geocaching.com not loading

[+tsnyder88]

i did not know where else to post this in the forums and i and i also cant log in to the feedback site to post it there. i tried getting on geocaching.com this morning and all i keep getting is The connection has timed out The server at www.geocaching.com is taking too long to respond. and i was wondering if it was a bug in last nights upgrades

[+BuckeyeClan]

Perhaps they are not done! I can't get on either, so it is not just you.

[+The Caching Coulters]

It just loaded up for me.

 

edit Uh oh I seem to have spoken too soon. Now I can't get it.

Edited December 15, 2010 by The Caching Coulters

[Keystone]

I've been able to load some cache listings and have published two new ones this morning for folks to go hunt in the snow and freezing temperatures.

 

I did notice that the site is running very slowly, probably as a result of growing pains caused by last night's major infrastructure upgrade.

[+The Caching Coulters]

For once the site is slower than the forums.

 

It's up, but slow.

[+beejay&esskay]

Since I've been assured the site is up, I'll try occasionally...

 

but right now I am getting:

 

The server at www.geocaching.com is taking too long to respond.

[+Rabiz]

Here in Germany it's still down. I guess it will take some time untill it's up worldwide!

 

Rabiz

[+t4e]

this morning was very slugish but now it works perfect for me, everything loads quickly

 

i hope i didn't jinx it

[+The Caching Coulters]

I wanted to check out my new souvenir but the page says I don't have any. Where have my souvi's gone!!!

[+tsnyder88]

Since I've been assured the site is up, I'll try occasionally...

 

but right now I am getting:

 

The server at www.geocaching.com is taking too long to respond.

 

that is the same thing that i have been getting

[+The Caching Coulters]

double post. They musta seen my crack about the site being slow.

Edited December 15, 2010 by The Caching Coulters

[+solo63137]

Sometimes I get to the Google map, but all I get is ""Requesting Caches"....

 

I missed it, what exactly did they do last night to the "Infrastructure"?

[GOF and Bacall]

There is usually some issue or another with the updates. They'll get it sorted out sooner or later.

[Elias]

We've identified the issue causing the site slowdowns and are working to resolve them. We should have this resolved shortly.

 

Elias

[+nittany dave]

Seems to be working pretty well now but I still don't have PQs that should have come by now.

[+beejay&esskay]

I suspect PQs will be significantly delayed today.

 

Still can't get on the site. Will Elias update when he thinks "shortly" has arrived?

[+humboldt flier]

P.Q. issue began last night about 2 hrs before the shut down.

 

Querries generated without attachments. They initially seemed O.K. because you could review the results ... but there it stalled and remains stalled.

[+humboldt flier]

 

 

I missed it, what exactly did they do last night to the "Infrastructure"?

 

Broke it.

 

Tincture of time or liberal topical application of lead pipe could be in order.

[+nittany dave]

I thought there would be some delay, I didn't know it began before the shutdown. Maybe they were just letting the queues clear out before starting their work.

In any event, I can wait. I was just curious to see if there was any estimate on when things would catch up.

[knowschad]

I can't speak for pocket queries, but the main site seems to be coming up normally now. Earlier this morning, it was taking anywhere from 20 seconds, to much more than that for it to load for me. Repeatedly instantaneous for me now.

[+addisonbr]

I haven't been able to load any searches in the iPhone app. I didn't discover it until I had already taken the subway out to Queens to look for a cache before work; when I realized that the problem was probably the servers and not my phone, I just turned around and went back the way I came. No big deal in the grand scheme of things.

 

Amazing how quickly I've learned to rely on my phone rather than printing things out, or constantly loading PQs into my GPSr (which I rarely use in the city anyway, since the sat maps dominate GPS reception).

[+EscapeFromFlatland]

Seems it has some hickups. I was able to log the first two caches I found yesterday, now it keeps sending me to http://www.geocaching.com/error/500.htm when I try to log the next cache.

[Elias]

We're still tracking down some random performance issues, but the site should be stable now. We'll continue to monitor it closely throughout the day.

