Zompist Bboard Again

For the last couple days, when trying to access the board, I've often gotten MySQL "too many connections" errors. I remember this appearing before in the past; this may or may not be underlyingly the same issue.

This happened to me yesterday too, if that's of any help.

Apparently we are so popular that the server sometimes fails to handle the traffic

it is perhaps something less cheerful...

I haven’t gotten this recently.

WeepingElf wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 6:33 am Apparently we are so popular that the server sometimes fails to handle the traffic

Really? I haven’t noticed that many users lately.

I think Weepy's just being facetious.

I also encountered the “too many connections” issue today.

Perhaps a bot running wild. But I plainly don't know.

I know this is unsatisfying, but I don't know what the problem is or how to fix it. I did Google the error, but didn't find anything useful.

I haven't experienced it myself. Perhaps time of day is important?

Those who have, does it repeat? Does it go away if you try again later?

It seems to be a transient issue. It recurs if you refresh the page a few times; give it a couple minutes and it goes away, but its occurrence is unpredictable.

zompist wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 5:04 pm I know this is unsatisfying, but I don't know what the problem is or how to fix it. I did Google the error, but didn't find anything useful.

I haven't experienced it myself. Perhaps time of day is important?

Those who have, does it repeat? Does it go away if you try again later?

If it occurs at a specific time of day, I haven't noticed it. Last time I had the issue, it was around 2-3 PM central time.
It goes away after maybe fifteen minutes.

I just got the 'too many connections' error -- it went away after a minute or two.

I don't know how your hosting is set up, but I suspect your host may be a little stingy with the DB connections, or you're sharing a mysql server with sites that are currently getting heavier traffic than usual.