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Akira

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Slow response of NG site
« on: May 25, 2026, 01:42:52 »
Last couple of days, the response of NG site is veeeeeeey slow.  My Firefox browser sometimes (or rather often) displays warning of the certification error.

Nikon serial number expert Roland Vink told me that he was experiencing similar symptoms.
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Jürgen Pfeiffer

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Re: Slow response of NG site
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2026, 09:19:54 »
same here
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Birna Rørslett

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Re: Slow response of NG site
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2026, 10:03:45 »
NG apparently has been "Cloudflared".

I'll raise a ticket with our provider. Done. Let's learn their response.
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Birna Rørslett

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Re: Slow response of NG site
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2026, 21:05:38 »
No answer yet from Support. Server logs tell a story of excessive bandwidth out the last week, which may be part of the underlying cause(s).
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Frank Fremerey

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Re: Slow response of NG site
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2026, 21:36:24 »
could there be AI crawler sucking our content?
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Akira

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Re: Slow response of NG site
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2026, 22:05:20 »
Thank you, Birna, for the immediate responce.  The site seems to work normally now!
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Birna Rørslett

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Re: Slow response of NG site
« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2026, 22:49:10 »
Response is up and down, but apparently a bit better.

However, later this year when our hosting plan is to be renewed, I'm afraid we have to do some cut-backs since the declining number of supporters will not cover enough of the running costs. Not sure how this pans out yet, but the NG community will be kept informed. Most probably we move to a less powerful server whilst keeping our disk quota as high up as possible.
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Akira

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Re: Slow response of NG site
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2026, 00:09:23 »
I would rather be willing to accept a little bit of inconvenience, so long as NG can survive.

On the contrary, the official Japanese Nikon website responds frustratingly slow for the status of the company, which should be ashamed of.

By the way, do we really need "Gallery" section in NG?
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Birna Rørslett

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Re: Slow response of NG site
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2026, 00:14:31 »
As to your question, probably not. However that is a minor issue compared to others looming on the horizon.
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Re: Slow response of NG site
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2026, 18:40:42 »
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Secure Connection Failed

The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified.
What can you do about it?

The issue is most likely with the website, and there is nothing you can do to resolve it. You can notify the website’s administrator about the problem.
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ColinM

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Re: Slow response of NG site
« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2026, 20:05:20 »
Mmmm, the site was very slow or unresponsive on Monday 25th May.
Earlier on Tuesday w6th it was a little better.

But around 14:30 UK time it got much worse again.
At 15.45 UK time it's intermittent with this happening a lot

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Re: Slow response of NG site
« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2026, 20:05:53 »
......But around 14:30 UK time it got much worse again.
At 15.45 UK time it's intermittent with this happening a lot

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Re: Slow response of NG site
« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2026, 20:07:41 »
Though I think Birna has been sprinkling some magic on the servers, 
as by 19:00 uk time it's responsive again
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Birna Rørslett

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Re: Slow response of NG site
« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2026, 20:21:50 »
Well, not sure about that ....

This darned 'cloud' existence drives me slowly mad. Now it works, now it doesn't, and in between it's superfast or super slow or something in between.

I'll restart the VPs server later this afternoon -- maybe a rebooting will help? Cannot hurt any way.
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Re: Slow response of NG site
« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2026, 22:07:07 »
Had to do some extra rounds with online support since the NG server initially refused to restart after being stopped, but now our VPS hums along happiliy again. Or so it seems?
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