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having problems with the forum...
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2026 5:05 pm
by Kevin
@grayhawk, I keep randomly getting errors and pages not loading....
Re: having problems with the forum...
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2026 5:08 pm
by Greyhawk
Kevin wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2026 5:05 pm
@grayhawk, I keep randomly getting errors and pages not loading....
Me. too. No idea why. When I reload everything is fine.
Re: having problems with the forum...
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2026 5:26 am
by SirVive
I was just reading this post ... thought 'I haven't noticed any issues so far' ... clicked to the next thread and ...
Re: having problems with the forum...
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2026 5:49 am
by Greyhawk
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I suspect the 728 guests online is related.
I saw 3000 earlier today. The resource limit being reached may be simultaneous processes.
Re: having problems with the forum...
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2026 5:57 am
by SirVive
Yikes!
Re: having problems with the forum...
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2026 12:58 pm
by Greyhawk
I took away Guests ability to download files and use the search function. I am hopeful that this will limit their load on the system.
I am currently allowing Guests no access at all, just as an experiment. I probably won't keep it that way.
Re: having problems with the forum...
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2026 1:57 pm
by SirVive
Thanks. I assume the vast majority of those are also bots of some sort?
Re: having problems with the forum...
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2026 9:29 pm
by Greyhawk
I have restored read-only access to Guests and am still not seeing errors anymore, so I guess prohibiting them from downloading files and using the search function is sufficient.
The major search engine bots self-label, so the Guests are likely AI tool bots gathering data for their own purposes. Nothing malicious, but in great numbers an unwelcome strain on resources.