Steve_sr

Hello,

I keep getting this garbage error message either when posting or attempting to add photos. Photo upload starts and t hen bombs before completion.

I have NOT logged on and reloading the window does nothing!

Also, receiving this massage will also DELETE what you just spent half an hour typing!

Please fix this.

Thanks,
Steve

smontanaro 

I'm with Steve. Going off to get lunch shouldn't bork your message composition. (It also seems the auto-save feature frequently fails to save your Pulitzer Prize-winning compositions in many cases.)

IBkatherine

Looking into this now.

Steve_sr

Did you ever find a reason and a solution?

Thanks,
Steve

IBkatherine

Hi Steve, no I didn't further go into this issue because you said it continued to work for you. Is it not working again?

Steve_sr

I haven't tried it lately so can't comment. However, I suspect that the issue will return.

Thanks,
Steve

smontanaro 

In my experience, this has—unfortunately—always been how the forum software has worked. I suspect there is some sort of heuristic in the code which reclaimed some internal resources after a period of inactivity. I get that you don't want to keep partial posts around forever, but the system could probably use a much longer timeout. At the very least, the partial post's contents should be auto-saved.

IBkatherine

i'll bring this up to the rest of the team today and see what suggestions they may have

IBkatherine

When the timeout happened to you, were you using a personal computer or a work computer? Oftentimes when that timeout happens, you can use the back button to navigate back to the post you were writing.

Steve_sr

This is a home windows system. All I had to do was try to post or hit "Go Advanced" and the error would pop up I don't recall the back button being effective other than confirming that VBulletin just ate my post!

IBkatherine

Also, what browser are you using?

Steve_sr

Firefox