# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/61 "2019-12-17T21:59:19Z")
Just another chiming in. It’s been particularly bad over the past day or two, with slow loading times, and numerous errors and gateway time-outs. I’d guess that at least 1/3 of the times I click on a thread or make a post on the board, I’m running into these errors. I’ve noticed this happening at all times of the day, and on two different machines and browers (a Mac running Safari, and a Windows laptop running Firefox). ---
**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 17, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/62 "2019-12-17T22:23:58Z")
Running a Chrome derivative on Windows 8. ---
**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 17, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/63 "2019-12-17T23:30:55Z")
Several today here as well. ---
**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 18, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/64 "2019-12-18T00:26:07Z")
It’s starting to seriously piss me off. The hamsters really need a good kick in the arse. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/65 "2019-12-18T00:27:54Z")
Yep. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/66 "2019-12-18T01:14:30Z")
Getting LOTS of gateway time-outs and other very slow responses. All day and night. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/67 "2019-12-18T01:14:45Z")
Getting tons of them tonight. I apologize for any duplicate posts. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/68 "2019-12-18T01:32:31Z")
Other than a single instance this afternoon, it stopped happening to me maybe five days ago. I don’t know whether this gives some sort of clue as to what’s causing the problem. Why some people and not others? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/69 "2019-12-18T03:49:41Z")
I just got one coming in off the google link …hadn’t even signed in yet said “504 bad gateway” ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/70 "2019-12-18T04:17:40Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Just another chiming in. It’s been particularly bad over the past day or two, with slow loading times, and numerous errors and gateway time-outs. Me too. Firefox on a Mac. ---
**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 18, 2019, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/71 "2019-12-18T05:18:19Z")
Hello? Any word on what’s going on? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/72 "2019-12-18T12:56:27Z")
By the way: Safari on a Mac. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/73 "2019-12-18T13:18:06Z")
I noticed a slowdown yesterday for just a few minutes but, otherwise, it works pretty well for me. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/74 "2019-12-18T17:51:51Z")
I’ve gotten 3 or 4 in the last 20 minutes (12:30 - 12:50 PM EST). It’s a slow loading process, too. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/75 "2019-12-18T18:19:37Z")
Just got this posting a reply in the Game Room: \*\*Error: Server Error The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request. Please try again in 30 seconds.\*\* I checked the thread though and my post was there, if I’d have tried to post it again it would have been a double post. ---
**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 18, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/76 "2019-12-18T18:24:12Z")
I have contacted management and asked if they could look at the situation. We apologize for all your inconvenience, I know it’s aggravating. 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 18, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/77 "2019-12-18T20:09:59Z")
Thanks Jenny. The errors contributed to my triple post today here in a thread game: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=22034292#post22034292](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=22034292#post22034292) ---
**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 18, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/78 "2019-12-18T20:16:18Z")
Anytime I’ve come close to “double posting” I’ve gotten a screen that tells me I’ve already posted. Why am I protected and others not? (Safari, iPad) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/79 "2019-12-18T20:28:17Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Anytime I’ve come close to “double posting” I’ve gotten a screen that tells me I’ve already posted. Why am I protected and others not? (Safari, iPad) Beats me, iPhone X and Safari, doesn’t protect me. ---
**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 18, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514/80 "2019-12-18T20:31:26Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Beats me, iPhone X and Safari, doesn’t protect me. Huh. 😕 I thought for sure that was why I _cannot_ double post, even if I try. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514.md?page=5)