Is the site suddenly SLoooowwwwww?

///M Power-Belgium · 02-26-2025, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by SwankPeRFection

Timeout issues all day today and slowness started last night around midnight. Something is up with your server or network being overwhelmed with connections. Admins need to look into this.

+1 (!)

tturedraider · 02-26-2025, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by SwankPeRFection

Timeout issues all day today and slowness started last night around midnight. Something is up with your server or network being overwhelmed with connections. Admins need to look into this.

+1!! Bimmerpost has been a sh!t show all day today!!

GolfCoyote · 02-27-2025, 04:44 AM

I don’t know what’s up with the forum but im constantly getting timeouts. The only thing that seems to work is if I turn my VPN on, but even then it’s a little slow.

BroDoze · 02-27-2025, 06:37 AM

Still has a delay right now - this is after being completely unavailable 45min ago.

Westside Guy · 02-27-2025, 08:16 AM

It is super slow today and pages are taking forever to appear on both my Chrome and Safari browsers.

paul e · 02-27-2025, 08:52 AM

Ditto…annoying.

D335NUTZ · 02-27-2025, 08:52 AM

I came here to ask the same thing. The past 2 days I've been timing out and couldn't load anything on the bimmerpost app. Thought someone was wrong with my phone. Then I tried the website and the same thing... Hope they can fix this.

cbpip · 02-27-2025, 11:42 AM

Sloooooooow is an understatement .

Pauly Wauly · 02-27-2025, 11:54 AM

They must have switched over to dial-up internet

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You can`t even reply to PMs

cmyx6go · 02-27-2025, 12:33 PM

I think it's worse than yesterday.

Lady Jane · 02-27-2025, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

I think it's worse than yesterday.

I sent a few emails to friends this am to enquire about the inability to even access the forum. Glad to hear I wasn't the only one. Still slow... I think I'll go outside and watch the snow melt.

BobsM3Coupe · 02-27-2025, 01:55 PM

Yesterday and today, it's very slow.

BringBackButtons · 02-27-2025, 02:31 PM

+1

Just came here to add reference that when it happened I was getting permission errors to send a PM, then tried 10 seconds later and things sent...10 seconds later couldn't even log back in.

It's sporadic at best!

Seems almost like a host ddos attack...

You know when it first started again was when I read the post about the driver going through the dealer window because of not being approved for financing.

Wonder if that same driver is taking revenge on the forums?! ( i jest, that person is probably in jail by now)

wizardofOz · 02-27-2025, 03:21 PM

Lucky I didn't buy a new laptop thinking its reached its life..

Lady Jane · 02-27-2025, 06:15 PM

On/Off... On/Off...

Like dating a hot guy with ED.

F87source · 02-27-2025, 07:24 PM

Im getting slowness as well, I suspect it is the AI bots scalping this site for information to train their LLM's which is why it is so slow. This is happening over on other forums I visit, and their moderators managed to stop it (not sure how). But apparently the other forum I visited was getting 150k hits per hour or something like that.

Mondomensch · 02-27-2025, 08:07 PM

+1 last few days. Annoying

dizz81 · 02-27-2025, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Lady Jane

On/Off... On/Off...

Like dating a hot guy with ED.

T.R.S. · 02-27-2025, 09:47 PM

If everybody'd stop posting about how slow it is, it'd be fine. You're just clogging it up more!!!

lol

B58 parts · 02-28-2025, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by F87source

Im getting slowness as well, I suspect it is the AI bots scalping this site for information to train their LLM's which is why it is so slow. This is happening over on other forums I visit, and their moderators managed to stop it (not sure how). But apparently the other forum I visited was getting 150k hits per hour or something like that.

You might be right. It could be something else. But the robots.txt file here looks like it could use a bit of an update. The showthread.php page is not listed, so it's open, to normal search indexing, but now all these ai bots.

This article shows how to update the file and block a bunch of the ai bots out of the entire site,

https://neil-clarke.com/block-the-bo...-your-website/

https://f30.bimmerpost.com/robots.txt

Llarry · 02-28-2025, 02:49 AM

S-l-o-o-o-o-w...

Unable to post images.

