Website access problems Nov 2024

Hey team, getting random instances of blank white, site not loading on latest Chrome on PC, and "Content Encoding Error" site not loading on latest FF on PC. Cleared cache etc. and it's still happening randomly. Managed to load on both Chrome and FF just now, but clicking links it sometimes errors again. Closed and opened on FF, same error, CTRL+F5 it then loads... then happens again. Started happening yesterday I think. No ad-blockers enabled for the site.

Google browser on latest Android 15 on phone is just blank white screen can't get it load at all, cleared everything, refresh, clicking in from google search etc, no dice on phone.

FF
Content Encoding Error
An error occurred during a connection to www.swellnet.com.
- Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.

A user also sent through this screenshot from the App when trying to reset password.

Just had some feedback that Swellnet was accessible again after his phone was rebooted.

Same here, intermittent problem.

Info below via the ! icon on address bar when it happens, usually has the security shield and padlock when everything is fine

In the Security section of the FireFox info panel - " Technical Details - Connection Not Encrypted and swellnet.com does not support encryption for page you are viewing. No ownership information supplied. "

I’ve had those two, cannot decode raw data, website not available and a few days ago it was something else but I forget what. Something like ‘too many reloads’ or something.

Only Swellnet, all other sites were working. Tried computer through tpg wifi, phone through same wifi and phone through Telstra 4g plus phone off and on again.
I figured it was site maintenance.

Fliplid, can you confirm you are trying to access https://www.swellnet.com and not https://www.swellnet.com (one has the 's' after http).

Both should work but I just wanted to confirm.

FWIW, we have noticed weird things with other sites in recent weeks. For example, Stu hasn't been able to access the BOM for ages. No idea why, just doesn't work no matter which browser, device or internet connection. Yet everything else works fine (including Swellnet).

Ben, https:www.swellnet.com

I just use a bookmark so should always be the same

Thanks mate. Both should work anyway.

I haven't changed anything and it's working everywhere now, cheers lads.

(Also BOM is the opposite, http not https. It wouldn't work on FF for me a few weeks ago, but would on Chrome, now works on both *shrug*)

More weird observations - the Weatherzone app is loading fine for me, but when I click on the radar, it loads the background page - but no radar imagery - waits and few seconds and then closes the App.

I've tried this a dozen times today and it's still not working.

Never seen this happen before.

There is no relationship between Swellnet and WZ (i.e we are independent companies with our own dev teams), but the weird behaviour confirms that there are some unusual network issues happening across the internet today, which I suspect is affecting our services too.

this is how it begins.

Sprout wrote:

I haven't changed anything and it's working everywhere now, cheers lads.

(Also BOM is the opposite, http not https. It wouldn't work on FF for me a few weeks ago, but would on Chrome, now works on both *shrug*)

BOM has had weird issues for ages. Too hard to describe here but major architectural problems that don't make sense.

Had the same issue this am working of mobile data but now appears resolved. BOM issue noted above happens intermittently. No other sites seem affected.

More feedback just received:

"I initially had the problem at Torquay on the Belong (Telstra) network a couple of days ago, and the same yesterday and this morning on the Optus network in Melbourne. Back in Torquay now (Belong/Telstra) and the site's working fine."

For the record, personally I'm on Telstra 4G (no problems) and Aussie Broadband NBN (also no problems).

Telstra 5g Phone / Telstra NBN Home, had the issues for me this weekend (all good now). Send Jono's OT bill to AWS.

More feedback (from someone who emailed us 5 hours ago, saying they'd had difficulty connecting last few days):

"Thanks Ben. The trouble appears to be fixed now. Been on the site about 5 times without a hitch. Cheers."

Also working for me now after around 3 days of issues.

Thanks mate.

Very strange. We've made no structural changes to the website in a while, so it's baffling. I don't mind so much when things go wrong, as long as I know why they went wrong! So that we can ensure it doesn't happen again. But right now we don't know why.

basesix wrote:

this is how it begins.

Skynet?

Nick Bone wrote:

Skynet?

yep. start bottling water. your own if necessary.

I have had the same blank page problem, but it is back to normal this afternoon.

had minor issues , started yesterday, mainly when checking cams,
would take ages to load then if i went to check another cam , would just go full white screen.

seems to have sorted itself out now though

Yesterday on phone or iPad I was getting ‘ Content Encoding Error’.

Alas, in Victoria and particularly west and east of Port Phillip Bay

Over the last three weeks Telstra have been working on the NBN system.
Our internet provider (Mate) alerted us weeks ago that there would be disruption to services intermittently.
Apparently the work was about increasing the speed of the NBN.
Had bugger all internet during the day for those weeks, but come evening each day it was back on.
I use Aldi Mobile which uses Telstra’s network, since the works have ceased, I’ve noticed an increase in speed.
That’s my two bobs worth. AW

Weatherzone radar images are now working for me.. seems to have come back the same time we got reports Swellnet was working again (for those people who.were affected).

This suggests some kind of networking issue, external to our codebase.

But we'll keep digging to find the source.

Hiya Ben. Was having issues also.
Seems to be working fine now...since this arvo.
I did try all sorts of things, different browsers, different Gs.
Swellnet was the only page that wasn't loading, although occasionally it would. Was both on phone and lappy. Was only over last 24-48 hours and got progressively worse so much so that it was unloadable this morning. Just a blank page with the SN logo in the search bar at the top.
Anyway seems to be back on track now. Keep ya posted if anything changes.
Cheers for being on top of it. Legend.

basesix wrote:

this is how it begins.

haha.
It's all FatCats fault!

yep. and the commonwealth bank.

Strange, I had this problem a week ago for a couple of days, and only with SN.
It's been fine the last few days though.

just remembered i also had an error code message on the BOM website this morning too. Refreshed it and it was fine.

Been having issues this arvo loading

And also other weird shit wrote a longer post.

Then posted and it came up as "clear as mud"

WTF???

Trippy as all fk

Maybe i have some crazy malware or something, first time ive ever had that happen.

yeh, I figured either @stunet had pulled the plug, or elon had bought cloudflare..
(haha, and this post I had to rewrite, cos it made the post into one of @jef's earlier one..)
haha, happened again to you below @indo... fun game...?

Argh you guys look like you have some serious issues in the system., post now appearing in wrong threads

It said site maintenance on mine when it was down.

Ha ha....some serious issues, it only post what i write when edit.

Otherwise it comes up as weird random shit

i took a screen shot before incase it helps.

Took my lad out for a few laps at the Pass, water was crystal clear.

lol wtf

I didn’t write the above or the post attributed to me before it

lostdoggy wrote:

Took my lad out for a few laps at the Pass, water was crystal clear.

lol wtf

I didn’t write the above or the post attributed to me before it

Where is that? I posted it in the Qld FC notes, but something has got messed up in the database.

Ben, re lostdoggy's post, this is happening to me now on my posts.

You've been hacked

happening to all of us @thermal, old posts from others are taking the place of what we intend to post.. (didn't happen that time, but we've been having to edit, then rewrite, for our intended message to be accepted and posted)

Nah we haven't been hacked, just did some database work and things got messed up. Should be sorted now, can you please check?

the is from @basesix, and was written at 3:34, no edits, to see what happens

Ok thanks Ben, just sent you an sms

Seems to working again thanks

Now those post have gone?

Some of the post coming up weren't human generated either.

Something is up. I kept getting sent to a Japanese porn site when I tried to open the homepage.

Mine said site maintenance
Be back soon
Or something of the like

I’ve obviously gotta google Japanese porn more than site maintenance more often.

Hah, nothing from my browsing history. Working properly now but would cause issues on the work laptop.