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Is BrowserLab Down?

Jul 3, 2011 12:48 PM

I used BrowserLab all last night...worked great.  Then it just stopped working and I keep getting the following message:

 

"We have experienced a problem connecting to our servers. Please check your Internet connection and try again."

 

The fact I'm sending this message is proof my internet connection is working.  I've deleted my cookies...thought that might be the problem.  No such luck.  Any suggestions or are you just down because of a software upgrade?

 

mwrob01234

 
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    Jul 9, 2011 10:17 AM   in reply to mwrob01234

    I am experiencing this as well.  It started yesterday after working fine for about an hour and continues today.  I've tried logging in with three different browsers and through Dreamweaver CS5.5 as well.  I've also tried rebooting and clearing the cache as has been suggested in other postings.  But nothing has worked...

     
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    Jul 11, 2011 1:01 PM   in reply to redgeneva

    Are either of you still seeing this? I haven't and still don't, though it's possible some of the back end services we rely on may have had some intermittent issues that could cause this error message to be shown.

     

    Thanks,

    Mark

     
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    Jul 11, 2011 1:41 PM   in reply to Mark Rausch

    Yes I am still seeing it.  I haven't been able to log on since I first encountered it on Friday.  I've tried going through Firefox, Safari and Dreamweaver itself and every time it returns that message...

     
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    Jul 12, 2011 2:58 AM   in reply to mwrob01234

    I'm having this issue too.

    I try and load it and I get the laoding screen for a bit, then it is replaced with a message saying

     

    "We have experienced an error with our servers, please try again. Code: 500"

     
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    Jul 12, 2011 10:28 AM   in reply to axy-87

    Ok. We tried a number of things and have been able to repro the issue now. Thanks for the reports. We're digging into this further now and will get this fixed as soon as we can.

     

    Mark

     
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    Jul 12, 2011 11:08 AM   in reply to Mark Rausch

    We rebooted one of our servers, fixed a log issue and can't repro this any longer. Did that fix it for you all?

     

    Thanks,

    Mark

     
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    Jul 12, 2011 1:19 PM   in reply to Mark Rausch

    No, still getting the same error as before.  Did a reboot and cleared the cache beforehand as well...

     
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    Jul 12, 2011 1:36 PM   in reply to redgeneva

    Hmm, we are unable to repro it here any longer. At this point I think we're going to need a lot more information about your machine configuration and steps to reproduce it. I'd ask all of you who are seeing this issue to please respond with information to all the following questions:

     

    1. Where are you located?
    2. Are you using Windows or Mac OS, and if so, what version?
    3. What browser name and version number are you running BrowserLab in?
    4. What is the version number of Flash Player do you have installed in the browser where you run BrowserLab? http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/155/tn_15507.html
    5. Is it the release or debug player?
    6. Are you getting this message when trying to log in, or elsewhere in the app?
    7. Do you get the message at the same place every time?
    8. Are you using BrowserLab standalone, or the Dreamweaver extension, or the BrowserLab for Firebug add-on, or some combination of those?

     

    Thanks,

    Mark

     
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    Jul 12, 2011 2:58 PM   in reply to Mark Rausch

    I've been getting the error for a few hours. I was in the middle of testing a site, it was working, and then suddenly - "We have experienced an error with our servers, please try again. Code:500"

     

    1. Where are you located? Croatia
    2. Are you using Windows or Mac  OS, and if so, what version? Mac OSX 10.5.8
    3. What browser name and version  number are you running BrowserLab in? Firefox 3.6.6
    4. What is the version  number of Flash Player do you have installed in the browser where you  run BrowserLab? MAC 10,1,53,64
    5. Is  it the release or debug player? Release
    6. Are you getting this message  when trying to log in, or elsewhere in the app? I get it when I attempt to test a URL, no matter which browser I'm trying to test.
    7. Do you get the  message at the same place every time? Yes.
    8. Are you using BrowserLab  standalone, or the Dreamweaver extension, or the BrowserLab for Firebug  add-on, or some combination of those? Standalone version.
     
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    Jul 13, 2011 9:15 AM   in reply to Mark Rausch
    1. Where are you located? Austin, TX
    2. Are you using Windows or Mac  OS, and if so, what version? Mac OSX 10.6.8
    3. What browser name and version  number are you running BrowserLab in? Safari 5.0.5 or Firefox 5.0
    4. What is the version  number of Flash Player do you have installed in the browser where you  run BrowserLab? MAC 10,3,181,34
    5. Is  it the release or debug player? Release
    6. Are you getting this message  when trying to log in, or elsewhere in the app? When logging in
    7. Do you get the  message at the same place every time? Yes.
    8. Are you using BrowserLab  standalone, or the Dreamweaver extension, or the BrowserLab for Firebug  add-on, or some combination of those? Both the standalone version and Dreamweaver
     
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    Jul 14, 2011 12:02 PM   in reply to redgeneva

    Thanks for the info and sorry that you're still having this issue. If anyone else who is having this issue can chime in with their information it could be helpful.

     

    FYI, at this point we are completely unable to repro the issue on our side, so unfortunately we're no closer to having a solution. We are going to do a complete reboot of all our environments this afternoon, which may help, but additionally I'd like to work closely with one or more of you to dig deeper into the issue.

     

    To start with, can anyone who is experiencing this issue please try it again and email me the following information so we can dig into our server logs:

    1. What login ID did you use to login (or attempt a login)?
    2. What date & time *precisely* did you receive the error message, and what time zone are you in?
    3. When BrowserLab is running, choose View->Page Source (or the equivalent) from your browser menu. In the source view, about 7 lines from the top should be a comment that looks like the following: <!-- Loaded From: XXXXXXX --> Copy and paste that line into the email so we can tell which data center you're hitting
    4. What action had you just done that seemed to have triggered the error? (Login / Request screenshots / etc)

    If that doesn't help us, I'd like to call one or more of you directly so we can screenshare, repro the issue on your side and simultaneously look into the logs.

     

    Thanks,

    Mark

     
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    Jul 14, 2011 2:46 PM   in reply to Mark Rausch

    Hmm, I've stopped getting the error now, seems to be working fine!

     

    So far so good... if it comes back, I'll yell!

     
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    Jul 15, 2011 10:27 AM   in reply to tinathpot

    Glad to hear it. After quite a bit of investigation we discovered that a number of user accounts had gotten into a bad state and was the root cause of the 500 errors. None of our test accounts were in that bad state which is why we were unable to repro the issue. Apologies to the users who got hit by this and thanks to everyone who gave us the info we needed to be able to track this down. We are looking into making a fix to try to prevent this situation in the future.

     

    Thanks,

    Mark

     
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    Nov 3, 2011 2:10 PM   in reply to Mark Rausch

    I signed up for an Adobe membership about 3 weeks ago specifically so I could make use of Browserlab. I experienced the same problem described by others ("We have experienced an error with our servers, please try again. Code:500"), but waited to see if it would be resolved soon. Has a solution been found yet?

    This sounds like an excellent service, but I have been encountering this problem from the very first time I tried to access Browserlab. I would be happy to provide data if you are still investigating.

     
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    Nov 3, 2011 5:36 PM   in reply to another_Rachel

    Hmm, it may or may not be the same issue. Can you please send the AdobeID you're logging into BrowserLab with directly to me: mrausch (at) adobe (dot) com and we'll check to see what's going on. Also, try it again and let me know the time you received the error message and what time zone you're in so we can check the error logs around that time.

     

    Thanks,

    Mark

     
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