Lots of HTTP ERROR 500 pages when attempting to load/reload pages

[WhitetailAni]

Browser, version and OS: Windows 10 Home 21H1, Chrome 92.0.4515.107 64-bit

 

Steps to reproduce/what were you doing before it happened?

Opening a status update as a new tab, along with reloading the home page

 

What happened?

Both failed to load and gave HTTP ERROR 500, though hitting the "Reload" button fixed this

 

What did you expect to happen?

The pages to load without showing HTTP ERROR 500 and requiring a "Reload" button press

 

Link to a page where it happened, if applicable: 

https://linustechtips.com/

Screenshots of the issue, if applicable: 

Any other relevant details:

Reddit has also been slow recently, though this might not be related

[Murasaki]

I've been getting blank white from time to time on the homepage lately but it goes away after another F5. Dunno if related.

[Mnky313]

I've had this happen a few times though I thought it was just me (I'm tethering to my phone at service is bad here xD)

[da na]

This happened to me twice today, reloading the page fixes it but pretty sure it's a server load issue. Also got a Cloudflare error this morning.

[Biohazard777]

15 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

Both failed to load and gave HTTP ERROR 500, though hitting the "Reload" button fixed this

 

2 minutes ago, Mnky313 said:

I've had this happen a few times though I thought it was just me (I'm tethering to my phone at service is bad here xD)

500 = server error.

[Skiiwee29]

Im getting the same time to time. usually happens during high loads, or when DDOS protections kick in. 

[colonel_mortis]

It should have recovered now, although we're still looking into the ultimate root cause of the 500s.

[MultiGamerClub]

19 hours ago, Murasaki said:

I've been getting blank white from time to time on the homepage lately but it goes away after another F5. Dunno if related.

This and the 500 error, been getting it twice today but only at 8am and never after 12am in my timezone (CET).. Not sure why.

[TheCoder2019]

6 hours ago, MultiGamerClub said:

This and the 500 error, been getting it twice today but only at 8am and never after 12am in my timezone (CET).. Not sure why.

You have 404 posts, that's why.

 

But 5XX sounds like a Cloudflare issue to me, but I can't be sure

[colonel_mortis]

All the errors here are HTTP 500 errors (and correspond to fatal errors on the server), but different browsers render them in different ways (blank page vs Chrome error). This error is coming from the forum, not from Cloudflare, and only happens under high load (such as DoS attacks).

[MultiGamerClub]

2 hours ago, TheCoder2019 said:

You have 404 posts, that's why.

 

But 5XX sounds like a Cloudflare issue to me, but I can't be sure

Haha didnt think of that.

 

30 minutes ago, colonel_mortis said:

All the errors here are HTTP 500 errors (and correspond to fatal errors on the server), but different browsers render them in different ways (blank page vs Chrome error). This error is coming from the forum, not from Cloudflare, and only happens under high load (such as DoS attacks).

Weird question, is it that frequent? When i had my own website for a few months some time ago i remember chinese or russian bots scouring the website for any kind of exploit known to man but never experienced any dos-attacks (small website after all). Just curious.

[colonel_mortis]

3 minutes ago, MultiGamerClub said:

Weird question, is it that frequent? When i had my own website for a few months some time ago i remember chinese or russian bots scouring the website for any kind of exploit known to man but never experienced any dos-attacks (small website after all). Just curious.

We notice attacks every few months, but they're almost certainly targeted by someone that wants to take down the forum for whatever passes as their idea of fun, not just random bots that decide to take down random websites.