Skip to main content
Main Content

High load issues in the catalog

Closed

We're seeing high load issues and timeouts in the catalog. Our hosting provider is investigating.

Updates

Date Description

A CAPTCHA has been implemented, so users may see a CAPTCHA when load is high. Users will only see the captcha once - after an IP address is validated, they will no longer see the CAPTCHA and they will not need to validate over and over again. 

Load has improved. Our hosting provider is looking to implement a captcha if load gets to a certain rate, so it would only be active if we are under a bot attack. 

The high load appears to stem from bots spoofing residential IP addresses. At the moment, the best way to ensure our catalog runs smoothly for legitimate use is to implement a CAPTCHA. Our hosting provider is implementing this shortly.

We are still seeing slowness, but search functionality is restored. Our hosting provider is continuing to investigate.

Issue created