Anomalies

[Andrew Slater]

Thanks, Andrew (and me, a bit)

Yes, thanks for digging out your original artwork.

[Pulcinella]

Andrew: time to clear the cache again?
The What Classical....thread is stuck with smittins' post and Roger Webb's avatar!
PS: now with Sir Velo's handsome face instead.
:-)

[Andrew Slater]

Andrew: time to clear the cache again?
The What Classical....thread is stuck with smittins' post and Roger Webb's avatar!
PS: now with Sir Velo's handsome face instead.
:-)

Duly cleared. It's the first time it's been needed for almost a week, I think.

[Pulcinella]

Duly cleared. It's the first time it's been needed for almost a week, I think.

Thanks.
Does it simply depend on the number of posts or their frequency or some weird combination?

[Andrew Slater]

Thanks.
Does it simply depend on the number of posts or their frequency or some weird combination?

I'm not at all sure. I need to make notes. It does seem to be triggered by posts which are close together, but close-together posts don't always trigger it. It seems that the cache is only being partially updated - it updates the latest poster information, because it shows their avatar, but it doesn't update the actual latest post information. It must be a subtle bug. It's been the subject of complaints on the vB forum, but the advice is just to clear the cache.

[Pulcinella]

I'm not at all sure. I need to make notes. It does seem to be triggered by posts which are close together, but close-together posts don't always trigger it. It seems that the cache is only being partially updated - it updates the latest poster information, because it shows their avatar, but it doesn't update the actual latest post information. It must be a subtle bug. It's been the subject of complaints on the vB forum, but the advice is just to clear the cache.

It's happened again to the consolation thread.

[Andrew Slater]

You're quicker than me: I checked just a while ago and I thought all was well .... well it is now!

[Pulcinella]

You're quicker than me: I checked just a while ago and I thought all was well .... well it is now!

Does it need doing regularly (as in more frequently than I do in fact spot it) then or do some threads trigger it, or (as your previous reply might suggest) is it a great unknown?
Seems very soon after the last time.

[Andrew Slater]

Does it need doing regularly (as in more frequently than I do in fact spot it) then or do some threads trigger it, or (as your previous reply might suggest) is it a great unknown?
Seems very soon after the last time.

It happens more frequently than you spot it, but not usually every day: once every 3 or 4 days isn't unusual. Of course it might be happening more frequently and correcting itself before anyone spots it. I did spot it once and left it a few hours, as nobody had complained, to see if it would correct itself, but it didn't. I've no idea what triggers it.

[Pulcinella]

Andrew: cache clearance needed?
The Hugo Wolf thread seems stuck at the top of the What's New display.

[Andrew Slater]

Andrew: cache clearance needed?
The Hugo Wolf thread seems stuck at the top of the What's New display.

[Pulcinella]

Anyone else having to (re)log in all the time?
It's happening on both my iPad and main Mac.

[french frank]

Anyone else having to (re)log in all the time?
It's happening on both my iPad and main Mac.

Don't think so. Yet.

[oddoneout]

Don't think so. Yet.

I've had problems on this front ever since the change-over, getting timed-out in effect partway through composing a post. The amount of time involved doesn't seem to be constant which doesn't help. It's a bit tiresome but as I can now log back in without losing the post content(not the case to begin with) I just accept it's one of the quirks - like the post numbering order reversing between just browsing and logging in - although that one does still catch me out on occasion.

[french frank]

I've had problems on this front ever since the change-over, getting timed-out in effect partway through composing a post. The amount of time involved doesn't seem to be constant which doesn't help. It's a bit tiresome but as I can now log back in without losing the post content(not the case to begin with) I just accept it's one of the quirks - like the post numbering order reversing between just browsing and logging in - although that one does still catch me out on occasion.

This surely has to do with the settings on your own computer, otherwise it would affect everyone, wouldn't it?