Thread (right-hand) frame slow/stalling - Teh Forum

<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43130.0&return_msg=43130.1"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43130.1">1–9</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=43130.1">Thread (right-hand) frame slow/stalling</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="43130_1_9_10"> <a name="a43130_1"></a><div class="message" id="message_43130_1"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">17 Apr 10:44</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">1 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43130.1">43130.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> When I click a thread link from the list (left-hand frame) the thread frame doesn't load for long periods if at all.<br /> <br /> This has been happening on and off for a few days. Sometimes it clears right up (as now), sometimes it persists past restarting Firefox, leading me to believe it's a server or network issue. Our not-so-broadband can be choppy, but the issue doesn't appear to affect loading from other sites quite so dramatically.<br /> <br /> Firefox on Fedora 40 (Gnome 3x) desktop. Not happening on mobile (Samsung A7 tab).<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 17 Apr 10:45 by DSMITHHFX</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43130.1&return_msg=43130.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43130.1"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43130_2"></a><div class="message" id="message_43130_2"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time">17 Apr 16:10</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 17 Apr 16:51"></span></span> <span class="message_count">2 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43130.2">43130.2</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43130.1#a43130_1" target="_self">43130.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Yup, getting the same. Clicking the thread a few more times usually fixes it.<br /> <br /> I assume the server is basically just in maintenance mode these days.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43130.2&return_msg=43130.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43130.2"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43130_3"></a><div class="message" id="message_43130_3"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">17 Apr 16:52</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 17 Apr 19:36"></span></span> <span class="message_count">3 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43130.3">43130.3</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43130.1#a43130_2" target="_self">43130.2</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Well it's weird that it works as per usual on mobile.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43130.3&return_msg=43130.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43130.3"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43130_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_43130_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time">17 Apr 17:34</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 17 Apr 22:30"></span></span> <span class="message_count">4 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43130.4">43130.4</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43130.1#a43130_3" target="_self">43130.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> ...and it also seems OK on Windows 11.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43130.4&return_msg=43130.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43130.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43130_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_43130_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">17 Apr 22:31</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 18 Apr 07:28"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43130.5">43130.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43130.1#a43130_4" target="_self">43130.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Same here on 10. I should probly run an update on Fedora, been a few months.<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 17 Apr 22:32 by DSMITHHFX</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43130.5&return_msg=43130.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43130.5"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43130_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_43130_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time">18 Apr 10:47</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 18 Apr 10:57"></span></span> <span class="message_count">6 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43130.6">43130.6</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43130.1#a43130_5" target="_self">43130.5</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I assume it's a firefox-on-linux thing then. Which is unsurprising. Mozilla never gave a fuck about linux, even when they were markedly less shit than they are now.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43130.6&return_msg=43130.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43130.6"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43130_7"></a><div class="message" id="message_43130_7"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">18 Apr 10:58</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 18 Apr 15:44"></span></span> <span class="message_count">7 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43130.7">43130.7</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43130.1#a43130_6" target="_self">43130.6</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I haven't updated it in months, and this just started a few days ago, so maybe not.<br /> <br /> Anyway, working fine this morning.<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 18 Apr 11:07 by DSMITHHFX</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43130.7&return_msg=43130.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43130.7"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43130_8"></a><div class="message" id="message_43130_8"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">18 Apr 13:38</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">8 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43130.8">43130.8</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43130.1#a43130_7" target="_self">43130.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I haven't experienced this. (Firefox ESR on Debian) <p>Linode sent a high CPU warning about a month ago now (not something I've received before), but I don't recall noticing any issues - I assumed it either resolved itself and/or Matt restarted the server; since there haven't been any more warnings I assumed it was a one-off and nothing to worry about.</p> <p>One possibility is aggressively crawling bots - in the past I've had issues with Semrush bot and a few others and blocked them - so maybe we need an <a href="https://github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt">updated robots.txt</a> - it's a low-effort first step at least. </p><div class="edit_text">EDITED: 18 Apr 13:41 by BOUGHTONP</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43130.8&return_msg=43130.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43130.8"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43130_9"></a><div class="message" id="message_43130_9"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">18 Apr 16:06</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_unread" title="Unread Message"></span></span> <span class="message_count">9 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43130.9">43130.9</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43130.1#a43130_8" target="_self">43130.8</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I've heard of AI bots scraping websites for "training" (plagiarized) content causing load issues.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43130.9&return_msg=43130.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43130.9"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </body>