 

Elias

[+czar7]

Seems it has some hickups. I was able to log the first two caches I found yesterday, now it keeps sending me to http://www.geocaching.com/error/500.htm when I try to log the next cache.

 

I seem to be getting the same thing on several pages.

 

1. If I try to open any cache page.

2. If I try to view my profile (as it would appear to someone else).

3. If I click on My Friends link from my profile.

4. If I try to view any trackable information page

5. If I click on My Account Details from my profile

 

There may be others...but something is not working correctly.

 

Thanks for listening.

[+hallycat]

If I click on any of my found caches in my profile I get this

 

An Error Has Occurred

 

Your request has resulted in an error. Please return to this site's home page to continue.

 

Update:seems ok now

Edited December 15, 2010 by hallycat

[+Avernar]

coord.info is still not responding.

[+SwineFlew]

PQ is messed up. I ran two PQ this morning and got an email that its ready. When I go to download tab, its not there.

[+ak8b]

PQ is messed up. I ran two PQ this morning and got an email that its ready. When I go to download tab, its not there.

 

Same here. Of the four I ran today only one, which is the only one larger than 500 results, is in the download section.

 

Are we not putting ALL PQs in the download anymore?

[+Tobias & Petronella]

So that is what Groundspeak's plan is.

 

They are protecting the information on their site by not allowing us access to it.

[+W8TTS]

PQ is messed up. I ran two PQ this morning and got an email that its ready. When I go to download tab, its not there.

 

Same here. Of the four I ran today only one, which is the only one larger than 500 results, is in the download section.

 

Are we not putting ALL PQs in the download anymore?

Both of mine (<500) for today ran about 2:00 PM our time. Both came as attachments and in the download section. 2:00 PM is a little later than normal, but with the major upgrade it's to be expected.

Edited December 15, 2010 by W8TTS

[+FlipperFamily]

PQ is messed up. I ran two PQ this morning and got an email that its ready. When I go to download tab, its not there.

 

Same here. Of the four I ran today only one, which is the only one larger than 500 results, is in the download section.

 

Are we not putting ALL PQs in the download anymore?

Both of mine (<500) for today ran about 2:00 PM our time. Both came as attachments and in the download section. 2:00 PM is a little later than normal, but with the major upgrade it's to be expected.

It's weird here.

 

I copied one of the PQ's on my daughter's (PenguinChick) account & it ran. got the email, but it's not in the download section.

Two regularly scheduled PQ's ran, & they appear in the download section. However, the files that were downloaded appear to be dated internally (inside the gpx itself) as being from two days ago (the last time it ran) even though the last generated date states it was run today. I'm not sure if it's exactly the same files because I don't have them anymore.

[+Ecylram]

Patience young grasshoppers:

 

I have no inside information, nor do I have any involvement in this migration. I have, however, been intimately involved in many migrations similar to this...

 

Right now several sleep-deprived, and now short-tempered, experts are trying to resolve a complicated issue with management breathing down their neck that it has to be fixed yesterday and that the villagers are coming with pitchforks & torches. They will constantly be interrupted with the question "when will it be fixed?" but will not have the answer. Yet every interruption will further delay the solution.

 

For now, it appears that the system is overloaded at some key point and lots of weird issues are happening as a result. Once resolved, the system should run faster than it did before switchover.

 

The issues will be resolved as soon as possible.

[+solo63137]

Patience young grasshoppers:

 

I have no inside information, nor do I have any involvement in this migration. I have, however, been intimately involved in many migrations similar to this...

 

Right now several sleep-deprived, and now short-tempered, experts are trying to resolve a complicated issue with management breathing down their neck that it has to be fixed yesterday and that the villagers are coming with pitchforks & torches. They will constantly be interrupted with the question "when will it be fixed?" but will not have the answer. Yet every interruption will further delay the solution.

 

For now, it appears that the system is overloaded at some key point and lots of weird issues are happening as a result. Once resolved, the system should run faster than it did before switchover.

 

The issues will be resolved as soon as possible.

 

I fully understand what they're up against...

 

I work in a simmilar enviorment, where during outtages such as this (or worse) I/we would get pulled off working on it every half hour to explan to some high up mucky muck and then each time he would spend 10 minutes ore more re-inforcing how important it was to get the issue resolved ASAP..

