Site Problems Thread

Looks like he is bypassing it. There are probably deleted posts in between.

That's my alt, even if you delete the posts. There should still be a 8hour limit.

 

Hi-
The bump timer wasn’t enabled for those forums. When new forums are created, they have to be configured for bump timer. I’ve configured them now. If any other forums are missing the timer, feel free to let me know.
-Matthew

 

Hi-
The bump timer wasn’t enabled for those forums. When new forums are created, they have to be configured for bump timer. I’ve configured them now. If any other forums are missing the timer, feel free to let me know.
-Matthew

I am pretty sure Graphics Marketplace is missing the timer as well.

 

When changing avatar it uploads and replaces the old one as soon as the upload completes. Instead, it should show a preview of what it's going to look like and give the user the option to press cancel and revert to the old avatar.

 

@Matthew Hey, thanks for fixing it.
The middleman forum's doesn't have that timer also.

 

won't let me change to my gif avi(s) that i've used many times before.. noone seems to be able to help
2018-09-25_03-54-01.mp4 - Streamable

 

@Sythe

https://i.imgur.com/OOZAFo7.gif

This avatar I created for @frogstar won't upload on neither mine nor his profile. It is under the file size limit and even when I tried to reduce the file size further (https://i.imgur.com/MPVuwy2.gif) the avatar still wouldn't upload. Image is 150x150 and is a gif.

@Sythe please check this out, many users are experiencing the same problem, uploading certain gif avatars that are within the guidelines seems to be down for a lot of users

 

Alright I’m looking into it

 

[testacc33]

One spinny boi

 

@Sythe please check this out, many users are experiencing the same problem, uploading certain gif avatars that are within the guidelines seems to be down for a lot of users

So this was actually an interesting problem

As per ImageMagick thumbnailImage Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded the issue is a long standing timing bug (race condition) in ImageMagick's multithreaded image processing.

Our servers were recently patched with the most recent kernel patches for meltdown/specter which most likely has caused the timing of thread execution to change slightly making this bug come out of the woodwork.

Solution for now is to limit gif image processing to a single thread per user. This does mean uploading a gif avatar may take up to 30 seconds and if your gif is particularly heavy it may not process at all. If you do experience this I suggest resizing it first with another tool before attempting to upload it.

Xenforo offers two ways to process images: php's built in GD functions or ImageMagick. The built in GD functions do not process animated gifs. So this limited version of ImageMagick is the only option for now. It's possible I could write a custom solution if it remains an ongoing issue.

I managed to upload the spinny boi above just now so it seems to be working. Let me know if it works for you.

 

So this was actually an interesting problem

As per ImageMagick thumbnailImage Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded the issue is a long standing timing bug (race condition) in ImageMagick's multithreaded image processing.

Our servers were recently patched with the most recent kernel patches for meltdown/specter which most likely has caused the timing of thread execution to change slightly making this bug come out of the woodwork.

Solution for now is to limit gif image processing to a single thread per user. This does mean uploading a gif avatar may take up to 30 seconds and if your gif is particularly heavy it may not process at all. If you do experience this I suggest resizing it first with another tool before attempting to upload it.

Xenforo offers two ways to process images: php's built in GD functions or ImageMagick. The built in GD functions do not process animated gifs. So this limited version of ImageMagick is the only option for now. It's possible I could write a custom solution if it remains an ongoing issue.

I managed to upload the spinny boi above just now so it seems to be working. Let me know if it works for you.

These three still won't upload, they're within the 1mb file size limit and within size constraints. Only trend I am noticing is gifs with larger animation time/more frames won't upload. This avatar at the bottom did end up uploading for me, and only has about a 1 second loop time where as the avatars above have a 2-4 second loop time.

 

These three still won't upload, they're within the 1mb file size limit and within size constraints. Only trend I am noticing is gifs with larger animation time/more frames won't upload. This avatar at the bottom did end up uploading for me, and only has about a 1 second loop time where as the avatars above have a 2-4 second loop time.

try clip some frames out of them, like every second frame

 

[Bolt]

try clip some frames out of them, like every second frame

I'm guessing it is a site technical limitation to have 2-4 second loops?

Edit: Got it to work by removing every second frame and slowing down speed to 50% to not give people seizures

 

I'm guessing it is a site technical limitation to have 2-4 second loops?

Edit: Got it to work by removing every second frame and slowing down speed to 50% to not give people seizures

For the moment it’s a limitation, sorry

But glad you got something working

 

try clip some frames out of them, like every second frame

that seems to be working, thanks!

 

[Pain]

@Sythe

Getting an error I've never had in 5 years of sythe.

Screenshot - 6c50ebda9ac120d0c64b6ad98da730fd - Gyazo

Randomly has happened three times today. If I refresh Sythe after getting it the site loads fine so I don't know.

 

@Sythe

Getting an error I've never had in 5 years of sythe.

Screenshot - 6c50ebda9ac120d0c64b6ad98da730fd - Gyazo

Randomly has happened three times today. If I refresh Sythe after getting it the site loads fine so I don't know.

We were running on a temporary load balancer for some maintenance

I've switched it back to normal now

lmk if it happens again

 

[Mathewkthxbai]

We were running on a temporary load balancer for some maintenance

I've switched it back to normal now

lmk if it happens again

When trying to select more options when editing thread in CS:GO Services causes error

 

When trying to select more options when editing thread in CS:GO Services causes error

Common issue

Fixed - Chrome 57 gives XSS error when editing a post

I'll look at the proposed solution and see if we want to add it

 

All F2P Quests + splashing x20 (240m)

on the thread forum it says i have the last post. on the actual thread my post isnt showing up, yet i have the 8h bump timer.