Flyertalk can't seem to remember last viewed post
#106
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2009
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Sorry Silver Fox; as I hope you can see, we are working this problem very actively, including daily participation in this thread by our actual technical lead, IBDick. Lots of members are constructively aiding in this process as well by providing details of their experience with the issue, which we deeply appreciate. Snark? Not so helpful.
We apologize again for the delay in resolving this; some things just are not easy to do and this frustrating glitch is unfortunately one of them. IBDick and I will keep updating this thread with our progress as we track down and fix the problem. Please keep the technical details coming!
Paul O'Brien
Community manager
FlyerTalk
We apologize again for the delay in resolving this; some things just are not easy to do and this frustrating glitch is unfortunately one of them. IBDick and I will keep updating this thread with our progress as we track down and fix the problem. Please keep the technical details coming!
Paul O'Brien
Community manager
FlyerTalk
#107
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Newport Beach, California, USA
Posts: 36,062
Sorry Silver Fox; as I hope you can see, we are working this problem very actively, including daily participation in this thread by our actual technical lead, IBDick. Lots of members are constructively aiding in this process as well by providing details of their experience with the issue, which we deeply appreciate. Snark? Not so helpful.
We apologize again for the delay in resolving this; some things just are not easy to do and this frustrating glitch is unfortunately one of them. IBDick and I will keep updating this thread with our progress as we track down and fix the problem. Please keep the technical details coming!
Paul O'Brien
Community manager
FlyerTalk
We apologize again for the delay in resolving this; some things just are not easy to do and this frustrating glitch is unfortunately one of them. IBDick and I will keep updating this thread with our progress as we track down and fix the problem. Please keep the technical details coming!
Paul O'Brien
Community manager
FlyerTalk
Thanks!
#108
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: DCA / WAS
Programs: DL 2+ million/PM, YX, Marriott Plt, *wood gold, HHonors, CO Plt, UA, AA EXP, WN, AGR
Posts: 9,388
So for virtually every thread started in the past few days the "new posts" button takes me to start of thread. Older threads take me to some post in the thread (like this one, Post #37).
(begin speculation)I wonder if some counter max-ed out somewhere, or the board hit some kind of overflow. I note that we're now over 16 million posts.... could there be a register overflow around 16 million that causes later posts to not record as last read? (speculation off)
Sure hope something is found soon as reading FT has become a real chore.
(begin speculation)I wonder if some counter max-ed out somewhere, or the board hit some kind of overflow. I note that we're now over 16 million posts.... could there be a register overflow around 16 million that causes later posts to not record as last read? (speculation off)
Sure hope something is found soon as reading FT has become a real chore.
#109
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Lafayette, CO, USA
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Posts: 9,096
(begin speculation)I wonder if some counter max-ed out somewhere, or the board hit some kind of overflow. I note that we're now over 16 million posts.... could there be a register overflow around 16 million that causes later posts to not record as last read? (speculation off)
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Who will post the 2^24th (16,777,216th) post that crashes FT?
Seriously, I did check to make sure that we are not quite there yet. We're currently still with fewer than 16.7M posts.
#110
No longer with Internet Brands
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Posts: 5,343
Nobody is content with this problem -- thus, our presence in this thread every day.
There really isn't a useful "regular" status update to make; when Dick or I post that we have tried something and ask members to watch for changes in the behavior of the site, that's when we have made a functional change. Otherwise it's a lot of poking around, running queries, and the like, trying to come up with a plan of action that we immediately post here.
I assure you, this is receiving priority attention and will be resolved as soon as possible. Yes, it is a frustrating one. We certainly get it. With your help, we'll resolve it soon. But posting, "Hey guys, we ran another day's worth of queries through the database," is not going to help -- if anything, it would take time away from helping. We're reading every post that's made here and it's been really helpful. Your patience is appreciated!
Paul
There really isn't a useful "regular" status update to make; when Dick or I post that we have tried something and ask members to watch for changes in the behavior of the site, that's when we have made a functional change. Otherwise it's a lot of poking around, running queries, and the like, trying to come up with a plan of action that we immediately post here.
I assure you, this is receiving priority attention and will be resolved as soon as possible. Yes, it is a frustrating one. We certainly get it. With your help, we'll resolve it soon. But posting, "Hey guys, we ran another day's worth of queries through the database," is not going to help -- if anything, it would take time away from helping. We're reading every post that's made here and it's been really helpful. Your patience is appreciated!
Paul
#111
Moderator, Southwest Airlines and Choice Privileges
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Central Texas
Posts: 3,039
I know the format of the URLs across FlyerTalk changed when IB inserted the vBSEO plugin. Most links (including, IIRC, the "magic" URL) were .php pages, whereas now they're all (including the "magic" URL) static.html pages.
That change was made years ago, though, and the problem seems to only now be surfacing. But the link code may not be core vB...
That change was made years ago, though, and the problem seems to only now be surfacing. But the link code may not be core vB...
Viewing the details of the traffic we can see things like:
Code:
11:19:41.640 Status: pending GET http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/southwest-rapid-rewards/1230034-chase-rapid-reward-points-did-anyone-not-get-theirs-transferred-new-post.html 11:19:41.696 Status: 301[Moved Permanently] GET http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=16635962#post16635962 11:19:42.890 Status: 200[OK] GET http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/southwest-rapid-rewards/1230034-chase-rapid-reward-points-did-anyone-not-get-theirs-transferred.html#post16635962
The URI points to the same (incorrect in this case) place in the thread both pre- and post- vbSEO, so we can rule that out.
#112
Join Date: May 2007
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#113
FlyerTalk Evangelist
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Been working perfectly for me for several weeks in Chrome. Accidentally opened FT in FF5 last night and had deja vu while reading a thread. Yup, it had taken me back to June 6. (In the very-active Penalty Box, nonetheless!)
#115
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I think we have worked out what platform it was tested on then ! Consider yourself lucky.
#116
Moderator: Hilton Honors forums
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Marietta, Georgia, United States
Posts: 24,997
I will have to continue using FlyerTalk in Safari to see if it is working as intended...
#117
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 959
I'm primairly testing on FF5 on a Mac, as that is the most common browser reporting the problem, but I can't replicate it with my own viewed threads.
#118
Ambassador: Alaska Airlines
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#119
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Newport Beach, California, USA
Posts: 36,062
FF5 on a Mac is not the same as FF5 on a PC. I'd hazard a guess that the overwhelming majority of us experiencing this problem use PCs, and not Macs. Perhaps if you tested with the software AND OS, you might have a more reliable indicator of the issue?
#120
Moderator: Hilton Honors forums
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Marietta, Georgia, United States
Posts: 24,997
I have not tried Firefox on Windows 7 or Windows XP yet, although those browsers were not upgraded...