YSSYForum - running slow?

[Phillippe M]

Is it just me, or is anyone else notice that since Friday YSSYForum has been running slow?
I have noticed this on my home internet connection, mobile and at work.

[Brenden S]

No issues for me.

[Mike C]

Slow for me too.

[Ben L]

As well as running slow, I just got the following error…

Resource Limit Is Reached
The website is temporarily unable to service your request as it exceeded its resource limit. Please try again later.

Are we infected with bots or something? There’s something like 4000 users online but only 2 registered users.

[Phillippe M]

Originally Posted by Ben L

Resource Limit Is Reached
The website is temporarily unable to service your request as it exceeded its resource limit. Please try again later.

I actually also got that message last week when I noticed it starting to run slow.

[David Knudsen]

Unfortunately the site has been undergoing some DDoS attack attempts over the last 6 weeks or so , our hosting provider is assisting with mitigation which is why we will occasionally be seeing the resource limit reached screens.

Those of you using VPNs will experience a better responsiveness from the site if you use an Australian endpoint.

[Ben L]

It’s happening again. 11000+ “guests” online.

[Robert.M]

Was down for me this evening. Had this

This site can't be reached
The web page at https://yssyforum.net/board/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
ERR_CONTENT_DECODING_FAILED
https://aviationspotting.au/tempfiles/IMG_6255.png

I’ve had to move my site to a new host due to AI scrapping bots causing huge spikes!
https://aviationspotting.au/tempfiles/IMG_6259.jpeg

[Robert.M]

Seems like the site is getting hit again! Resource Limit Is Reached error with 6655 visitors.