I clicked on the option "find more posts" for a member with the nick jplux.

The response I got was below. I wasn't even aware I was doing a search, but I guess it makes sense that I was:

HTTP Status 500 -

type Exception report

message

description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception

org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletExceptio n: Request processing failed; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.p rocessRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:487)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.d oPost(FrameworkServlet.java:440)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:710)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:803)

root cause

java.lang.NullPointerException

note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/6.0.14 logs.

Welcome to the 500 Status Club! This has been reported since May 17, 2008 (or even earlier).

BTW, all the problems related to Beta Search are listed under the master thread: Search Problems, where IB folks are constantly monitoring.

Thanks for the lead. I have mostly given up on using search to find earlier relevant threads (even when I am pretty sure they must exist) since the new improved search function never seems to find what I am looking for anymore.

I did see the "consolidated search problems" thread since it is on the first page of this forum and hence plainly visible, but thought this case should be regarded slightly differently since I (and others) weren't explicitly using the search function.

Edited to add: As of today (May 30, 2008) it seems to be back working. Thanks.