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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: schnelles on February 14, 2013, 12:44 am

Title: sudden PROBLEM WITH SEARCH FEATURE (here in SR forum) - help!
Post by: schnelles on February 14, 2013, 12:44 am
hi,

i have used the search feature quite some times with good results.,
now since today it doesnt work anymore !

whatever i try, when i click search i get an ERROR page saying
"error - your last search is less than 5 seconds ago"  (or a very similar statement).

the point is : this is NOT TRUE !


i even get this error on my very first search, right after log in.
or i wait a minute, no matter - same error every time no matter what i do.

this must be a site problem i guess.
does search work for you ?

am i doing something wrong maybe ?
i also tried advanced search, always same error.

earlier it worked flawlessly, since today i cannot search anymore

who knows more ?
Title: Re: sudden PROBLEM WITH SEARCH FEATURE (here in SR forum) - help!
Post by: dothedamnthing on February 14, 2013, 12:52 am
I have been getting the same error message all day long
Title: Re: sudden PROBLEM WITH SEARCH FEATURE (here in SR forum) - help!
Post by: schnelles on February 14, 2013, 12:55 am
so whats going on here ?
is there some place to report this error to?
maybe the admin doesnt even know
Title: Re: sudden PROBLEM WITH SEARCH FEATURE (here in SR forum) - help!
Post by: jurassic6 on February 14, 2013, 12:58 am
This is annoying me so badly ><
Title: Re: sudden PROBLEM WITH SEARCH FEATURE (here in SR forum) - help!
Post by: schnelles on February 15, 2013, 12:25 am

in the afternoon it seemed to work again,

but now - same old error !

i wonder how long it takes until they repair this faulty search feature ...
Title: Re: sudden PROBLEM WITH SEARCH FEATURE (here in SR forum) - help!
Post by: midwestmedical on February 15, 2013, 12:49 am
This has been an issue for a while and i dont know if a fix is in the works or not.

We are all using a tor hidden service, so no tor exit node is used.  The problem is that to the server (i think) it looks like we are all using the same IP address.  This is why you see the 5 second error, and why it gets worse as the site gets busier. 

Im not sure my explanation is 100% technically correct, anyone with more info free free to correct me.
Title: Re: sudden PROBLEM WITH SEARCH FEATURE (here in SR forum) - help!
Post by: maple on February 15, 2013, 04:02 am
This has been an issue for a while and i dont know if a fix is in the works or not.

We are all using a tor hidden service, so no tor exit node is used.  The problem is that to the server (i think) it looks like we are all using the same IP address.  This is why you see the 5 second error, and why it gets worse as the site gets busier. 

Im not sure my explanation is 100% technically correct, anyone with more info free free to correct me.

I am not an expert on the TOR network, but I think if you have several people who happen to have the same relay as the end relay in their circuit, and several of them are connected to SR, that might have the same effect as them all having the same exit node. I do not know how probable that is though, or if it even makes technical sense. Most of the documentation on the network goes way over my head.