Forum seems to be broken

[Lucycampbell]

The forum seems to be broken for me. Any action (clicking on a message, searching for messages, posting a reply, etc.) takes at least 2 - 3 minutes to get a response. In addition, all of the normal text formatting icons are missing from the message editing panes.

I'm trying to determine whether something in my browser has changed or if it is a forum problem. I normally use Firefox on Windows, but the same slow response happens with Microsoft Edge, and also with Firefox on Ubuntu. So it looks like a forum problem ball orbit

Is anyone else experiencing problems?

Yes, I’m seeing the same issues here — pages are loading very slowly and the editor toolbar is missing. Looks like it’s a forum-side problem, not your browser

[d_stranz]

I believe the problem is still what Wysota described earlier - the site is being overwhelmed with hits by AI bots. Cloudflare has recently reported that more than 80% of all web traffic is due to AI training crawlers, and that many of them ignore the directives in "robots.txt" files that request that site not be crawled. It's sad. The site is nearly useless.

https://blog.cloudflare.com/ai-crawl...-and-industry/

And you are also right - the editing tools are gone. I wanted to embed that URL, but can't because I don't remember the tags needed to do it manually.

[wysota]

What editing tools? I can see the toolbar just fine.

As for the site responsiveness - yes, it's quite bad. I'm struggling to make it better but with little success.

[d_stranz]

Well, today the editing toolbar and the "Post Quick Reply / Go Advanced / Cancel" buttons are back. When I posted the previous message, there was nothing except the text entry box. Seems to be back to normal now. The site is also much more responsive. Thanks for the work.

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