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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ruud to c/lemmyworld
 

Status update July 4th

Just wanted to let you know where we are with Lemmy.world.

Issues

As you might have noticed, things still won't work as desired.. we see several issues:

Performance

  • Loading is mostly OK, but sometimes things take forever
  • We (and you) see many 502 errors, resulting in empty pages etc.
  • System load: The server is roughly at 60% cpu usage and around 25GB RAM usage. (That is, if we restart Lemmy every 30 minutes. Else memory will go to 100%)

Bugs

  • Replying to a DM doesn't seem to work. When hitting reply, you get a box with the original message which you can edit and save (which does nothing)
  • 2FA seems to be a problem for many people. It doesn't always work as expected.

Troubleshooting

We have many people helping us, with (site) moderation, sysadmin, troubleshooting, advise etc. There currently are 25 people in our Discord, including admins of other servers. In the Sysadmin channel we are with 8 people. We do troubleshooting sessions with these, and sometimes others. One of the Lemmy devs, @[email protected] is also helping with current issues.

So, all is not yet running smoothly as we hoped, but with all this help we'll surely get there! Also thank you all for the donations, this helps giving the possibility to use the hardware and tools needed to keep Lemmy.world running!

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[–] Gruntyfish 12 points 1 year ago

Thank you for all of your effort on this. Adjusting to rapid growth is a huge challenge, and we all appreciate the effort you and everyone else is putting in to trying to make this instance run smoothly.

[–] GlintingKingfisher 12 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the transparent update!

[–] ghariksforge 11 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the transparency and keep up the good work!

[–] ben914 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks for the transparency, and communication. I think it's always better when the userbase is able to understand what is going on rather than being left in the dark wondering what is going wrong. Keep up the good work, but also be sure you guys get enough rest, and take care of yourselves too.

[–] sykccc 11 points 1 year ago

Y’all doing amazing things keeping us going πŸ”₯

[–] thatguy_ie 11 points 1 year ago

Thank you for the transparency @[email protected] It is rare for platforms to scale this quickly so issues like this are inevitable. Good luck for the troubleshooting!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks for the update, you're leading the way for Lemmy.

I was prepared for servers crashing and lagging, but you're keeping things moving thus far, despite receiving 85k new users in a month. Heroic stuff.

[–] Kosh420 10 points 1 year ago

Thank you to you and everyone behind the scenes working hard to make Lemmy a great place. I am turkey enjoying the experience even with the bugs. Brings back a ton of nostalgia with modern mixed in.

[–] JeanMiaouss 10 points 1 year ago

Thanks for all the work you, and all the others do to welcome so many new users, and thank you for keeping us posted on your efforts to smooth things over.

From what I see the general sentiment is very positive and understanding, and it feels special to be part of a community that's more upbeat than what you see in most online places.

[–] RichardButt89 10 points 1 year ago

This has been such a refreshing change from reddit! I'm willing to deal with occasional hiccups, and I know it will only get better with time. Keep it up!

[–] scaredoftrumpwinning 10 points 1 year ago

Thanks for keeping us apprised. Hopefully you will find the resource leak.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

What sort of container orchestration and database tools are you using? Maybe you need some sys admin help?

[–] WigglingWalrus 9 points 1 year ago

Appreciate the update, best of luck.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

around 25GB RAM usage. (That is, if we restart Lemmy every 30 minutes. Else memory will go to 100%)

25 GB of RAM????? Looks like your instance is the edge case with Lemmy's scalability, when there's really big amount of active users. Looks like some problems won't fade with really high-grade hardware. But I have to appreciate, that's one gargantuan job!

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I expect it is federation outbound activity growing in memory usage, it's all held in RAM for every post/comment/like going out to subscribed servers. [email protected] is a community for the focus on scaling Lemmy.

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[–] WubbyGeth 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you need any spare server hardware? @[email protected] I would be happy to donate some!

[–] ruud 10 points 1 year ago

No thanks, it's all at Hetzner, and thanks to all donations we can extend when needed!

[–] Eh_I 8 points 1 year ago

I can come whine in the discord if that'll help.

[–] Gingerlegs 8 points 1 year ago

It’s a ton better this afternoon! Thank you!!

[–] LunchEnjoyer 8 points 1 year ago

Thanks for making this possible in the first place 🀘

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Yall are navigating waters that you probably have little professional experience with. Keep at it and don't get discouraged.

[–] Aimhere 8 points 1 year ago

Thank you for everything you do. With any luck, you'll get all the support you need, and have it running smooth as silk.

[–] brewery 8 points 1 year ago

Amazing work team. I am already seeing improvements. Hope you are not killing yourselves though, I'm sure everyone realises how difficult it is and that it will take time to fix. We're here for the long haul! Thanks again

[–] RaincoatsGeorge 8 points 1 year ago

Its nice to have a place where the admins and developers aren't trying to scheme and manipulate the community to get a big payout. Thanks for all that you guys do. Curating this community is no doubt selfless hard work but we need a place like this free from the influence or potential take over by bad actors and malignant narcissists.

[–] muller 7 points 1 year ago

If you need any Python QA test automation help I’m happy to invest. Thanks for the new home.

[–] ABeeinSpace 7 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the update!

[–] theyoyomaster 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Are there any plans to make user up and down votes not viewable publicly? I know for a lot of new adopters this can be a deal breaker.

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