# Recent server timeout errors — anyone else getting them? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 7, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514 "2019-12-07T16:13:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/1 "2019-12-07T16:13:54Z")
Frequently, yesterday and today. **504 Gateway Time-out 502 Bad Gateway Error: Server Error. The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request. Please try again in 30 seconds.** Are you also getting them? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/2 "2019-12-07T16:28:06Z")
Yes, all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/3 "2019-12-07T16:28:28Z")
Me, too. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/4 "2019-12-07T16:51:17Z")
I think these lyrics sum up my current attitude… _If it happens again, I’m leaving I’m packing my things and go If it happens again, there’ll be no turning back I won’t say I told you so_ Seriously, I had to reload some pages five or more times before the 502/504 circle jerk stopped. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/5 "2019-12-07T16:54:01Z")
502/504 circle jerk. Yeah that about sums it up. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/6 "2019-12-07T17:26:07Z")
as well ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/7 "2019-12-07T17:30:50Z")
Me too. I always blame HughesNet though. Or a bird flying by. Or a cloud. Or someone using profanity in the next county. Pixies and Elves. Yep, that’s it: Pixies and Elves. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/8 "2019-12-07T17:34:14Z")
Sorry to hear you’ve been having problems. Please let me quiz you a bit so we can present some findings to the tech people. Does this happen all the time? Does it happen every day? Does it happen multiple times per day? Does it seem to happen more at certain times of the day? I’m sorry that this is happening to you at all, but let’s see if we can find a pattern here. Jenny your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/9 "2019-12-07T17:34:54Z")
Well you can scratch HughesNet off your list. Or you can keep blaming them; your call, Beck. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/10 "2019-12-07T17:38:55Z")
For me, it happens at least once a day, 502/504, or serious delay in a reply posting, then sometimes a 502/504 with that. Happens at all hours, even after clearing out memory. Refreshing computer works, temporarily, but not even a day later, it’s 502/504 circle jerk again. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/11 "2019-12-07T17:39:53Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Well you can scratch HughesNet off your list. Or you can keep blaming them; your call, Beck. They certainly get lots of my scratch every month. (:)) The alternative is homing pigeons or smoke signals. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/12 "2019-12-07T17:42:30Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Sorry to hear you’ve been having problems. > > Please let me quiz you a bit so we can present some findings to the tech people. > > Does this happen all the time? > Does it happen every day? > Does it happen multiple times per day? > Does it seem to happen more at certain times of the day? > > I’m sorry that this is happening to you at all, but let’s see if we can find a pattern here. > > Jenny > your humble TubaDiva > Administrator Frequently, yesterday and today, when from my subscriptions page I click the link to the latest post of the Trivia Dominoes thread game (the right arrow next to the last poster’s name). But it does not (or, rarely) happen when I load my subscriptions page. ETA: laptop at work, or iPad at home, both get frequent 502/504 circle jerk! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/13 "2019-12-07T17:44:05Z")
The more scratch you send, Beck, the more right you have to complain! ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/14 "2019-12-07T18:01:51Z")
In general, I get them only occasionally. This morning, I’ve gotten at least 10. It’s particular to this site. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/15 "2019-12-07T19:32:27Z")
Just between youse and me, I hear Jeffrey Epstein is to blame. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/16 "2019-12-07T19:37:38Z")
Editing posts has been a real struggle today. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/17 "2019-12-07T19:43:45Z")
The boards are going down more often than Liane Cartman for me today. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/18 "2019-12-07T19:53:23Z")
\*\*Does this happen all the time? \*\* Only last few days - say 4 or so **Does it happen every day?** Yes, since it started **Does it happen multiple times per day?** Yes, dozens. **Does it seem to happen more at certain times of the day**? Not that I’ve noticed. It definitely happens both day and night. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/19 "2019-12-07T19:57:27Z")
Yes, for several days, multiple times each day, but in no discernible pattern. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/20 "2019-12-07T19:59:48Z")
It’s happened multiple times yesterday and today when I click on a thread or try to post. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514.md?page=2)