# 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:** 14
**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:** [January 10, 2020, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/261 "2020-01-10T08:02:54Z")
504 Gateway Time-out shield ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/262 "2020-01-10T08:17:59Z")
^^^ Ten minutes later, me too. I tried a different browser, same thing. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/263 "2020-01-10T14:54:21Z")
Error: Server Error The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request. Please try again in 30 seconds. Caused a thread games double post here: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=22073431#post22073431](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=22073431#post22073431) Damn! I posted the first, got the error, then reloaded the thread and saw that I lost my post. Damn! So I recomposed my post and posted it. That’s when I saw my original post DID hit. Wow. And… Damn! ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/264 "2020-01-10T15:12:49Z")
> [@atimnie](#): > > Are there any apps or tools that can speed things up on the user’s end? I’m no expert, but from what I’ve been reading through the links in this thread … it seems that these errors are: a) very strictly server-side (e.g. whatever server on which the SDMB physical files reside) and also … b) completely unrelated to anything regarding the clients (us SDMB users, and out various computer & software configurations). … However. I have noticed that a handful of the same users keep coming into this thread reporting this issue over and over. I realize that many users may get an intermittent 504 error and shrug it off, never to post about it here. But still. Even though these errors are supposed to be independent of whatever is happening on the users’ end … the concentration of complaints (as opposed to breadth) at this point makes me curious. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/265 "2020-01-10T15:17:27Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Error: Server Error > > The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request. > Please try again in 30 seconds. One thing I am 90% sure about (and 10% unsure about 😛 ): This is a different thing than the 502/504 errors and could very well be on your side. … I haven’t seen but one 504 error this calendar year. Rather, my experience with the board in recent days has been more like what \*\*ftg \*\*and \*\*Chefguy \*\*reported in their most recent posts upthread: general, nondescript sluggishness. But for me, even that sluggishness is not all the time. Not even all that often in recent days. Things – _right now_ – seem pretty much OK in regards to opening threads here, posting, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/266 "2020-01-10T15:56:09Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > However. I have noticed that a handful of the same users keep coming into this thread reporting this issue over and over. . . I’ve mentioned a couple of times that the problem doesn’t happen to me very often. I first joined this thread in December when I was getting timeouts. Since then, I’ve had only a few actual errors, with slow response a little more often than that. I’ve had no problems at all over the past few days. If the problem really is on the server, maybe there’s an issue with user authentication that affects some users more than others. Maybe it’s a problem with cookies. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/267 "2020-01-10T17:16:50Z")
any news of a fix? Bueller ? Anyone? Bueller? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/268 "2020-01-10T17:54:49Z")
**504 Gateway Time-out shield** I gotta say, whatever emergency fix was done over the holidays didn’t work very well. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/269 "2020-01-10T17:57:08Z")
If it _was_ a holiday fix, seems to be some debate on that. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/270 "2020-01-10T18:05:13Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > they should be able to find the problem if they want to. It’s not a money issue, there are many free tools to monitor website performance. And between all of us we’re probably using them and calling in a few geek-friends as well. But, like my other computer, Vb is really really old and showing its age and compared to more modern systems it just has bugs that are hard to fix. And I don’t think anyone has a financial interest in going after them. It may be - may, not sure - that TPTB will have to go Platform Shopping again some time in the next year or so. Or the rest of us will have to get used to hitting refresh a lot. But whatever the case, I have no doubt volunteer time and a lot of effort is being spent. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/271 "2020-01-10T19:04:07Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > **504 Gateway Time-out > shield** > > I gotta say, whatever emergency fix was done over the holidays didn’t work very well. There was a period of 1-2 days where nobody reported errors, IIRC. Maybe 2 weeks ago. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/272 "2020-01-10T19:05:07Z")
**502 Server Error Error: Server Error The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request. Please try again in 30 seconds.** Just now in Thread Games. Win 10, Chrome, laptop. (sigh) ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/273 "2020-01-10T20:47:30Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > There was a period of 1-2 days where nobody reported errors, IIRC. Maybe 2 weeks ago. Sometimes people don’t report them all the time. I have the hanging for minutes on end, with no error message all the time here. A half dozen times a day. But I don’t report them all day long. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/274 "2020-01-10T21:34:15Z")
This board has almost become unusable for me - over the last week I’ve been getting so many 502/504’s (doesn’t matter what time of day). I’m giving up a lot more quickly, now, and just surfing elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/275 "2020-01-11T14:52:46Z")
Doesn’t seem to be certificate-related but there’s this odd thing going on. There’s a random process going on where in some threads the new posts are properly marked and in other threads they are shown as old posts. No pattern to it at all. Click on 10 threads, 4 will be properly marked, 6 won’t be. Age of new posts, thread, etc. doesn’t matter. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/276 "2020-01-11T22:27:46Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > I’m no expert, but from what I’ve been reading through the links in this thread … it seems that these errors are: > > a) very strictly server-side (e.g. whatever server on which the SDMB physical files reside) and also … > > b) completely unrelated to anything regarding the clients (us SDMB users, and out various computer & software configurations). > > … > > However. I have noticed that a handful of the same users keep coming into this thread reporting this issue over and over. I realize that many users may get an intermittent 504 error and shrug it off, never to post about it here. But still. Even though these errors are supposed to be independent of whatever is happening on the users’ end … the concentration of complaints (as opposed to breadth) at this point makes me curious. Nope. I’m getting them too. Last night, I couldn’t log on to the site from my phone - the message was that my phone’s time was wrong, and would I like to adjust it? I got that message at 08:59:17 EST. And my computer’s clock read: 08:59:17 EST. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2020, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/277 "2020-01-12T04:39:18Z")
> [@TheCuse](#): > > Sometimes people don’t report them all the time. > > I have the hanging for minutes on end, with no error message all the time here. > > A half dozen times a day. But I don’t report them all day long. Of course, just because people have not reported the problem, it doesn’t mean the problem hasn’t been occurring. But it might mean that. And when people do report the problem, it is data ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/278 "2020-01-12T11:04:39Z")
I’m sure there are plenty of posters like me who only wander into ATMB when things get really, really bad. Also, I’ve been able to access the board through email links since yesterday afternoon. It seems to be pretty snappy now. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/279 "2020-01-13T16:47:25Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Nope. I’m getting them too. Last night, I couldn’t log on to the site from my phone - the message was that my phone’s time was wrong, and would I like to adjust it? I got that message at 08:59:17 EST. And my computer’s clock read: 08:59:17 EST. That particular “phone time is wrong” error was due to the SDMB’s site certificate expiring. It was a different thing from the 504 errors. ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/280 "2020-01-13T21:11:47Z")
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