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VasilMichev
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Jan 28, 2022

Performance is terrible

Seems like the MTC received an update overnight, and performance is now terrible. At least for me, are others seeing the same? Part of the issue might be that pagination seems to now return quite mor...
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HansVogelaar
MVP
Feb 08, 2022

Allen 

Sorry to let you know, but I'm experiencing severe slowdowns again. Pages sometimes take minutes to load - if they load at all. I had to refresh this page 3 times to be able to post a reply.

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Feb 08, 2022

HansVogelaar 

Hi, I suggest clearing your browser's cache, Windows updates can also cause this,
For me MTC - accelerated

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    HansVogelaar
    MVP
    Feb 08, 2022

    Deleted 

    It happened to me this morning when I started with a clear cache (my browser is set to clear the cache on exit). But performance appears to be OK now.

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      Allen
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      Feb 08, 2022
      Hi all,

      Thanks for the continued feedback, our dataset for release is almost complete, I am pleased to report that the majority of users should in fact find pages are loading quicker than they did before by a whole 0.5 seconds.

      Why only the majority of users? well the components of the site use a caching system which means that when you request a page to load it doesn't always run off to the back, run a database query and populate the data for you and then display the results. Some data is stored in the sites cache, especially large data sets like message lists and this data will be pulled from the cache until the cache expires.

      When the cache expires (which varies by component) one user will experience a slower page while the database query completes. Because each cache has different expiry (message lists have 1 minute cache, whereas the top contributor component has a 30-minute expiry) it's highly unlikely that the same user will always be called upon to be the person who refreshes the cache.

      We will keep monitoring but so far I am happy with how the site is performing and hopefully you will all be enjoying the filters that are designed to make it easier to find content your looking for.
      • HansVogelaar's avatar
        HansVogelaar
        MVP
        Feb 09, 2022

        Allen 

        Performance is OK again, but I very much dislike the changes, as mentioned in my first reply:

        "Before the update, applying a filter would be reflected in the URL, so

        • One could bookmark a filtered list.
        • Refreshing the page (F5) would preserve the filter.

        Now, the URL is a generic URL that does not include the filter, so

        • It is not possible anymore to bookmark a filtered list.
        • Existing bookmarks with a filter don't work anymore - they time out.
        • Refreshing the page loses the filter.

        Also, the forum list used to display the most recent reply, now it displays the first reply, This is worthless if there are multiple replies.

        This greatly reduces usability for me."

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