Consistent error on posting, re-send works??

JohnBobSmith · 2016-05-20 13:49:58

Greetings,

I am getting a consistent error every time I post here as of today (Friday May 20th 07:45 MST). It's a secure connection failed error. It says the connection was re-set while the page was loading. Now, I hate taking screenshots of text, but it was the best solution and full size image is very readable:

I don't know what causes this, and, as it is happening on the Arch boards, I figured I should post it here. I am running Firefox (I'm going to assume latest version because I keep my system up to date), and nothing in the background. Is something bugged on my end? I dont want to do anything rash until I know whats causing the error.

eschwartz · 2016-05-20 14:05:52

I am getting the same problem and was wondering if it was an issue on my end.

But apparently it's not just me.

lahwaacz · 2016-05-20 14:12:29

And how did you post here? Is some other browser working well?

JohnBobSmith · 2016-05-20 14:13:20

We can post simply by hitting the try again button, and then re-send at the prompt

EDIT: Or at least I can, rather.

EDIT: Never mind, see below.

Last edited by JohnBobSmith (2016-05-20 14:15:11)

eschwartz · 2016-05-20 14:14:01

Click "Try again", confirm that Firefox should resend the data from the previous attempt, and it magically goes through.

EDIT: This post just magically went through without the rigmarole required for the past day or two???

Last edited by eschwartz (2016-05-20 14:15:02)

JohnBobSmith · 2016-05-20 14:21:21

Only new posts seem to generate the error. Replies and edits haven't yet. In case it helps someone.

lahwaacz · 2016-05-20 14:25:19

Or it depends on how long the period between loading the page and submitting the post is. FWIW, depending on your login options, there might be more unpleasant consequences:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=211491
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=211512

JohnBobSmith · 2016-05-20 14:32:14

Hm... I'm not worried though. Usually after typing a post, I'll hit preview once or twice (especially with images/code tags), and then submit. I'm never away from my laptop for hours when I know I want to post something, lol. But thanks for the info.

Anyone know whats causing this weird error though??

Last edited by JohnBobSmith (2016-05-20 14:32:38)

WorMzy · 2016-05-20 14:35:14

I haven't noticed any problems myself, but this should probably be reported as a bug.

JohnBobSmith · 2016-05-20 14:37:44

Who would the bug report go to though? AFAIK, nothing certificate and/or firefox related changed on my end. Wormzy, do you suspect a forum bug? Or are we not sure at this time?

EDIT: Keep in mind that as it stands, only new posts are affected. Using the try again then re-send allows posts to go through. Hence it becomes an annoyance, but I wouldn't worry too much about it. Unless, of course, some sort of security has been compromised. Which is highly, highly unlikely.

Last edited by JohnBobSmith (2016-05-20 14:40:43)

jsoy9pQbYVNu5nfU · 2016-05-20 14:42:23

Actually, we've seen (also) the same kind of error on our site, but only Firefox 46. The problem is not present in FF Nightly as far as I can tell. I haven't investigated the matter further though.

To add: The issue first appeared after switching to Let's Encrypt X3 certs (from LE X1 certs), the same kind the BBS is using.

Last edited by jsoy9pQbYVNu5nfU (2016-05-20 14:46:19)

WorMzy · 2016-05-20 14:52:11

JohnBobSmith wrote:

Who would the bug report go to though? AFAIK, nothing certificate and/or firefox related changed on my end. Wormzy, do you suspect a forum bug? Or are we not sure at this time?

I would open a bug against Firefox for the time being. If he needs to, Heftig can ask Pierre to check the server logs, but since this only seems to be affecting Firefox, I doubt it's a back-end bug.

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