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Title: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost? Rollback.
Post by: ideus on Wed, 02 December 2015, 22:11:38
I have found some threads with apparently lost post. Does someone has an explanation?
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: logomachy on Wed, 02 December 2015, 22:18:31
Looks like a rollback.
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: ideus on Wed, 02 December 2015, 22:24:14
I was not able to log in for an hour or so, did someone else experience the same?
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: raymogi on Wed, 02 December 2015, 22:27:41

I was not able to log in for an hour or so, did someone else experience the same?

Yes. At least 3 hours for me.
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: cryptokey on Wed, 02 December 2015, 22:39:52
Were there some changes made to the site that were reason for it to be rolled back?  I'm curious about the cause of this.
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: ideus on Wed, 02 December 2015, 22:55:35
It may be due to recovery of backed up data.
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: Jedi on Wed, 02 December 2015, 23:03:41
Yeah, check your PMs too.  I lost the ones I sent just before it went down around 4:30PM PST.  When the servers came back, it showed I had unread posts from about 1:00PM PST so I am resubmitting my posts
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: neverused on Wed, 02 December 2015, 23:04:08
Possibly due to the jackassery from some user that changed his name to NAMESPACE and then *****ed about his posts not being deleted and him still being able to access his own account. Apparently when you claim to be suffering from Internet addiction, posting on the Internet helps, as does maintaining that connection, and acting like an entitled child.
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: Jedi on Wed, 02 December 2015, 23:05:40
So do we suspect someone caused this or was it just a server hiccup?
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: bcredbottle on Wed, 02 December 2015, 23:06:00
Possibly due to the jackassery from some user that changed his name to NAMESPACE and then *****ed about his posts not being deleted and him still being able to access his own account. Apparently when you claim to be suffering from Internet addiction, posting on the Internet helps, as does maintaining that connection, and acting like an entitled child.


I thought they just scrambled his pw?
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: neverused on Wed, 02 December 2015, 23:27:13
Possibly due to the jackassery from some user that changed his name to NAMESPACE and then *****ed about his posts not being deleted and him still being able to access his own account. Apparently when you claim to be suffering from Internet addiction, posting on the Internet helps, as does maintaining that connection, and acting like an entitled child.


I thought they just scrambled his pw?
Couldn't say, the thread is gone.
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: keshley on Wed, 02 December 2015, 23:28:30
Looks like almost a whole day's worth gone.
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: Coreda on Wed, 02 December 2015, 23:33:59
Couldn't say, the thread is gone.

Wait, that user actually managed to convince the admin to delete all his posts? Only caught the first few joke posts about it.
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: neverused on Wed, 02 December 2015, 23:56:03
Couldn't say, the thread is gone.

Wait, that user actually managed to convince the admin to delete all his posts? Only caught the first few joke posts about it.
No some of his posts remain, but I don't see that particular thread.
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: beehatch on Thu, 03 December 2015, 01:01:00
Possibly due to the jackassery from some user that changed his name to NAMESPACE and then *****ed about his posts not being deleted and him still being able to access his own account. Apparently when you claim to be suffering from Internet addiction, posting on the Internet helps, as does maintaining that connection, and acting like an entitled child.

u dumb af
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: neverused on Thu, 03 December 2015, 01:04:02
Possibly due to the jackassery from some user that changed his name to NAMESPACE and then *****ed about his posts not being deleted and him still being able to access his own account. Apparently when you claim to be suffering from Internet addiction, posting on the Internet helps, as does maintaining that connection, and acting like an entitled child.

u dumb af
Well that's rude.
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: demik on Thu, 03 December 2015, 01:05:27
Possibly due to the jackassery from some user that changed his name to NAMESPACE and then *****ed about his posts not being deleted and him still being able to access his own account. Apparently when you claim to be suffering from Internet addiction, posting on the Internet helps, as does maintaining that connection, and acting like an entitled child.

u dumb af
Well that's bm*
FTFY
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: Homenubbie on Thu, 03 December 2015, 01:05:42
Post was probably post rollback.
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: neverused on Thu, 03 December 2015, 01:06:11
Possibly due to the jackassery from some user that changed his name to NAMESPACE and then *****ed about his posts not being deleted and him still being able to access his own account. Apparently when you claim to be suffering from Internet addiction, posting on the Internet helps, as does maintaining that connection, and acting like an entitled child.

