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Server 503 issues

Jaysen

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  • Feb 17, 2018
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    Hi All,

    I know many of you are facing a 503 error at the moment when trying to access TCLA* (usually accompanied by a message noting capacity/maintenance work). I really apologise for the inconvenience here - it doesn’t reflect well on us! Unfortunately we didn’t anticipate this amount of traffic when establishing the forum.

    As you may have seen me mention before, the problem is I may need to take down TCLA to fix this. I just wanted to get a sense of how bad it is for you guys so I can make a judgement call as it whether to do this sooner rather than later (I originally wanted to wait until after peak application period)? Any feedback would be helpful.

    (*Note as the classes page of TCLA Premium isn’t connected to the main site, this shouldn’t be affected - just the forum.)
     
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    LuLa

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    Nov 28, 2019
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    hey!
    I also can't see half the pages I try to load, but if I try again after like 30 mins sometimes they work

    how long would TCLA be down for? (I think because most deadlines are Jan 31, maybe one day wouldn't be too bad?)
     

    M777

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    Jul 15, 2019
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    Happens for me a lot too, especially when I'm logging in or replying to a thread. I usually just have to refresh the page a few times and/or wait a few minutes, but I've been getting the issue a lot more lately
     
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    Jaysen

    Founder, TCLA
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  • Feb 17, 2018
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    Those of you who have been using the forum today, have you had any problems? I want to tentatively say we may have fixed the issues.
     

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