Ask HN: Why is HN so often down? neverrroot on February 29, 2024 at 05:14 Hacker News: Front Page

It’s daily now, that I’m seeing “We’re having some trouble serving your request. Sorry!”, maybe even 10-20 times during different times.

From Europe, especially during the lunch break hours, HN is down again and again. For instance as of the past 30 minutes, I see the above message more often than the expected pages. It’s been like that also yesterday, the day before that.

I understand that this happens often based on searching, but I don’t remember having it that often in the past.

Honest question: what happens, why do we get that message, especially during these times? Is there something that is going on the the early AM hours in the US? Maintenance work maybe?

Edit based on some comments below:

– could it be this has to do with being logged in or not? I will try to stay less often logged in.
– another reason could be rate limits, especially if not logged in

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