Why am I getting '502 Bad Gateway' when selecting "Projects, Designs [...]" ? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: VinzC
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2017, 06:05:45 pm
content: Hi.I'm getting since today morning error messages "502 Bad Gateway" from the EEVBlog Forum server. Did something go wrong? Is there something on my side that prevents browsing that forum?I've tried with another browser on another machine, which I never used to browse EEVBlog Forums and the same issue occurs.Thanks in advance.

author: jpanhalt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2017, 06:11:50 pm
content: Ditto. Had the problem all morning. Started with trying to click on the link for a response notice at about 0500 local (EDT). Problem continued for several hours. Eventually flushed cookies (What a PITA!) and got back on. Clicking on the link in a notice still doesn't work.This is the ONLY forum that seems to have that problem. When others go down, that is obvious, and I wait a hour or so. When they come back up, I do not need to clear cookies.Win7 Pro, ChromeJohn

author: RGB255_0_0
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2017, 06:20:25 pm
content: I was getting it. But when I did connect, the connection was fully secure. Gnif playing with certificates maybe?

author: rstofer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2017, 06:28:22 pm
content: I have been around here all morning and haven't had the problem. I find that when I get glitches at EEVblog, I just have to hit the refresh button. I'm not sure why that works.

author: testian
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2017, 07:03:14 pm
content: I also get sometimes 502 Pages since yesterday but after a refresh it is most of the time working again. For me it is not specific to a category. It is not your system it is the web server that produces this error.

author: VinzC
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2017, 07:27:35 pm
content: Thanks guys. I'll try later with a blank browser profile (no cookies, no cache, nothing) and see what happens.

author: jpanhalt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2017, 07:29:04 pm
content: We have been warned by the powers that be that doing a refresh only makes the matter worse.So, without say whether I tried that, I tried everything I knew how to do without success. At one point, I got on the forum, but when I clicked on a topic, I got the 502 error again and gave up.BTW, clicking on the notice link is now working -- at least twice today, that is.Time to forget about EEVBlog and begin celebrating today.John

author: Nusa
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2017, 07:54:49 pm
content: Most likely it was the result of some network or database maintenance and a temporary situation. Not a problem at your end, in any case. I saw it as well last night....the forum was unusable for hours.

author: MarkS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 04, 2017, 11:10:34 pm
content: I've been dealing with this for about 48 straight hours. I tried asking about this yesterday, but my reply got kicked off because of... a 502 error!

author: VinzC
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2017, 12:11:29 am
content: Quote from: MarkS on July 04, 2017, 11:10:34 pmAh... tell me about it! I just got an error 523 from Cloudflare responding to this!

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2017, 02:21:58 am
content: Not had any problems for months until the forum went down last night somewhere between 7 and 10 PM NZT.No refresh or alternative link could get through, the page that always came was the EEVblog patience please one not Cloudfare so I went to bed knowing it should be all good this morn. And it was.Condolences to gnif if he had to work late.

author: Macbeth
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2017, 02:41:36 am
content: I've been getting these 502's lately and yesterday EEVBlog forums totally inaccessible though the main website was ok.I remember getting cloudflare errors in the past, but this is not from them:502 - Bad GatewayWe are sorry for the inconvenience that this error may be causing you. We are aware of the issue and are working to resolve it, please be patient.There is no need to report this error.Thank you for your patience,Dave & gnif24th March 2017: We are performing some database changes, please bear with us.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------24/03/17?gnif, fix your 502 page at the least!

author: amirm
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2017, 03:05:06 am
content: I get this error every few months. The only fix is deleting the cookie specific to EEVblog. Nothing else fixes it. And there is no one "working" on resolving it either.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2017, 03:09:09 am
content: It's your browser Macbeth, kill the tab and start fresh.I had what you have this morning ~7hrs ago but no probs since.Win 7 & Chrome.

author: Macbeth
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2017, 03:16:59 am
content: No its not my browser - I normally use Chrome, but installed Opera recently and tried it's VPN from Singapore (because I thought it may be a cloudflare edge server issue, so coming from another location may work? nope!)Pretty sure the static HTML 502 error page just has the old message hard coded and wasn't removed after the previous planned outage.What caused this outage I don't know but cloudflare didn't deal with it.

