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Re: why is the forum so slow

Post by joedf » 27 Mar 2023, 16:00

swagfag wrote: ↑
27 Mar 2023, 12:39
 alrighty, until next friday then :lol:
Well said lmao :lol:

Re: why is the forum so slow

Post by swagfag » 27 Mar 2023, 12:39

alrighty, until next friday then :lol:

Re: why is the forum so slow

Post by joedf » 27 Mar 2023, 12:23

DIsabling Attack mode, as it seems to cause issues with the docs not updating and downloads being occasionally broken

Re: why is the forum so slow

Post by joedf » 24 Mar 2023, 14:16

Yeah, it's only showing like 1-2 times for me, then got for the rest of the day... might just keep it on... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Re: why is the forum so slow

Post by kczx3 » 24 Mar 2023, 11:27

Honestly, the forum is much more usable in attack mode…. The cloudlfare thing is a minor nuisance to endure for a performant and snappy experience while navigating the forum. I’m sure it’s possible that others have different experiences but just thought I’d share my opinion on the matter.

Re: why is the forum so slow

Post by joedf » 24 Mar 2023, 09:54

lol "ddos friday" ... nice
Seems okay for me right now... If it gets worse, I'll turn on attack mode again for a bit.

Edit: yep... pretty slow. Turned it on for now..

Re: why is the forum so slow

Post by swagfag » 24 Mar 2023, 07:06

again its starting, i feel like. 5s to post/edit. its ddos friday

Re: why is the forum so slow

Post by joedf » 18 Mar 2023, 12:22

@BoBo i can probably turn it off now... But yes, that's a measure by cloudflare in "under attack mode".

Re: why is the forum so slow

Post by BoBo » 18 Mar 2023, 06:02

@joedf - JFTR, if I try to access the AHK forum (…/boards) using a browser with DuckDuckGo the site prevents me from entering it by displaying a "confirm you are a human"-confirmation checkbox dialog. Once confirmed it’s going into a loop loading the same page again (and again,…).
So I've done the same now using Chrome - that allowed me to access.
AFAICS, the whole event gets managed by Cloudflare, right?
Any ideas??

Re: why is the forum so slow

Post by joedf » 17 Mar 2023, 15:37

Yes, it's been on and off. I wasn't sure if it was just me, but this feedback convinces me. Thanks all for sharing and voicing btw. :+1:
Not sure, why, but it seems that yes, we are being "mini-ddos-sed" every so often.

I can only assume these are attempts in taking the domain for ad revenue or some kind money-motivated reason... :think:

Edit: yet another DDOS email from cloudflare:

Code: Select all

2023-03-17T19:25:28Z UTC 
Max rate 	300.00 rps 
HTTP Flood
3M+ requests in the last hour, most of them cached... without cloudflare we'd be down... :?

Re: why is the forum so slow

Post by guest3456 » 17 Mar 2023, 12:22

kczx3 wrote: ↑
17 Mar 2023, 10:53
 Is it typical for the submission of replies or posts to take a few seconds?
^this is whats been most noticable for me for the past month or two

edit: and just happened right now with this post (while the rest of the forum is fast)
edit2: submitting the edit was fast, but submitting the original reply was slow

Re: why is the forum so slow

Post by kczx3 » 17 Mar 2023, 10:53

Is it typical for the submission of replies or posts to take a few seconds?

Re: why is the forum so slow

Post by kczx3 » 17 Mar 2023, 10:50

swagfag wrote: ↑
17 Mar 2023, 10:02
 yes, now everything opens instantaneously

which means if the delays were truly caused by ddosing, then some mini-ddosing must have been going on for at least the past month or so(maybe even longer), because the forums have been slow for a good while now. its just a random coincidence that i was annoyed enough by it to post about it today
+1

Re: why is the forum so slow

Post by swagfag » 17 Mar 2023, 10:02

yes, now everything opens instantaneously

which means if the delays were truly caused by ddosing, then some mini-ddosing must have been going on for at least the past month or so(maybe even longer), because the forums have been slow for a good while now. its just a random coincidence that i was annoyed enough by it to post about it today

Re: why is the forum so slow

Post by kczx3 » 17 Mar 2023, 09:04

Feels very snappy now

Re: why is the forum so slow

Post by joedf » 17 Mar 2023, 08:55

Copied my response from here: https://github.com/AutoHotkey/AutoHotkeyDocs/issues/637#issuecomment-1473881683
I am not sure, what happened yet. Anyway, I have turned on "under attack mode" on cloudflare. Should help for now.
Edit: just got an email a few minutes a got of DDOS attack at 2023-03-17T13:55:23Z UTC
3.10k rps

Re: why is the forum so slow

Post by Ragnar » 17 Mar 2023, 04:49

Related: https://github.com/AutoHotkey/AutoHotkeyDocs/issues/637

Re: why is the forum so slow

Post by gregster » 17 Mar 2023, 04:44

Yes, I get a lot of connection timeouts. Almost unusable right now.

Re: why is the forum so slow

Post by just me » 17 Mar 2023, 04:21

Be happy, it's about 30 seconds here!

why is the forum so slow

Post by swagfag » 17 Mar 2023, 00:59

every link/action takes 3-5s to complete
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