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      toomeek
      last edited by

      I'm experiencing very strange delay when posting new post or topic.
      This isn't happening when I click "preview"!
      I have latency 20-30ms to sites, however it takes very long time (sometimes) to post something.
      First guess: is Your storage in good condition?
      This isn't related to single station, since same thing happends on another (via another ISP).
      Don't know anyone experienced this also..

      update: Even while adding this topic I had 10-15 second delay ;/ same thing on another browser.
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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        I have been experiencing this for some time also. It can take up to a minute to complete.
        However I don't think it's actually a problem posting the message since if you get board waiting and just refresh the thread again the message is actually posted almost instantly.
        This doesn't happen if you modify an existing post or use preview as mentioned.
        The difference seems to be that modifying or previewing returns you to the thread or post view where as posting a new message or thread returns you to the sub-forum view where the browser seems to be waiting for some element that never appears.

        Steve

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          Cino
          last edited by

          i'm experiencing the same thing. At first I thought it was because I started to use squid again but I get the same delay when not using a proxy. Stephen is right now, it will post instantly.. I usually wait 5-10 secs then refresh the page and my post is there.

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            Nachtfalke
            last edited by

            I do have the same problem.

            If I remember correct then it is a board problem. JimP answered this in another thread some weeks ago.

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              cmb
              last edited by

              was just going to check into this again and now I can't replicate it, where it used to happen almost every post.

              It seemingly happens to everyone from time to time, we just haven't had time to look into it.

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              • chpalmerC
                chpalmer
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                I am an admin on an SMF based forum that has done  the same thing in the past…  In fact Ive seen this on a couple others also...  I don't know what we did to fix it other than possibly a full reboot of the server.    I would suggest you guys upgrade to 2.0.2 when you have some time to do so...  Make sure your present theme will work first.

                Triggering snowflakes one by one..
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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  It's not really a problem, it's just odd.

                  Steve

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                    toomeek
                    last edited by

                    For me,
                    it looks like array/filer/hard drive/just storage timeout (overloaded?) since this is happening when We are going to update database and not always.

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                      cmb
                      last edited by

                      Server reboot? It doesn't run on Windows. ;) Actually the server has rebooted since this started happening.

                      I've ruled out database delays and any possible network issues, something's not right within SMF itself. Apache and PHP in general are fine, a few other sites run in the same jail with no issue. I turned off SMF's reverse DNS lookups as it felt like possibly that kind of delay even though I didn't see PTR lookups being issued, no diff there. I turned on logging of all PHP errors, and it hasn't logged anything relevant.

                      Definitely want to get upgraded to SMF 2.0.x soon, hopefully that resolves it, and without creating too much chaos in general with the theme and other things.

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                      • chpalmerC
                        chpalmer
                        last edited by

                        Server reboot? It doesn't run on Windows

                        Yea I shoulda known better…    ;D

                        Im watching for it on all the (known to me) forums and version numbers...  See if there's a correlation...  Im curious if its caused by the constant bot hits and possibly related to the "security issues" the newer versions are supposed to fix.

                        Ive not seen it on our forums lately though...    All on 2.0.2 now.

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                        Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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                          cmb
                          last edited by

                          @chpalmer:

                          Im watching for it on all the (known to me) forums and version numbers…  See if there's a correlation...  Im curious if its caused by the constant bot hits and possibly related to the "security issues" the newer versions are supposed to fix.

                          Shouldn't be any unpatched security issues in SMF 1.x, it's gotten updates as needed and is still supported until the end of this year at least. While we do get nailed with bots and stupid crawlers on occasion that at rare times go to the extent of DoSing the entire site with huge floods of requests, that's rare and it's definitely not related to the post delay.

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                          • chpalmerC
                            chpalmer
                            last edited by

                            @cmb:

                            @chpalmer:

                            Im watching for it on all the (known to me) forums and version numbers…  See if there's a correlation...  Im curious if its caused by the constant bot hits and possibly related to the "security issues" the newer versions are supposed to fix.

                            Shouldn't be any unpatched security issues in SMF 1.x, it's gotten updates as needed and is still supported until the end of this year at least. While we do get nailed with bots and stupid crawlers on occasion that at rare times go to the extent of DoSing the entire site with huge floods of requests, that's rare and it's definitely not related to the post delay.

                            Really just thinking out loud…    Just started going down the Bug Tracker Page and will see if anything obvious jumps out…

                            Triggering snowflakes one by one..
                            Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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                            • chpalmerC
                              chpalmer
                              last edited by

                              And by the way…  Running Firefox 11 here this happens to me every post I make...

                              Seems like any computer I use. Ill pay more attention.

                              Triggering snowflakes one by one..
                              Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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                              • chpalmerC
                                chpalmer
                                last edited by

                                Well- after noticing that my Java was slightly outdated and updating it I no longer have the issue…    Not so sure that was the fix but for now Ive tested several times and its gone.

                                Remoted into my desktop at the shop and could not duplicate it there either...

                                As soon as I can pry my laptop out of my son's hands Ill try it.

                                Triggering snowflakes one by one..
                                Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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                                  cmb
                                  last edited by

                                  It's not specific to any one machine or browser, I use several browsers across several machines with 3 different OSes and they all do it periodically. Judging by the network traffic I've captured on several occasions when it happens, it's definitely not client-related.

                                  I believe it started when we upgraded to 1.1.16 or not long after. We also added an AAAA right around the same time, but that doesn't appear to be related, m0n0wall's forum has had an AAAA for a long time on the same SMF versions with no such issues, and it's the same whether I'm on v4 or v6 and most of the people here are on v4.

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Just thinking out load here because I'm not an admin on any forum  ;) but…

                                    It seems to me that the fact there is never a delay when modifying or previewing a post must be a clue. Especially because when modifying a post the browser is redirected back to the post in the thread where as when posting a new post it redirects to the sub-forum index. This behaviour always seemed to be slightly inconvenient to me since I almost always then go back to check my post (and correct the terrible spelling!). Looking at the SMF docs I see there is a variable to control this: redirectexit
                                    I wonder whether this still at the default setting, redirects to the forum index, or is trying to redirect to some thing non-existant?
                                    Either way it would be my preference to redirect to the post.

                                    Steve

                                    Edit: No delay on this post.  ::)

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by

                                      And now I see that there is a setting for doing the above in user profile, 'Return to topics after posting by default'.

                                      Steve

                                      Edit: And it works like a champ!  :)

                                      Edit2: Doesn't effect the delay though.

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                                      • johnpozJ
                                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        This has been bugging me for some time, I made the change to return to topics, and also setup quick reply.  Lets see if that makes any difference?

                                        That was instant - and now this modify went? Fast as hell as well!  Lets see how it goes in other sections.

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                                        • johnpozJ
                                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          still see delays now and then, have to check my settings again.  But reporting posts just seems broke!

                                          Those damn gibberish spam posts – try to report one, and just sits there saying connecting.  So not sure its actually reported or not?

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                                            cmb
                                            last edited by

                                            they are getting reported.

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