author: cat87
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2017, 05:52:24 am
content: I don't think it's the browsers doing this (this time). I'm getting the "Bad Gateway" stuff when I try to go from Dave's EEVBlog site to the forum. However, if I type the exact address "https://www.eevblog.com/forum" it loads without any problem. At least, this is what happens on my end of the information pipeline. It's been going on since Monday, I think

author: Jeroen3
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2017, 06:37:31 am
content: I had to shift+f5 this morning to remove the fault page. Guess the forum didn't toss the cookie out.

author: Electro Detective
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 06, 2017, 11:32:07 pm
content: Keep it simple guysshut down your browser or log out of EEVblog and take a coffee break, mow that back yard jungle,or troubleshoot that pita circuit you've been putting off for monthsGive the heroic EEVblog server admina chance to get it sorted without everyone 'banging on the 502 door' all at once for a fixI've had the 502 as well the last 2 days, and all is well nowwithout changing anything on the compooter...or freaking out

author: VinzC
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 10, 2017, 04:31:01 pm
content: Given the number of fellas who ran into this issue, that clearly confirms an issue on the server's side. I've done web development in the past and I am aware5xxerror messages generally designate fault conditions reported by the web server engine but it doesn't totally rule out the user side, like some residual cookie that were kept after database changes on the server side, to give just one example; hence my question.I'd tend to believe the server was indeed overloaded (or at least slightly disturbed) judging by the time it took to respond when I was observing the phenomenon. It seems no one has a clue but I'm fine with that — I know by experience it's not always easy to determine the cause of random issues like this one. Given that the maintainers haven't warned about any maintenance, I guess the reason can be filed as "unknown"... so far.

author: M4trix
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 10, 2017, 10:47:54 pm
content: Firefox here. Clearing the browser cache and cookies solved the problem.

author: metrologist
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 11, 2017, 03:38:57 am
content: Here is Google for ya! Somebody tell me about Google and this is what I get!The bad gateway for me was caused because of http vs https. It's been like a week of disappointment

author: Fraser
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 12, 2017, 04:25:14 pm
content: I can report that I have had many 502 errors pages over the past few days. Worse one was today when I wrote a long reply to a question and got a 502 when I hit submitThought I had lost about 30 minutes typing, but thankfully I managed to 'step back' to the text entry page and saved all the text. About half an hour later I returned to my computer and managed to re-submit the text. All had returned to normal. I should have written my response off line and then submitted it.... a lot safer with this 502 issue popping up at random.As others have said. I do not get in a flap over this. I just go and do something else until the issue rights itself. Refreshing the page is important to flush out the cached 502 page though.Fraser

author: Vtile
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 12, 2017, 04:27:13 pm
content: It have been giving the error for me today also.

author: Jeroen3
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 12, 2017, 05:13:34 pm
content: There are browser plugins thay save textfields automatically for this very reason.edit:Found it:Lazarus: Form Recovery.But it interferes with the Lastpass button in the forms

author: amirm
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 13, 2017, 03:38:06 pm
content: Quote from: Fraser on July 12, 2017, 04:25:14 pmWhenever I write a long response on any forum, before hitting post, I do a Control-A and Control-C to put all of it in the clipboard should a mishap like this happen. The back button sometimes works, sometimes it does not. The copy and paste is quick and more than one time saved my bacon.That said, there is better forum software that makes sure that all is saved such as what I am using to host my forum (see signature). It will keep that text even if you reboot your machine (another way you lose your post when a forced update happens in Windows).

author: VinzC
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 16, 2017, 01:26:49 pm
content: Quote from: amirm on July 13, 2017, 03:38:06 pmAh! Fascinating to find someone who does that, too! You know what? Despite Firefox saving your (posting) work, that trick turns out to be mandatory anyway because... sometimes automatic saving doesn't work so you end up not to rely on a feature that should be trustfully working 100% and it doesn't — which brings the question "why implement such a feature anyway" since it's always when it doesn't work that you lose the most important (Murphy's law).Moral of the story: never ever type text online!What also happens is I sometimes hitCtrl+W(Close current tab) instead ofShift+W(upper case W). I guess I'm not the only one. One more reason to rely upon an external editor.

