# Testing...read only? \[Message about site being in read only mode\] **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 16, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-read-only-message-about-site-being-in-read-only-mode/928166 "2020-12-16T05:36:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-read-only-message-about-site-being-in-read-only-mode/928166/1 "2020-12-16T05:36:47Z")
Hello. Is it me you’re looking for? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-read-only-message-about-site-being-in-read-only-mode/928166/2 "2020-12-16T05:38:10Z")
I keep getting a “read only mode” error when I try to reply to some threads. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-read-only-message-about-site-being-in-read-only-mode/928166/3 "2020-12-16T05:38:10Z")
Hah! Apparently I beat you by a matter of seconds! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-read-only-message-about-site-being-in-read-only-mode/928166/4 "2020-12-16T05:38:43Z")
Got a message about that for a second, and a lot of time being told that my draft wasn’t saving. But then I reloaded the thread in a new tab, and I got through. (I had to copy and paste my post.) I suspect that there are intermittent problems that may last only a few seconds, but they stick around for as long as the tab stays open. If so, then longer threads (which you’d spend more time on) would be most affected. Hope that makes sense. (Also finding it odd my post isn’t showing that I edited it.) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-read-only-message-about-site-being-in-read-only-mode/928166/5 "2020-12-16T05:38:47Z")
I just posted about this, too. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-read-only-message-about-site-being-in-read-only-mode/928166/6 "2020-12-16T05:39:32Z")
I didn’t even think my thread would post. I hit post and expected it to just…be or not be or something. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-read-only-message-about-site-being-in-read-only-mode/928166/7 "2020-12-16T05:40:13Z")
Seems like this is a known Discourse glitch. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-read-only-message-about-site-being-in-read-only-mode/928166/8 "2020-12-16T05:42:08Z")
Well maybe we have my Lionel Richie impersonation to thank for getting the site going again. I know it usually gets things started for me at parties. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-read-only-message-about-site-being-in-read-only-mode/928166/9 "2020-12-16T05:51:55Z")
I got the same message briefly but things seem to be OK now. I closed two duplicate threads and edited the title of this one.