OpinioNate Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 We will be performing a rolling release today to push some new code to the live site. What this means is that each of 6 servers will be taken down individually and updated, which in theory should not result in any downtime on your end. We will be updating the following: Images Image performance has been poor lately as a result of a large image copy taking place over the last week (more background here). Images which have already been copied over to the newer, faster hardware will be served from there instead of the old image server. You should see steady increases in image performance as more images are copied. Throttling Last week we implemented some new throttling code which is meant to identify and lock out automated software that hits the site faster than a human ever could. Already we have blocked some major offenders. Unfortunately some humans were falsely identified as robots and put on a time-out for no good reason. We suspect a robot conspiracy and are investigating. Do not be alarmed. Some throttling code tweaks have been made and users should not be blocked from viewing content at normal speeds. If a person does happen to be throttled by mistake, there is now a Captcha feature in place to prove your human credentials. Please let us know if you experience any unusual site behavior. Thanks! Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 We suspect a robot conspiracy and are investigating. Do not be alarmed. Well, just in case... Long Live Skynet! Though I have not been hit by this one, glad to see that it is addressed. Thank you. Link to comment
+The Haywood Hornet Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 It has just got me but I have not been given the chance to prove I am human! How long will I be locked out for? I have about 180 finds to log! Link to comment
OpinioNate Posted April 8, 2010 Author Share Posted April 8, 2010 It has just got me but I have not been given the chance to prove I am human! How long will I be locked out for? I have about 180 finds to log! The rolling release should be complete by this evening. If you are locked out now it will be a matter of minutes before you are let back in. Sorry! Link to comment
+Markwell Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Thank you for the updates in regards to fixes - it really helps to know what's going on! Link to comment
+Prime Suspect Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 (edited) I'm just glad I bought that insurance policy against robot attacks from Old Glory Insurance. Edited April 8, 2010 by Prime Suspect Link to comment
OpinioNate Posted April 8, 2010 Author Share Posted April 8, 2010 (edited) The rolling release is complete. Thanks! Edited April 8, 2010 by OpinioNate Link to comment
+J-Way Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 At 5:37 PDT I cannot access any cache pages. All return a 500 error. Others have reported the same problem in a different thread. Link to comment
+klossner Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 How appropriate. At that link, Youtube tells me "An error occurred, please try again later." Link to comment
+J-Way Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 (edited) How appropriate. At that link, Youtube tells me "An error occurred, please try again later." It's an old ad for "Rock 'em sock 'em robots". I watched the video, but I'm still getting the 500 error, so it didn't work. Any more ideas? Edited April 9, 2010 by J-Way Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 (edited) It's an old ad for "Rock 'em sock 'em robots". I watched the video, but I'm still getting the 500 error, so it didn't work. Any more ideas? When I hit the 500 error last time, I exited from my browser, and that fixed the problem. Try: - Restart browser - Restart machine - Clear cache then restart browser - Delete geocaching.com cookies then restart browser In that order (meaning try step 1 first, and if that doesn't work, try step 2 and so on). Edited April 9, 2010 by Chrysalides Link to comment
Jeremy Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 How appropriate. At that link, Youtube tells me "An error occurred, please try again later." It's an old ad for "Rock 'em sock 'em robots". I watched the video, but I'm still getting the 500 error, so it didn't work. Any more ideas? We're looking into this now. Stay tuned... Link to comment
+Markwell Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 (edited) How appropriate. At that link, Youtube tells me "An error occurred, please try again later." OK - how about this: Edited April 9, 2010 by Markwell Link to comment
nikhilsinghal Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 We have deployed a fix. Let us know if you still see an issue. Link to comment
ad5smith Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 We have deployed a fix. Let us know if you still see an issue. thank you for the update and the fix Link to comment
Jeremy Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Workin' good. Thankee Thanks for confirming the fix. It makes us feel a lot better when we have independent verification Link to comment
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