404 errors in Formula One forum

[Ozan]

I'm getting 503 errors every day, I clear the cookies and refresh the page, it solves the problem except that sometimes it adds some links after f1technical.net/********* if this adds automatically, i get 503 errors. I delete that extra url and it is solved.

[Madhouse]

I get 503 errors daily too - I have read and visited this website for years without issue but its really becoming difficult to continue using.

[organic]

I get 503 errors daily too - I have read and visited this website for years without issue but its really becoming difficult to continue using.

You just have to refresh once and then the 503s stop..

It's an anti-bot thing. Without the 503s the website had 1000s of bot visitors and the site would take minutes to load a page

[mzso]

It is literally a consequence of the anti-bot measures, yes.

Is there no intention to fix this?

[Wouter]

It is literally a consequence of the anti-bot measures, yes.

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Is there no intention to fix this?

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I am glad, the 20 sec loading the page is 1000 times worse then this one time per day 503 error.

[mvfad]

I'm also having problems with error 503.

But if I go back and press F5 before clicking on the link, the 503 error disappears. It seems to be some issue related to cookie/authentication token in the browser.

[bluechris]

Guys when you rejoin the forum you do this
1. Go to homepage
2. F5 (refresh)

Then everything are working fine.

[mstar]

Do you mean refresh using the refresh button on the chrome web browser?

[bluechris]

Do you mean refresh using the refresh button on the chrome web browser?

Yeap. This is for the situation where you keep tabs open in PC or in phone.

[mstar]

I get the same issue, particularly with the team forums. Can admin fix this issue? its making coming on this forum annoying

[hollus]

Guys when you rejoin the forum you do this
1. Go to homepage
2. F5 (refresh)

Then everything are working fine.

Actually, for me, refreshing from anywhere in f1technical, be it the main page, the main forum page, the last page I visited, the google link, the recent link... refresing, once, fixes it (for the whole session).
On iphone, click x, click reload. On android, I don't now, I guess the same. On PC, press F5.

One reload, from any page, and it works for the whole session. This includes from the 503 error page. I am not sure about 404, I haven't gotten a 404 in a long time.

[bluechris]

The whole problem relies on the forum Cookie that has now very little time alive. I think it's more than 8 hours and less than 16. If you watch the site every 12 hours for example you get no errors.
That was the big change that crippled the forum.