# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/421 "2020-01-28T21:25:29Z")
I frequently get ‘504’ errors when I preview or post. Lately, to post I first get the ‘504’, back-up, post again, and see the “Duplicate post” message confirming that the first post succeeded! Any experts on interpreting _tracert_? It takes me 13 hops just to get to my provider (😕) and then just 4 more to get to SDMB, so that’s unrelated to the time-outs I suppose. But there’s another site ([predictit.org](http://predictit.org)) I can’t get to at all in 30 hops. Would the _tracert_ help diagnose that? ---
**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 28, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/422 "2020-01-28T22:53:10Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > have they tried a simple server reboot? It can’t hurt. The official phrase: “[Have you tried turning it off and back on again?](https://www.amazon.com/Have-Tried-Turning-Back-Again/dp/B07L9PCKGD)” ---
**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:** [January 29, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/423 "2020-01-29T11:57:50Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > FWIW, I’ve only had a few errors in the past week, and all of them cleared up quickly. None today at all. > > So I do think some people are having a lot more problems than others. Why this is, I have no idea. Yeah, as far as I can tell, everything is fine. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/424 "2020-01-29T15:27:36Z")
I’ve gone 12 hours with only 1 brief hang. Did someone reboot the hamsters? ---
**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 29, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/425 "2020-01-29T16:35:36Z")
It’s baaaaaaaack! **The following errors occurred with your submission: This forum requires that you wait 60 seconds between posts. Please try again in 43 seconds.** ---
**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 29, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/426 "2020-01-29T17:35:08Z")
Yes it’s back. \*\* Error: Server Error The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request. Please try again in 30 seconds.\*\* ---
**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 29, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/427 "2020-01-29T18:09:42Z")
When you start seeing errors like that, take note of the frequency of errors – whether or not they are coming in clusters. If you’re only getting odd ones once or twice a day … I’m not sure there’s much that TPTB can do to mitigate that. I gather that dollars are not going to be thrown at the problem, especially being the board still works fine probably better than 99% of the time across all users and database record calls/loads. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/428 "2020-01-30T19:59:05Z")
Something new today – for me anyway. Besides the usual timeouts and network errors, I also keep getting logged out. I’ve had to log in maybe half a dozen times this morning. If I get a connection error, or just set my phone down for half an hour and then come back, I’m logged out again. ---
**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 31, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/429 "2020-01-31T01:36:37Z")
Not throwing money at the problem might seem OK now but it’s possible the problem gets worse if no changes are made now. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/430 "2020-01-31T03:33:58Z")
I continue to get them occasionally, including one just a minute ago. ---
**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 31, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/431 "2020-01-31T03:40:57Z")
still curious what has been tried so far. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/432 "2020-01-31T04:05:58Z")
I’ve had zero problems all day. Yesterday was good, too. I didn’t do anything different here on my end. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/433 "2020-01-31T04:08:04Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Something new today – for me anyway. Besides the usual timeouts and network errors, I also keep getting logged out. I’ve had to log in maybe half a dozen times this morning. If I get a connection error, or just set my phone down for half an hour and then come back, I’m logged out again. I’ve been getting logged out several times a day for the last week or so. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/434 "2020-02-01T13:23:37Z")
no improvement at all for me. Lots of errors today ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/435 "2020-02-01T14:27:56Z")
Really crappy today. Taken me almost ten minutes just to get to here to bitch about it. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/436 "2020-02-01T14:29:28Z")
double post (because of errors) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/437 "2020-02-01T14:36:57Z")
It is extra bad today. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/438 "2020-02-01T14:37:26Z")
Very bad right now. I had to ask three times for this thread to come up, and got timeouts twice. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/439 "2020-02-01T14:38:32Z")
Lots of timeouts today, and I rarely get them. Tried 2 computers, and 2 browsers in both, although they are on the same LAN. The LAN appears to be working perfectly with high-speed FTP. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/440 "2020-02-01T15:22:44Z")
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