Server Issues

[Martell]

Sorry if you have experienced server issues. We are testing out a higher performance server instance, which I'm hoping will resolve the problems.

[retired jerry]

thanks Dan

[Limey]

Yes, thank you. I have had a few off line episodes but they didn't last very long.

[kepPNW]

Is this change related to the (new?) &sid parameter in unread links (those you get from the "Unread Posts" page)? Never noticed that before, and wondering if/how that will impact sharing a link with someone. Guessing the sid is tied to a specific user, so the shared link will take the other person to the spot where the first person quit reading? Or might even allow someone to see/alter what the site believes someone else has read?

[Martell]

I don't think that is new.

[kepPNW]

Weird. Not there, now. First, and only, time I've seen it was on one page of Unreads this morning.

[Lurch]

&sid query string shouldn't be there... Sometimes they'll appear if you're doing admin/moderator tasks, or on the first link clicked as a guest

[adamschneider]

The Session ID parameter is sometimes there, sometimes not, and it's always been like that. But it's certainly not going to cause the server to crash.

[kepPNW]

The Session ID parameter is sometimes there, sometimes not, and it's always been like that.

Ahhh, session ID... I was guessing it might be related to the user more directly than that, thus exposing a security issue of sorts. No worries in this case. Hadn't noticed it before.

But it's certainly not going to cause the server to crash.

Never thought it might be related to server crashes; just that it might have been mistakenly included while reconfiguring a new server.