An Error Has Occurred - Searching has been temporarily disabled.

[DFS]

Anyone else getting this?

Sorry if there are already threads about this, I can't really find them using the search bar (for obvious reasons).

[1714865987]

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[sorryforthat]

Anyone else getting this?

Sorry if there are already threads about this, I can't really find them using the search bar (for obvious reasons).

This is due to bitcointalk going down a few days back. It should be effecting everyone

[dsyahputera]

use this on Google if you want search whole of this forum:

Code:

keywords wanna you search site:bitcointalk.org 

[DFS]

use this on Google if you want search whole of this forum:

Code:

keywords wanna you search site:bitcointalk.org 

Oh thanks!

Topic can be locked by a staff member, thanks (or left alone).

[Madness]

use this on Google if you want search whole of this forum:

Code:

keywords wanna you search site:bitcointalk.org 

Oh thanks!

Topic can be locked by a staff member, thanks (or left alone).

Theymos disabled the search since the last downtime => https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=932315.0

Search is temporarily disabled because I need to regenerate the search index before it will be usable again.

For the moment just search like dsyahputera just said
Btw , you can close your own topics look at the bottom of the thread you will see "Move topic" & "Close topic" options .

~ Madness

[Xian01]

There have been reports of a massive bot registrations recently.

This could be related to a possible forums DDoS attack vector they have been attempting to exploit.

/tinfoil-hat

[cheekychap]

There have been reports of a massive bot registrations recently.

This could be related to a possible forums DDoS attack vector they have been attempting to exploit.

/tinfoil-hat

Just curious as to how would that be related to the search feature on the forum ?

[Xian01]

There have been reports of a massive bot registrations recently.
This could be related to a possible forums DDoS attack vector they have been attempting to exploit.
/tinfoil-hat

Just curious as to how would that be related to the search feature on the forum ?

A bunch of bots searching the forums at once would bring it to it's knees.

[Neotox]

i just checked this and i m also getting same error message
(Searching is temporarily disabled)

any news from admin or staff about this error

[Dannie]

There have been reports of a massive bot registrations recently.

This could be related to a possible forums DDoS attack vector they have been attempting to exploit.

/tinfoil-hat

Just curious as to how would that be related to the search feature on the forum ?

No the disable has nothing to do with the bot account registrations, but the RAID failure.

Due to a failure of the RAID array that bitcointalk.org was running on, the database became corrupted. It was necessary to move the OS and restore the database using a daily backup. About 8 hours of data was lost (anything after about Jan 21 21:44 UTC).

I've been busy getting the forum back online, so I haven't investigated this much yet, but it may be possible for me to manually restore lost posts/PMs by searching the recovered database files for keywords that you remember. If you lost a post or PM that you feel is absolutely irreplacable, PM me and I'll see if I can recover it.

Everyone's drafts were also all lost. These are not backed up because they're automatically deleted after 14 days anyway.

Search is temporarily disabled because I need to regenerate the search index before it will be usable again.

[DFS]

use this on Google if you want search whole of this forum:

Code:

keywords wanna you search site:bitcointalk.org 

Oh thanks!

Topic can be locked by a staff member, thanks (or left alone).

Theymos disabled the search since the last downtime => https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=932315.0

Search is temporarily disabled because I need to regenerate the search index before it will be usable again.

For the moment just search like dsyahputera just said
Btw , you can close your own topics look at the bottom of the thread you will see "Move topic" & "Close topic" options .

~ Madness

I'm too low of a rank to be able to close or move the topic by myself :/ Guess I gotta be a bit more active.

[dsyahputera]

I'm too low of a rank to be able to close or move the topic by myself :/ Guess I gotta be a bit more active.

You can lock this topic, if you have done with your questions

[SpyPacked]

I'm too low of a rank to be able to close or move the topic by myself :/ Guess I gotta be a bit more active.

You can lock this topic, if you have done with your questions

I like how you asked the OP to lock the topic by quoting the reason why he can't lock it.

[Dannie]

I'm too low of a rank to be able to close or move the topic by myself :/ Guess I gotta be a bit more active.

You can lock this topic, if you have done with your questions

I like how you asked the OP to lock the topic by quoting the reason why he can't lock it.

I believe the rank doesn't matter and he can lock his own thread as a newbie.
IIRC, there is a "lock topic" button somewhere at the bottom left corner if you are the thread creator.

[Superhitech]

Searching is back up as of now, theymos fixed it after the recent downtime.

[volatilebtc]

Anyone else getting this?

Sorry if there are already threads about this, I can't really find them using the search bar (for obvious reasons).

Everyone is seeing this. Good news is that I have an idea.

If you want to search something on bitcointalk forum, just google BITCOINTALK + <YOUR SEARCH TERM> . You will get what you want.