It's not MetaFilter, its me (I think)
October 26, 2022 4:43 PM Subscribe
I'm suddenly having trouble with MetaFilter. Specifically, the theme doesn't seem to be loading.
Here's what it looks like.
This just started. I tried closing my browser and rebooting. I've tried other browsers (Chrome, Edge) and I get the same thing. I don't have this problem browsing MetaFilter on my phone, even when requesting the desktop site. I also don't seem to be having any similar problem on my laptop with other websites.
Anyone have any ideas?
This just started. I tried closing my browser and rebooting. I've tried other browsers (Chrome, Edge) and I get the same thing. I don't have this problem browsing MetaFilter on my phone, even when requesting the desktop site. I also don't seem to be having any similar problem on my laptop with other websites.
Anyone have any ideas?
I just opened in a private browser and it also breaks for me, fwiw.
posted by General Malaise at 4:51 PM on October 26, 2022
posted by General Malaise at 4:51 PM on October 26, 2022
Response by poster: (smacks head) Figures, I actually checked MetaTalk, but assumed it would warrant its own post rather than comments on the latest site update if it were more than just me :P
Well, you know what they say when I assume.
Glad to know its not just me though. Misery loves company, plus I'm not to blame.
posted by Reverend John at 4:53 PM on October 26, 2022 [1 favorite]
Well, you know what they say when I assume.
Glad to know its not just me though. Misery loves company, plus I'm not to blame.
posted by Reverend John at 4:53 PM on October 26, 2022 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Also having trouble here. It started in the early afternoon PDT and from what I can tell in my browser's inspector, the specific host on AWS Cloudfront that serves up images/etc isn't responding to my browser's requests (specifically for me, the host d217i264rvtnq0.cloudfront.net appears to be failing DNS lookups).
In this case, I think it's not you, it's the backend having some trouble.
posted by tclark at 4:53 PM on October 26, 2022
In this case, I think it's not you, it's the backend having some trouble.
posted by tclark at 4:53 PM on October 26, 2022
Just looked at the MetaTalk link from the first comment here...and I kind of like it...
posted by amtho at 5:30 PM on October 26, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by amtho at 5:30 PM on October 26, 2022 [1 favorite]
Thanks for the bug reports, everyone. Staff is aware and looking into the Cloudfront issue -- we've got a *possible* lead on the problem, should have a better idea what exactly is going wrong in a few hours. Thanks for your patience.
(Also, I'm not in webdev myself but I'd guess the variance in working vs. not working is probably a cache issue; if one of your devices is loading the stylesheet okay it should continue to work as long as you don't force-refresh or clear your browser cache.)
posted by Rhaomi at 7:35 PM on October 26, 2022 [2 favorites]
(Also, I'm not in webdev myself but I'd guess the variance in working vs. not working is probably a cache issue; if one of your devices is loading the stylesheet okay it should continue to work as long as you don't force-refresh or clear your browser cache.)
posted by Rhaomi at 7:35 PM on October 26, 2022 [2 favorites]
Looks like CSS is not loading.
posted by rmmcclay at 9:03 PM on October 26, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by rmmcclay at 9:03 PM on October 26, 2022 [1 favorite]
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posted by General Malaise at 4:50 PM on October 26, 2022 [1 favorite]