ASAP · 02-28-2025, 07:09 AM

the site is slow... the ios app itself is virtually unusable

02-27-2025, 04:44 AM	#113
GolfCoyote Captain 1283 Rep 637 Posts Drives: 2024 M3 Comp xDrive Join Date: Dec 2023 Location: PNW iTrader: (0)	I don’t know what’s up with the forum but im constantly getting timeouts. The only thing that seems to work is if I turn my VPN on, but even then it’s a little slow. __________________ 2024 M3 Comp xDrive 2023 Mach-E Premium AWD
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02-27-2025, 06:37 AM	#114
BroDoze Colonel 2646 Rep 2,590 Posts Drives: 2025 M2 LCI Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: CO iTrader: (0)	Still has a delay right now - this is after being completely unavailable 45min ago. __________________ ///M
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02-27-2025, 08:16 AM	#115
Westside Guy Major General 7687 Rep 5,419 Posts Drives: 22 Z4 M40i, 21 228i Retired Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Hallandale Beach, FL iTrader: (0) Garage List 2022 BMW Z4 M40i [9.72]	It is super slow today and pages are taking forever to appear on both my Chrome and Safari browsers.
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02-27-2025, 08:52 AM	#116
paul e Captain 454 Rep 853 Posts Drives: 2016 340i xDrive 6MT Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: South Carolina iTrader: (0)	Ditto…annoying.
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02-27-2025, 08:52 AM	#117
D335NUTZ Major General 225 Rep 5,759 Posts Drives: 2022 X3 m40i Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Queens, New York iTrader: (8)	I came here to ask the same thing. The past 2 days I've been timing out and couldn't load anything on the bimmerpost app. Thought someone was wrong with my phone. Then I tried the website and the same thing... Hope they can fix this.
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02-27-2025, 11:42 AM	#118
cbpip Second Lieutenant 285 Rep 297 Posts Drives: BMW Z4C 3.0si 3 pedal Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: MD iTrader: (0) Garage List 2007 BMW E86C [10.00]	Sloooooooow is an understatement .
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02-27-2025, 11:54 AM	#119
Pauly Wauly Private First Class 6488 Rep 129 Posts Drives: BMW 650iX Join Date: Jul 2023 Location: Medes N. iTrader: (0)	They must have switched over to dial-up internet . You can`t even reply to PMs __________________ “Straight roads are for fast cars, turns are for fast drivers.”
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02-27-2025, 12:33 PM	#120
cmyx6go Colonel 17249 Rep 2,096 Posts Drives: 2022 X6///M Comp Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: NYC iTrader: (2) Garage List 2019 X6 ///M [10.00]	I think it's worse than yesterday. __________________ I thought I was a good person but the way I react when people drive slowly in the left lane would suggest otherwise
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02-27-2025, 01:55 PM	#122
BobsM3Coupe Brigadier General 1598 Rep 4,072 Posts Drives: X5MC Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: California iTrader: (4)	Yesterday and today, it's very slow.
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02-27-2025, 02:31 PM	#123
BringBackButtons Smart Enough to Scan for Codes First 77 Rep 169 Posts Drives: F23 M235i 6MT Join Date: Jun 2024 Location: North Dakota iTrader: (0)	+1 Just came here to add reference that when it happened I was getting permission errors to send a PM, then tried 10 seconds later and things sent...10 seconds later couldn't even log back in. It's sporadic at best! Seems almost like a host ddos attack... You know when it first started again was when I read the post about the driver going through the dealer window because of not being approved for financing. Wonder if that same driver is taking revenge on the forums?! ( i jest, that person is probably in jail by now)
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02-27-2025, 03:21 PM	#124
wizardofOz Private First Class 2642 Rep 293 Posts Drives: M135i Join Date: Sep 2024 Location: Your Friendly Neighborhood iTrader: (0)	Lucky I didn't buy a new laptop thinking its reached its life..
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02-27-2025, 06:15 PM	#125
Lady Jane Cailín gan eagla. 88014 Rep 1,080 Posts Drives: 2024 X3 M40i and R1200RT bike. Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Atlantic Canada. iTrader: (0)	On/Off... On/Off... Like dating a hot guy with ED.
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02-27-2025, 07:24 PM	#126
F87source Major General 8196 Rep 8,199 Posts Drives: Bmw M2 Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: . iTrader: (1)	Im getting slowness as well, I suspect it is the AI bots scalping this site for information to train their LLM's which is why it is so slow. This is happening over on other forums I visit, and their moderators managed to stop it (not sure how). But apparently the other forum I visited was getting 150k hits per hour or something like that. __________________ Click on the link below to see a compiled list of every review I have ever written: https://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...2#post30368242
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02-27-2025, 08:07 PM	#127
Mondomensch Enlisted Member 81 Rep 151 Posts Drives: 2020 BMW X3 sDrive30i Join Date: Jan 2024 Location: NorCal iTrader: (0)	+1 last few days. Annoying
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02-27-2025, 09:47 PM	#129
T.R.S. Enlisted Member 122 Rep 44 Posts Drives: yes Join Date: Aug 2024 Location: Plainfield IL iTrader: (0)	If everybody'd stop posting about how slow it is, it'd be fine. You're just clogging it up more!!! lol
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02-28-2025, 02:49 AM	#131
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02-28-2025, 07:09 AM	#132
ASAP Major General 11337 Rep 9,300 Posts Drives: '23 X3 M40i Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: FL iTrader: (0)	the site is slow... the ios app itself is virtually unusable __________________ 2 x N54 -> 1 x N55 -> 1 x S55-> 1 x B58
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