author: RGB255_0_0
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 18, 2017, 09:51:13 pm
content: Back with a vengeance.

author: MarkS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 18, 2017, 11:13:50 pm
content: This is the largest March 24th in history! It's like being trapped in the movie, "Groundhog Day!"

author: KE5FX
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 19, 2017, 12:10:57 am
content: You guys should atleastchange the "24th March 2017: We are performing some database changes, please bear with us" message. Suggest telling people to hit ctrl-F5.

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 19, 2017, 01:48:25 am
content: Man this error is killing me tonight. I can't even PM some people I need to message.

author: floobydust
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 19, 2017, 01:53:36 am
content: I've been getting the 502 error most of the dayno it's not the browser or the cookies, tried that. I used Tor via Germany and that worked OK.Firefox gives many html coding errors for the forums, doesn't help I suppose:WARNING: cdn.mathjax.org has been retired. Checkhttps://www.mathjax.org/cdn-shutting-down/for migration tips." MathJax.js:32:5Unknown property ‘-moz-border-radius’. Declaration dropped. forum:1:92Unknown property ‘-moz-box-shadow’. Declaration dropped. forum:1:215Unknown property ‘-moz-border-radius’. Declaration dropped. forum:2:193Unknown property ‘-moz-border-radius’. Declaration dropped. forum:1:476Unknown property ‘-moz-box-shadow’. Declaration dropped. forum:1:605Expected ‘none’, URL, or filter function but found ‘progid’. Error in parsing value for ‘filter’. Declaration dropped. forum:1:680Unknown property ‘-moz-box-shadow’. Declaration dropped. forum:3:451Expected ‘none’, URL, or filter function but found ‘progid’. Error in parsing value for ‘filter’. Declaration dropped. forum:3:526Unknown property ‘-moz-border-radius’. Declaration dropped. forum:21:172Unknown property ‘-moz-border-radius’. Declaration dropped. forum:22:154Unknown property ‘user-select’. Declaration dropped. forum:1:392Unknown property ‘-moz-box-shadow’. Declaration dropped. forum:1:555Expected ‘none’, URL, or filter function but found ‘progid’. Error in parsing value for ‘filter’. Declaration dropped. forum:1:628Expected ‘none’, URL, or filter function but found ‘alpha(’. Error in parsing value for ‘filter’. Declaration dropped. forum:2:202Expected ‘none’, URL, or filter function but found ‘alpha(’. Error in parsing value for ‘filter’. Declaration dropped. forum:4:177Error in parsing value for ‘vertical-align’. Declaration dropped. forum:54:41

author: Fraser
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 19, 2017, 09:43:07 am
content: Gave up on the forum last night. Unavailable most of the evening.Has anyone contacted Dave to let him know ? He may be unaware as I have seen no comment from him. I would send him a message but I do not want him bombarded with such reports.Fraser

author: RGB255_0_0
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 19, 2017, 10:57:35 am
content: Could the server be under DDoS? Gnif could be blocking the attacks but the error is from CF?

author: Fraser
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 19, 2017, 11:38:27 am
content: I hope it is not "he, who's name shall not be mentioned" up to his old tricks again but this time with an attempted DOS server overload. If so, he is a fool as such is considered far more serious than spamming a forum with phalic images.

author: StillTrying
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 19, 2017, 12:50:13 pm
content: Quote from: RGB255_0_0 on July 19, 2017, 10:57:35 amYep, with everyone constantly hitting refresh.I saw the 502s.

author: MatthewEveritt
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 19, 2017, 01:18:32 pm
content: Quote from: wilfred on July 19, 2017, 10:02:04 amHe is aware, he's been posting in a few of the other threads about this. No word as to what's causing it beyond 'a thread hangs, but we don't know why'.Thisseems to be getting the most information, but I keep getting confused between threads so I might be wrong.

author: RGB255_0_0
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 19, 2017, 01:23:57 pm
content: This is a new one.