25 votes

Tildes down?

Was tildes down a couple hours ago for anyone else? I wasn't able to access it, also verified it with isitdownrightnow

13 comments

  1. [8]
    Deimos
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    It was down overnight, yes (went down shortly after I went to bed, of course). It shouldn't have been related to traffic level at all, the server's load was very low (traffic has increased over...

    It was down overnight, yes (went down shortly after I went to bed, of course).

    It shouldn't have been related to traffic level at all, the server's load was very low (traffic has increased over the last few days, but still isn't high). At this point I'm not sure what the problem was either though, the server seems to have just suddenly stopped responding. I'll try investigating more into it later today.

    I think that's probably the longest unplanned downtime we've ever had?

    42 votes
    1. [2]
      AugustusFerdinand
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      I survived Tildes downtime, AMA!

      I think that's probably the longest unplanned downtime we've ever had?

      I survived Tildes downtime, AMA!

      19 votes
      1. Bauke
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        What's it like to grasp into the abyss? Connection timed out To drift endlessly into nothingness? Connection timed out To ask and remain unanswered? Connection timed out To walk as if you weren't...

        What's it like to grasp into the abyss?

        Connection timed out

        To drift endlessly into nothingness?

        Connection timed out

        To ask and remain unanswered?

        Connection timed out

        To walk as if you weren't snowblind?

        Connection timed out

        To see the world end?

        Connection timed out

        To fake smile in the mirror?

        Connection timed out

        Oh the Tildes is back on, nice.

        16 votes
    2. [2]
      FlippantGod
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      I know you are posting less but it's always nice to see you Deimos! Interested to hear more when you've had time to look into it.

      I know you are posting less but it's always nice to see you Deimos! Interested to hear more when you've had time to look into it.

      10 votes
      1. mycketforvirrad
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        Hear hear!

        I know you are posting less but it's always nice to see you Deimos!

        Hear hear!

        8 votes
    3. hopo
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      Does tildes have a status page?

      Does tildes have a status page?

      5 votes
    4. jackson
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      if it's at all linked to oracle cloud they had a huge outage last night, basically everything was down including VPS in Ashburn.

      if it's at all linked to oracle cloud they had a huge outage last night, basically everything was down including VPS in Ashburn.

      3 votes
    5. geniusraunchyassman
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      Behavior sounds like Nginx worker connections were exceeded. Depending on your reporting that could give the impression that it wasn’t related to a traffic increase because Nginx is killing off...

      Behavior sounds like Nginx worker connections were exceeded. Depending on your reporting that could give the impression that it wasn’t related to a traffic increase because Nginx is killing off the extra connections.

      Just a stab in the dark.

      Or it could be one of a million other things.

      2 votes
  2. mycketforvirrad
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    It was. Roughly seven hours. It only just came back up.

    It was. Roughly seven hours. It only just came back up.

    6 votes
  3. [3]
    knocklessmonster
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    My suspicion is we got the hug of death, considering the lack of warning.

    My suspicion is we got the hug of death, considering the lack of warning.

    6 votes
    1. mycketforvirrad
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      My gut feeling too. Especially when I checked in on the r/tildes invite thread today and saw it sat at 1.6K comments. 😂

      My gut feeling too. Especially when I checked in on the r/tildes invite thread today and saw it sat at 1.6K comments. 😂

      5 votes