went to New Posts, had a 15-30 second delay, followed by everything loading as expected.
It happened about 06:20 EST.

 

[JoeWras]

The common theme I find to this is it happening early morning Eastern time. Usually right around the time target2019 pointed out.

 

[Winemaker]

Interesting. After posting above, I went to Subscribed Threads, read, and posted in another thread.
Then went to New Posts, had a 15-30 second delay, followed by everything loading as expected.
It happened about 06:20 EST.

After saying no problems the other day, I am having all kinds of issues today after 6:15 am today.