Systemic backend failure – multiple symptoms

[SmilingLez]

@Manu

As you know, I’ve been observing several recurring issues across the site. Taken together, they indicate a single underlying problem: the backend is deteriorating. The database or CMS is no longer maintaining a reliable state.

Current Symptoms include:

· Stories stuck indefinitely in “Pending”
· Page flickers on refresh
· Previously approved stories deleted or reclassified as rejected
· Duplicate notifications for new stories
· Inaccurate counters

These are not isolated glitches. They are consistent with a backend that has degraded over time and is failing to preserve data integrity.

This is not a complaint. It is a systems‑level report. Addressing the root cause - whether through repair, migration, or replacement - would likely resolve all symptoms at once.

To anyone reading this: if you haven’t backed up your work locally, you may want to do so. A failing backend puts all stored content at risk.

 

[liliput1]

I keep getting this suspicion that some of these things feel like the backend trying to do two things at once and crossing wires. Like every story getting processed at the same time gets the rejection flag if any of them do.

 

[nudeblaqgirl]

Systematic back end failure? Try it with more lube.

Heh.

Sorry

 

[RejectReality]

What was the rejection reason for all those retroactively rejected submissions?

 

[liliput1]

Systematic back end failure? Try it with more lube.

Heh.

Sorry

My lawyers will be contacting you about infringement on my business plan for a server lubrication service.

 

[SmilingLez]

My hope, everything gets fixed.

 

[SmilingLez]

Add the forum log bug on to the systemic back end failure

https://forum.literotica.com/threads/log-in-issues.1656233/

It appears that the main site and the forum aren’t reliably sharing the same session token.

Description

You can be fully logged in on the main site, but when the forum checks your authentication state, the backend doesn’t answer cleanly, so it treats you as logged out (of the forum) until the system finally revalidates your session.

 

[SmilingLez]

2 Additions

The first issue is the brief “uh oh nothing here” screen that appears when accessing Latest Activity before it quickly snaps to the correct activity list.

That flash happens because the front end is loading its fallback state while waiting for the backend to return actual data. When the server responds slowly or inconsistently, the UI shows the empty placeholder first, then replaces it once the handshake finally completes.

The timing of that flash matches the other delays already documented.

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The second issue is the inconsistent load time when typing the Literotica URL directly into the browser, along with the slower‑than‑normal spinning gears before the control panel appears.

Both behaviors point to the same backend delay: the server isn’t responding at a steady rate, so sometimes the site loads immediately and other times it stalls for a second or two before handing over the page or control panel data.

That variability mirrors the flicker and the fallback‑screen flash, making it another expression of the same underlying backend instability.

 

[SmilingLez]

This is becoming more frequent.

The brief “uh oh nothing here” screen appears almost every time I access Latest Activity before snapping to the correct list.

I also received timeout errors before the control panel loads. This is random and not consistent.

The flickering seems to be increasing.

 

[BeechLeaf]

I think the nothing here message has been around for a long time. I'm used to it appearing for a moment, then changing to the correct display. I tried Control Panel again just now and got it for half a second or so. It doesn't worry me.

I really hate seeing the 'Are you sure you want to delete' message that pops up... somewhere, sometime, I can't conjure up an example. But no, if I wanted to delete anything I would have pressed a big red delete button, which I didn't. I have no idea why that message would pop up as part of a normal load sequence.