Posting Times Out

jbarrick3300 · Post by **jbarrick3300** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:57 pm

We are having an issue with posting attempts timing out before the post can be completed.

How can we extend the time allotted to typing a post or remove the time restriction?

Currently, under Post Settings, Limit editing time is "0". It says that using zero disables the behavior.

Post by **Brf** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:13 am

There should no "posting timeout" in phpBB.
The "Limit editing time" setting you are seeing is to prevent a user from editing his post after so-many minutes. There should be no setting that prevents a user from submitting the posting form after a certain time.

What type of error message are you seeing?

jbarrick3300 · Post by **jbarrick3300** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:47 am

Absolutely there should be none. However, after about 45 seconds, posters are experiencing time out errors.

It seems you are mistaking "Limit editing time" with "Flood interval"

Limit editing time:
Limits the time available to edit a new post. Setting the value to 0 disables this behaviour.

Flood interval:
Number of seconds a user must wait between posting new messages. To enable users to ignore this alter their permissions.

Since the setting of 0 (zero) seems to not help, I made the setting 1000 minutes. That also does not help the situation.

Clearly something is causing these posts to time out.

I really could use some help here.

Post by **Brf** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:08 am

No I am not confusing them.

"Limit edit time" keeps a user from editing a post after a certain time interval. Once the user has submitted the post, they cannot change that post after the time interval has passed.

"Flood interval" prevents the user from submitting the post form twice within too short of a time. It is to prevent them from double-posting, or quickly flooding your forum with junk-posts.

Neither of those would prevent a user from submitting the post form after time has passed.

Once again, what error are your users seeing?

jbarrick3300 · Post by **jbarrick3300** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:49 pm

Here is the error that people are getting:

Your request timed out. Please retry the request

This is happening with most functions on the forum (posting, viewing, save...)

Post by **Brf** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:07 pm

That has nothing to do with timeouts in phpBB software. It is your webbrowser timing out because a page is not returned. If your website's errorlog does not show any errors, then it might be your host's mod_security blocking various words in your post.

jbarrick3300 · Post by **jbarrick3300** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:14 pm

Support Request Template
What version of phpBB are you using? phpBB 3.0.5
What is your board's URL? http://www.quatloos.com/Q-Forum/
Who do you host your board with? GoDaddy
How did you install your board? I used the download package from phpBB.com
Is your board a fresh install or a conversion? Fresh Install
Do you have any MODs installed? Yes
Is registration required to reproduce this issue? No
What MODs do you have installed? AntiBot Question
MSSTI_RSS
What styles do you currently have installed? SF_Glacier, prosilver, subsilver2
What language(s) is your board currently using? english
Which database type/version are you using? MySQL 5
What is your level of experience? New to PHP and phpBB
When did your problem begin? Upgrading from 3.0.3 to 3.0.5
Please describe your problem. Several members are getting timed out errors when trying to post or save.

"Your request timed out. Please retry the request"

Not everyone is effected, but many are. Those who are effected by this are getting this error all of the time.
Generated by SRT Generator ($Rev: 3396 $)

somdow · Post by **somdow** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:39 pm

jbarrick3300 wrote:Support Request Template
What version of phpBB are you using? phpBB 3.0.5
What is your board's URL? http://www.quatloos.com/Q-Forum/
Who do you host your board with? GoDaddy
How did you install your board? I used the download package from phpBB.com
Is your board a fresh install or a conversion? Fresh Install
Do you have any MODs installed? Yes
Is registration required to reproduce this issue? No
What MODs do you have installed? AntiBot Question
MSSTI_RSS
What styles do you currently have installed? SF_Glacier, prosilver, subsilver2
What language(s) is your board currently using? english
Which database type/version are you using? MySQL 5
What is your level of experience? New to PHP and phpBB
When did your problem begin? Upgrading from 3.0.3 to 3.0.5
Please describe your problem. Several members are getting timed out errors when trying to post or save.

"Your request timed out. Please retry the request"

Not everyone is effected, but many are. Those who are effected by this are getting this error all of the time.
Generated by SRT Generator ($Rev: 3396 $)

hello all, first time here, i JUST registered because i wanted to post the EXACT same problem. instead of creating a new thread ill post here if yall dont mind.

has there been any resolution to this because its quite annoying and i keep getting emails about it.

any ideas?

Lumpy Burgertushie · Post by **Lumpy Burgertushie** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:48 am

the bottom line is that it is not a phpbb error message.

it does not occur anywhere in any phpbb file that I can find.

therefore, it is a server error message.

try to contact your host about this.

robert

somdow · Post by **somdow** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:12 pm

Lumpy Burgertushie wrote:the bottom line is that it is not a phpbb error message.

it does not occur anywhere in any phpbb file that I can find.

therefore, it is a server error message.

try to contact your host about this.

robert

ok so, if i was using a prior vrs of phpbb and EVERYTHING was fine and then i upgrade and BAM!
i get these messages all of the sudden its the server?.....riiiight

anyone else have any ideas

jbarrick3300 · Post by **jbarrick3300** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 5:19 pm

somdow wrote:
Lumpy Burgertushie wrote:the bottom line is that it is not a phpbb error message.

it does not occur anywhere in any phpbb file that I can find.

therefore, it is a server error message.

try to contact your host about this.

robert
ok so, if i was using a prior vrs of phpbb and EVERYTHING was fine and then i upgrade and BAM!
i get these messages all of the sudden its the server?.....riiiight

anyone else have any ideas

Same here. This problem began only after upgrading phpBB.

I have another server with the same hosts and this problem is not happening on that one, that I know of.

It seems like a compatibility issue. But how do we resolve it?

kollman · Post by **kollman** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 3:14 pm

I am running the new 3.07 and it was working perfectly, but suddenly today I am getting that error. I am okay if I post a response in about 30 seconds, but more than that I get the error.

I have noticed that if I refresh the screen it seems to post to the board. If you click the back button, it is lost.

Lumpy Burgertushie · Post by **Lumpy Burgertushie** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:36 am

the fact still remains that phpbb can not show that error message because it does not exist in the scripts anywhere.

now, upgrading phpbb may be why you now get the error when you didn't before. ( I doubt it ).
however, it is much more likely that it is something that your host has done that is causing this.

as BRF said earlier, it is most likely they have installed or updated their mod_security software and it is causing this for some reason. the error is most likely a browser generated message because of whatever the host problem is.

robert

fowlfarm · Post by **fowlfarm** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 2:13 am

I have the same problem after update from 304 to 309.
http://dumpsterdiversparadise.com/home.html

It only happens when using Internet explorer under 2 minutes post will be posted

after 2 minutes (Your request timed out. Please retry the request. )

Firefox works fine.

So it would seem not to be a host problem, as it works with firefox

But a problem with Internet explore

fowlfarm · Post by **fowlfarm** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 3:26 am

using IE after ("Your request timed out. Please retry the request) error

instead of hitting the back button , right click then click refresh then retry

This seems to be a problem with IE and not firefox