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Website delays, last two days

svenmany

svenmany

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Just wondering if it's me or a general problem. I'm finding that the website is slower to respond than normal. I think it started yesterday. For example, just now my alerts would not list. I am using Safari. I tested Firefox briefly and also get some lagging.
 
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rm5 said:
This site seems to run very slowly on Safari occasionally, but not in any other browser.
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Are you using iCloud Private Relay? If so, that would probably explain why. (Private Relay only works in Safari.)
 
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I don't use Private Relay. I'll use the site for a while in Firefox and see if it's as severe there.
 
I've been using Chrome for a bit. I'm seeing delays. I'm not seeing any delays on other websites.
 
It took 5 seconds after clicking "Post reply" on my last post till it finished posting. That was done in Chrome.
 
Thanks for the replies. I'll pursue it on my end. If I discover anything I'll report back.
 
I am interacting with this site using IPv6. This could be an ISP problem. Comcast can be flakey with IPv6.
 
Don't think I've seen it with MR, but seeing on other websites with Safari on Mac (17.4.1), and to some extent Safari on iPadOS (17.4.1). Sites will just hang when loading, and if I re-enter the URL, will load normally.

And not all sites: Facebook, DuckDuckGo, cable company's website seem to be most frequent culprits.

So, wondering if maybe a Safari bug re rendering and or parsing/reading website data?
 
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I have been having issues with Safari just hanging when loading sites, as though the connection was lost. However, if I wait about 30 seconds, it usually starts working again. Having no such problems with Firefox or Brave. This has been going on for month and it is frustrating because I use Safari to bookmark research for work.
 
In my case I'm pretty sure it was an IPv6 problem and occurred in all browsers.

I had to reboot my router for an update the other day. Sure enough, IPv6 stopped working. While it was down, I was accessing MacRumors easily with IPv4, with no delays. Eventually, on its own, IPv6 started working again. Now MacRumors is fine on IPv6, no real delays.

Xfinity is inconsistent with their IPv6 support.
 
Not an IPv6 problem. I disabled it and I'm still experiencing delays. Whenever the delays get bad, I fire up Chrome and confirm there are delays in that browser as well. I experience delays on multiple computers: two MacBook Pros and a Windows desktop.

I suppose there could be some larger networking problem at my location. However, MacRumors is the only site for which I'm experiencing delays and I work at my computer for over 8 hours a day, very frequently accessing the internet.

The delays seem to be in retrieving images. To the casual observer, it can seem like the page is completely loaded when actually many resources are struggling to download. Here's a screenshot from the developer tools in Safari.

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You can see major delays when retrieving from images.macrumors.com.

I see that this thread that I started is somewhat redundant since the issue is being discussed in https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macrumors-acting-wonky-past-couple-of-days.2418295/
 
I had been having constant delays, especially loading images, from this site since creating this thread. I had switched to Chrome exclusively to ensure that it wasn't a Safari problem. As of two days ago, the problems have completely gone away. Everything loads quickly again. Nothing has changed in my home. I wonder what changed externally.
 
I am glad other people are seeing this. On my Mac (macOS 15.0.1) It is nearly impossible to watch anything on YouTube, the problem comes and goes. Other sites and forums are also affected. It is not as bad on this iPad, but I can switch out of Centurylink to Verizon 5G. But even with the 5G connection the loading is not as fast as it has been. There is nothing wrong with my connection.The DSL is the 10 mbps connection it always is and the 5G is around 100 mbps. I just tried FireFox and I had to force stop it on the Mac. This started when I loaded 15.0. I don’t know if it is connected. A search online indicates the problem is wide spread, but not universal. I does seem like if I completely reboot the Mac it is OK for a time.

I switched to the PC and YouTube loads normally with no lagging , or hanging so this problem at least for me is a MacOS thing.
 
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