I came here to post about the same problem. It appears to have broken this morning. Did the API change again?
On 4 February 2016 at 07:33, Dr. Michael Bonert <[email protected]> wrote: > In September 2014, I described an intermittent recurrent problem associated > with the InstantCommons images. > > I hadn't seen the problem seen since April or May of 2015. > > It is now back -- after I upgraded to MediaWiki 1.26.2. > Unlike in the past, it hasn't resolved with a server re-boot. > > I did have record traffic earlier in the week... but the problem --like in > the past-- doesn't seem to be traffic related. > > I cannot find a relation to memory. I'm not running out of memory. > The underlying LAMP (Debian Linux Apache MySQL PHP) stack hasn't changed. > > Product Versions > Operating System: Debian (stable) > MediaWiki 1.26.2 (f465524) > PHP 5.6.13-0+deb8u1 (apache2handler) > MySQL 5.5.44-0+deb8u1 > > The details of what is installed is here: > http://librepathology.org/wiki/index.php/Special:Version > > I do have git installed -- and am using it to upgrade. > > Like in the past-- the image that is local to the site, i.e. > non-InstantCommons, > ( > http://librepathology.org/wiki/index.php/File:Atypical_ductal_hyperplasia_-_very_high_mag.jpg > ) > is still there-- and displays properly. At the same time, all the images > from the InstantCommons are gone. > > > A list of previous posts I did can be found here: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2014-September/043340.html > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2014-September/043345.html > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2014-September/043348.html > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2014-September/043349.html > > Help on this would be much appreciated... > > I have a testing site (pathologyprotocols.org) that is running the exact > same set-up (behind a login). > It is also failing suddenly in the same way; the InstantCommons images are > gone. > > I wonder whether... > - It is the InstantCommons server > - There is "talk" between the InstantCommons server and a MediaWiki install > (with the InstantCommons activated). > I know this as images that are removed from the InstantCommons... are > then removed on then > MediaWiki install with InstantCommons activated. > > I think the communication is governed by 'descriptionCacheExpiry' and > 'apiThumbCacheExpiry' > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgUseInstantCommons > ? I wonder whether setting those to infinity would solve anything. > - I suspect the thumb cache is purged... and then there is a bug preventing > the image from being > confirmed as being the same as on the InstantCommons... or there a > processing bottle neck as the thumbnails have to be re-created. > > Thanks in Advance, > Michael > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
