A series of issues. — Bugs

Mооnst@r

1 year ago

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Too many requests from this IP

This is starting to get annoying.

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HwKeeper

1 year ago

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Mооnst@r

This is starting to get annoying.

Unfortunately, the server resources are not unlimited, so a limit of 20 pages of the site per IP address per minute has been introduced.
This has helped to reduce the load and more or less stabilize the situation.
Without a limit, the forum becomes an easy target for DDoS attacks and bots, and there is a high probability that all users will then not receive any response from the server or will receive a different error message.

Nevertheless, after your message, I increased the limit by 3 times, now it is 60 pages per minute (which is quite a lot for a human user). If this is not enough, write, I can increase it even more, but the higher the limit, the more vulnerable the forum is in general.

Recently, in addition to open bots that do not hide their purpose and identify themselves as bots, a large number of "guests" have appeared who identify themselves as ordinary users; yesterday there were about 4500-5000 guests.

Today, there are twice as many, but nevertheless. At the same time, according to the geolocation of addresses, most of the guests are from Brazil and Vietnam, which raises serious doubts about whether these are people or bots disguised as people.

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Mооnst@r

1 year ago

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hw_founder

...that's why a limit of 20 pages per minute per IP address was introduced.

I don't think I was even able to reach 20 pages consecutively, and the error would pop up after even fewer than 20 pages when I tried to write about it.
Okay, I understand.

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HwKeeper

1 year ago

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Mооnst@r

I don't think it even reached 20 pages, and it started happening repeatedly, less than 20 pages later, when I decided to write about it.
Okay, I understand.

The problem was likely due to attachments, as they also count as separate forum pages, and the limit works on a queue principle: N pages within a minute, and it doesn't reset to 0 every minute.
I've added a new limit for authorized users to eliminate the issue with attachments.

Now, the general rules look like this.

User Group	Request Limit per Minute (forum pages or attachments)
Guests	60
Authorized Users	600
Allowed Bots (search engines)	30
Banned Bots	0

Драккошка

1 year ago

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Mobile internet, operator Beeline, Redmi 9, Firefox. It often fails to load, showing the standard "Connection timed out" error. About once an hour it finally works after repeatedly refreshing the page.
In our region, mobile internet is being jammed, but I specifically check — when HeroesWorld goes down, other sites and messengers work fine at the same time.

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HwKeeper

1 year ago

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DrakoKoshka

Mobile internet, Beeline operator, Redmi 9, Firefox. Fails to load every other time, giving the standard "Connection timed out" error. About once an hour it manages to load after a bunch of page refreshes.
In our region, mobile internet is being jammed, but I specifically check — when HeroesWorld goes down, other sites and messengers work fine at that time.

It seems the issue is local.
I checked on several platforms.

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Драккошка

1 year ago

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It very well might be – home internet tends to be much more stable. Okay, if it’s a problem on my end, then it’s my problem; thanks for the feedback.

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HwKeeper

1 year ago

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Drakkoska

It easily could be – the home internet connection is much more stable. Okay, if it's my problem, then it's my problem, thanks for the feedback.

Here you can check the website's availability:

https://2ip.ru/site-availability/

Небо

1 year ago

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Author

Access denied

It happens occasionally. I am located outside of the CIS.

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HwKeeper

1 year ago

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Sky

Appears periodically. I am located outside of the CIS.

1) Is this message displayed when the account is authorized on the forum or when accessing anonymously?

2) Was the page fully loaded before moving to the next one (this may affect whether the JavaScript intended to protect against bots executed correctly or not)?

Небо

1 year ago

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Author

1) Is this message displayed when the account is authorized on the forum or during anonymous access?

It is displayed when authorized.

Author

2) Was the page fully loaded before moving to the next one (this may affect whether the javascript intended to protect against bots executed correctly or not)?

As far as I can tell, this message usually appears after the main forum page has loaded and I try to access a topic or the control panel.

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HwKeeper

1 year ago

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Sky

When logged in.

As far as I can tell, this message usually appears after the main forum page has loaded and I try to access a topic or the control panel.

This message, in any case, could only have come from the bot blocking system.

I've added another additional check to this system so that as soon as it detects that the user is logged in, it stops working.

I believe this message should now stop appearing under the same conditions.

But if you encounter it again, please write, describing the sequence of actions, and we will figure out what is wrong with it.

Ment

1 year ago

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Right now, I'm using Beeline and MTS, and the forum loads to this extent, both on my computer and phone (Moscow). Nothing below the section for the sixth game loads. The problem is obviously with the providers; everything works fine on my home Wi-Fi.
I suspect that many of the problems reported in this thread are related to local restrictions or their direct consequences in different countries.

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HwKeeper

1 year ago

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Ment

Right now, on both Beeline and MTS, whether I'm using a computer or a phone, the forum loads to this extent (Moscow). It doesn't load anything below the section for the sixth game. The problem is obviously with the providers; everything works fine on my home Wi-Fi.
I suspect that many of the problems reported in this thread are related to local restrictions or their direct consequences in different countries.

If it doesn't load at all, then it's definitely a local problem. I checked using a Moscow-based website that assesses loading speed; it's not fast, but according to their assessment, everything loaded completely in 6+ seconds.

https://loading.express/?test_id=685abdccf8e26e3e56660baa&server=main

Google's PageSpeed loaded the page completely in 3.9 seconds.

The full-size computer version loaded even faster, according to PageSpeed, in 1.4 seconds.

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Драккошка

1 year ago

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Tula.
It usually loads well from my home Wi-Fi, but there are occasional interruptions. It doesn't load at all from work; I tried with a computer, a phone, and different browsers. A VPN doesn't help; even when it disconnects from my home Wi-Fi, it still doesn't help.
One interesting error is PR_CONNECT_RESET_ERROR, which indicates that the connection was reset by the server. Yesterday, I did a traceroute from home and identified routing problems. Tomorrow, I'll try to ping from my work computer as well.
Could it be that, along with spammy IP addresses, some useful ones were also blocked?

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