 

Finally having enough, I said, ""With all due respect, if its so Important, then let us keep working on it, vs sitting on this call evey 30 muinutes and then you telling us how important it is for 10 minutes...

 

As it stands, for every 30 minutes of troubleshooting, we have 20 minutes of no troubleshooting.

 

How about we appoint one person as the ""Updater"" and you let the rest of the crew work on it and we do updates every 2 hours.

 

So, maybe we'll have time enought to get something done to update everyone on..."

 

I kept my job and it seems to be working...

[+humboldt flier]

PQ is messed up. I ran two PQ this morning and got an email that its ready. When I go to download tab, its not there.

 

Ditto

[+humboldt flier]

Multiple hours without a Geo fix and we might have been suffering withdrawl syndrome. Then we attempted to get our daily ration.

 

Might very well be related to everyone trying to jump on the streetcar at the same time.

[+Semper Questio]

Patience young grasshoppers:

 

I have no inside information, nor do I have any involvement in this migration. I have, however, been intimately involved in many migrations similar to this...

 

Right now several sleep-deprived, and now short-tempered, experts are trying to resolve a complicated issue with management breathing down their neck that it has to be fixed yesterday and that the villagers are coming with pitchforks & torches. They will constantly be interrupted with the question "when will it be fixed?" but will not have the answer. Yet every interruption will further delay the solution.

 

For now, it appears that the system is overloaded at some key point and lots of weird issues are happening as a result. Once resolved, the system should run faster than it did before switchover.

 

The issues will be resolved as soon as possible.

 

A nice summary of about every major upgrade since the invention of computers.

[+FlipperFamily]

PQ is messed up. I ran two PQ this morning and got an email that its ready. When I go to download tab, its not there.

 

Same here. Of the four I ran today only one, which is the only one larger than 500 results, is in the download section.

 

Are we not putting ALL PQs in the download anymore?

Both of mine (<500) for today ran about 2:00 PM our time. Both came as attachments and in the download section. 2:00 PM is a little later than normal, but with the major upgrade it's to be expected.

It's weird here.

 

I copied one of the PQ's on my daughter's (PenguinChick) account & it ran. got the email, but it's not in the download section.

Two regularly scheduled PQ's ran, & they appear in the download section. However, the files that were downloaded appear to be dated internally (inside the gpx itself) as being from two days ago (the last time it ran) even though the last generated date states it was run today. I'm not sure if it's exactly the same files because I don't have them anymore.

Just a followup - The ones that were messed up were ROUTE PQ's. I have since received non-route PQ's & they ran fine.

[+johnsingleton1974]

I blame OC.com for all the trouble on GC.com today.

Those rascals over there are ruining it for everyone.

[+jellis]

What I noticed is when I am in GC I can look up caches but from email notifications it gives me an error. And I get mixed messages from the iphone. Where my partner can log in on his and I can't then later he can't and I can.

Another thing I noticed is the option from email to look for a cache between the GC app and a browser is now gone. (for now?)

Hope that gets fixed, cause I like the option. I can see more detail on the browser but the app is faster.

[+Chrysalides]

What I noticed is when I am in GC I can look up caches but from email notifications it gives me an error.

That's because coord.info, which is a URL expander / redirector, is down.

[+Ecylram]

Patience young grasshoppers:

 

I have no inside information, nor do I have any involvement in this migration. I have, however, been intimately involved in many migrations similar to this...

 

Right now several sleep-deprived, and now short-tempered, experts are trying to resolve a complicated issue with management breathing down their neck that it has to be fixed yesterday and that the villagers are coming with pitchforks & torches. They will constantly be interrupted with the question "when will it be fixed?" but will not have the answer. Yet every interruption will further delay the solution.

 

For now, it appears that the system is overloaded at some key point and lots of weird issues are happening as a result. Once resolved, the system should run faster than it did before switchover.

 

The issues will be resolved as soon as possible.

To the Groundspeak IT people...

 

Good job! The new structure is really fast! Bet you got quite the story to tell. Now go home and get some sleep.