# Had a bit of downtime today, sorry **URL:** \ **Category:** meta\ **Created:** [December 29, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/had-a-bit-of-downtime-today-sorry/1271 "2016-12-29T20:42:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/had-a-bit-of-downtime-today-sorry/1271/1 "2016-12-29T20:42:03Z")
Not sure exactly what happened, but had about a ~2 hr outage today, probably because of something I did. Longer version for people who want more juicy details: Discourse runs in a [Docker image](https://docs.docker.com/engine/tutorials/dockerimages/), which is sort of like a virtual machine, but very much stripped down—rather than a whole operating system, a docker image works a lot like a BSD chroot jail, with just the things you package into it running independently and using your real OS for the rest. This has its good and bad points. The good is that it eliminates a lot of configuration variability, since the two databases (redis and postgresql) used by Discourse are contained inside the docker image, along with all the Ruby config garbage and the unicorn processes and everything else. The bad points are that docker can be just maddeningly opaque when it comes to troubleshooting any problems that _do_ come up. It’s basically a black box. When it works, it works great. When it breaks, you’re screwed. I’m not sure entirely why, but Docker broke today, kind of out of nowhere. But the good news is that I fixed it! I’m also not entirely sure _how_ I fixed it, but hey, here we are! ---
**Author:** ![dakboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/dakboy/32/68_2.png) [@dakboy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/dakboy)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/had-a-bit-of-downtime-today-sorry/1271/2 "2016-12-29T20:43:35Z")
I demand a refund! ---
**Author:** ![balance](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/balance/32/1888_2.png) [@balance](https://cog.discourse.group/u/balance)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/had-a-bit-of-downtime-today-sorry/1271/3 "2016-12-29T20:51:26Z")
I demand a _double_ refund! ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/had-a-bit-of-downtime-today-sorry/1271/4 "2016-12-29T20:54:39Z")
💰 💰 YOUR CHECKS ARE IN THE MAIL 💰 💰 ---
**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/road_rash/32/147_2.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Road_Rash)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/had-a-bit-of-downtime-today-sorry/1271/5 "2016-12-29T22:50:30Z")
I’ll give Lee a pass here since I was out shopping with my kids at the time (spending their Christmas loot). I would’ve never known about the outage had he never mentioned it. ---
**Author:** ![Viking](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/viking/32/32_2.png) [@Viking](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Viking)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 8:33am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/had-a-bit-of-downtime-today-sorry/1271/6 "2017-01-04T08:33:38Z")
Hey Lee, I don’t know if it’s related or not, but I can’t log out anymore… ---
**Author:** ![Ook](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/ook/32/72_2.png) [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 8:59am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/had-a-bit-of-downtime-today-sorry/1271/7 "2017-01-04T08:59:01Z")
You can log in, but you can’t log out anymore… muhuhahahaha ---
**Author:** ![Nabiki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nabiki/32/935_2.png) [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/had-a-bit-of-downtime-today-sorry/1271/8 "2017-01-04T13:32:34Z")
I reported the same issue… ---
**Author:** ![MSUAlexis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/msualexis/32/7_2.png) [@MSUAlexis](https://cog.discourse.group/u/MSUAlexis)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/had-a-bit-of-downtime-today-sorry/1271/9 "2017-01-04T16:05:11Z")
Why would you ever want to leave? 😂 ---
**Author:** ![RoadRunner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/roadrunner/32/63_2.png) [@RoadRunner](https://cog.discourse.group/u/RoadRunner)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/had-a-bit-of-downtime-today-sorry/1271/10 "2017-01-12T18:49:52Z")
Ok, so, I don’t know if this is related to the downtime issue, the migration, or nothing at all, but most of the times I have tried to edit posts lately (fixing typos, mostly), it doesn’t work. I get the bar at the bottom that says “Saving” with the swirly circle, but it never finishes or applies the edit. It has now happened on different computers, and different browsers, and I think even on mobile chrome. I can’t think of any other potentially pertinent details or variables. ---
**Author:** ![Woodman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/woodman/32/24_2.png) [@Woodman](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Woodman)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/had-a-bit-of-downtime-today-sorry/1271/11 "2017-01-12T21:49:02Z")
The internet hates you. ---
**Author:** ![Woodman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/woodman/32/24_2.png) [@Woodman](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Woodman)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/had-a-bit-of-downtime-today-sorry/1271/12 "2017-01-12T21:49:48Z")
TypeError: e.responseJson.post is undefined Ooooh, I tried to edit one and it let me save it, but then showed this error. ---
**Author:** ![Woodman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/woodman/32/24_2.png) [@Woodman](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Woodman)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/had-a-bit-of-downtime-today-sorry/1271/13 "2017-01-12T21:50:38Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/cog/original/2X/7/7820f3db9449081ce0039c80179c841c733ed55a.png) And now it did it again, but it doesn’t do it until I try to reply again. ---
**Author:** ![Nabiki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nabiki/32/935_2.png) [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/had-a-bit-of-downtime-today-sorry/1271/14 "2017-01-12T21:52:58Z")
And I have a post that I started in this thread, canceled, but it keeps coming up. I decided to submit it as this. ---
**Author:** ![MikeP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MikeP](https://cog.discourse.group/u/MikeP)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/had-a-bit-of-downtime-today-sorry/1271/15 "2017-01-12T22:20:38Z")
> [@MSUAlexis](#): > > Why would you ever want to leave? 😂 You can’t. You can check out, but you can never leave. ---
**Author:** ![balance](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/balance/32/1888_2.png) [@balance](https://cog.discourse.group/u/balance)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/had-a-bit-of-downtime-today-sorry/1271/16 "2017-01-12T22:39:36Z")
I also have a post bookmarked and can’t un-bookmark it. ---
**Author:** ![MikeP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MikeP](https://cog.discourse.group/u/MikeP)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/had-a-bit-of-downtime-today-sorry/1271/17 "2017-01-12T22:52:27Z")
Yeah, I tried to correct my previous post but got the same problems. For the record, what I meant to say was: You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave. ---
**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/road_rash/32/147_2.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Road_Rash)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 10:15am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/had-a-bit-of-downtime-today-sorry/1271/18 "2017-01-13T10:15:54Z")
Instead of demanding a refund, has anyone here considered a lawsuit? 😜 ---
**Author:** ![Ook](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/ook/32/72_2.png) [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 11:39am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/had-a-bit-of-downtime-today-sorry/1271/19 "2017-01-13T11:39:27Z")
Bwahahaha! Edit : Wut? When I tried to post this post with only the above, I got this dialog box : ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/cog/original/2X/e/e5091398a85e91dd64cba8ad2edf4c07a4dd1595.png) ---
**Author:** ![RoadRunner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/roadrunner/32/63_2.png) [@RoadRunner](https://cog.discourse.group/u/RoadRunner)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/had-a-bit-of-downtime-today-sorry/1271/20 "2017-01-13T14:22:53Z")
> [@MikeP](#): > > You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave. I knew where you were going with it. 😉 > [@Ook](#): > > Bwahahaha! Yeah, seen that sort of thing before, possibly from the same comment! [Next page](https://cog.discourse.group/t/had-a-bit-of-downtime-today-sorry/1271.md?page=2)