Users Stuck in 'Typing' State Due to Extreme Load on Popular Topic

[bvetterdays (roman)]

Two users appear to be stuck in an infinite ‘typing’ state, possibly due to heavy load/an outage on the following popular topic:

Introducing the Ban API and Alt Account Detection

Hello Creators, We’ve heard from you that it is challenging to moderate repeat offenders within your experiences. As we shared in February, we’ve been working to build a tool which better supports you in your ability to moderate your experiences. Well, we have some good news! Starting today, we’re launching the Ban API, available via Engine and OpenCloud. This API enables you to remove violating users from your experience, while our new real-time alt account detection will identify and prevent…

The issue was noticed on June 29, 2024 (albeit probably begun occurring before then), and has persisted since then. The affected users, who have been stuck in the ‘typing’ state, have not been active for several hours.

Reproduction Steps

1. Navigate to the popular topic: Introducing the Ban API and Alt Account Detection.
2. Scroll to the bottom and observe the section that shows users who appear to be typing.
3. Note that some users remain in the ‘typing’ state indefinitely.

Users Involved

• User 1: @grif_0 ()
• User 2: @JSK_Official ()

Screenshot

Attached is a screenshot showing the issue, where the two users are stuck in the ‘typing’ state.

Impact

This bug is causing confusion among forum users and potentially disrupting communication within the topic. It appears to be linked to the extreme load and popularity of the topic or a potential recent outage.

[HugeCoolboy2007 (omega)]

This also occurs on the release notes 631 for Dekkonot

[Miserable_Haven]

they really got something to say bro , it’s been a day… or two…? I don’t keep track of time

[x1_EE (BucketOPaint)]

let them be, they are rewriting wikipedia pages

[grif_0 (not_grif)]

Let me cook I’m rewriting lua in the dev forum textbox

[Azrellie (FxmboyStormie)]

They’re still there as of 536 pm MST.

@bvetterdays

The issue was noticed on June 29, 2024

Also this was occurring since June 27th (or something close to that).

[foodeggs7 (SubToParcIeDev_onyt)]

[Dekkonot]

I’ve been pinged no less than 5 times over this issue because people think they’re comedians. I would like it if we could at least get an update on this.

[mr_tidum]

This was caused due to errors on the forum server. We have fixed this for both the mentioned posts.