u dumb af
Well that's bm*
FTFY
Wish I knew what that meant. I must be old.
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: demik on Thu, 03 December 2015, 01:07:21
Possibly due to the jackassery from some user that changed his name to NAMESPACE and then *****ed about his posts not being deleted and him still being able to access his own account. Apparently when you claim to be suffering from Internet addiction, posting on the Internet helps, as does maintaining that connection, and acting like an entitled child.

u dumb af
Well that's bm*
FTFY
Wish I knew what that meant. I must be old.

it means fixed that for you
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: Jokrik on Thu, 03 December 2015, 01:07:57
Possibly due to the jackassery from some user that changed his name to NAMESPACE and then *****ed about his posts not being deleted and him still being able to access his own account. Apparently when you claim to be suffering from Internet addiction, posting on the Internet helps, as does maintaining that connection, and acting like an entitled child.

u dumb af
Well that's rude.

that's how we say "We agree" around here :)

Hey Bee, that's a very festive picture of Demik in your profile
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: neverused on Thu, 03 December 2015, 01:08:39
Possibly due to the jackassery from some user that changed his name to NAMESPACE and then *****ed about his posts not being deleted and him still being able to access his own account. Apparently when you claim to be suffering from Internet addiction, posting on the Internet helps, as does maintaining that connection, and acting like an entitled child.

u dumb af
Well that's bm*
FTFY
Wish I knew what that meant. I must be old.

it means fixed that for you
Sorry I was referring to bm*
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: beehatch on Thu, 03 December 2015, 01:08:46
Possibly due to the jackassery from some user that changed his name to NAMESPACE and then *****ed about his posts not being deleted and him still being able to access his own account. Apparently when you claim to be suffering from Internet addiction, posting on the Internet helps, as does maintaining that connection, and acting like an entitled child.

u dumb af
Well that's bm*
FTFY
Wish I knew what that meant. I must be old.

confirmed dumb af
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: neverused on Thu, 03 December 2015, 01:08:55
Possibly due to the jackassery from some user that changed his name to NAMESPACE and then *****ed about his posts not being deleted and him still being able to access his own account. Apparently when you claim to be suffering from Internet addiction, posting on the Internet helps, as does maintaining that connection, and acting like an entitled child.

u dumb af
Well that's rude.

that's how we say "We agree" around here :)
Aw shucks
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: demik on Thu, 03 December 2015, 01:11:37
Possibly due to the jackassery from some user that changed his name to NAMESPACE and then *****ed about his posts not being deleted and him still being able to access his own account. Apparently when you claim to be suffering from Internet addiction, posting on the Internet helps, as does maintaining that connection, and acting like an entitled child.

u dumb af
Well that's rude.

that's how we say "We agree" around here :)

Hey Bee, that's a very festive picture of Demik in your profile

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.

i couldn't pull that suit off.
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 03 December 2015, 03:09:00
This explains a bit, but a quick post from the mods or admins would help to alleviate fears and concerns.

This is supposed to be the site announcements area!
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: Coreda on Thu, 03 December 2015, 06:14:53
Huh, this must have affected an entire day's worth of posts and any threads created during that time. Checked the 'If I were a rich boy...' thread and it has become a different thread (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=77561.new#new) over on the new members section with the original no longer in existance.
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: ideus on Thu, 03 December 2015, 07:27:21
We keep posting, but an "official" explanation would be very appreciated by the community.
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: infiniti on Thu, 03 December 2015, 07:42:43
Pardon the delay.

Last we heard from iMav, he said:
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Ok.  Back.  Still looking for root cause...but it appears to not have been something external (nothing malicious).
Title: Re: Unexpected downtime and some posts lost?
Post by: user 18 on Thu, 03 December 2015, 07:58:17
Huh, this must have affected an entire day's worth of posts and any threads created during that time. Checked the 'If I were a rich boy...' thread and it has become a different thread (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=77561.new#new) over on the new members section with the original no longer in existance.

You're right, as far as I know. iMav said there was some sort of corruption in the database, and he had to restore to a backup from earlier in the day. The forum doesn't have a record of the threads that were lost in the rollback, so it appears that the numerical identifier from that thread was freed up and reused.