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Boost has been giving me a generic "timeout" error after about 10 posts and stops loading posts in /all or /local.

Has anyone else been experiencing this and does does anyone have any tips to fix this?

Edit Oct 17 update This is still an issue.

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[โ€“] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've been there but I think it's instance related. If your instance can't connect you to either itself or other instances you'll get a 503 error.

A fix, sadly, it's too wait until the admin of your instance fixes their connection problem. Usually it's unscheduled maintenance.

[โ€“] Switorik@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not convinced. This started happening the moment the last update for boost released. It does it both locally and with other instances. It loads any instance/community fine.

[โ€“] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm just sharing my experience. If it's an issue with the app itself, I think Ruben will keep an eye on it all and maybe you can contact him with some more details so he can debug properly.

[โ€“] Switorik@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I appreciate the info. I'm going to try another app and see if the same issue persists.

Edit: I tried sync and I do not experience this issue.

[โ€“] MrAnderson@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Came to this channel looking for other people having this issue, as I'm also experiencing the same symptoms. Individual channels load correctly as described in the post, but I only get the initial load of posts in subscribed when I open the app, and trying to switch to all results in a timeout.

Edit: clearing the cache did not resolve the issue, nor did logging out and logging back in.

[โ€“] Switorik@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm still experiencing this and apparently you're the only other one willing to post about it. It would be nice if boost was more active in development.

[โ€“] MrAnderson@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago

I think it's just the one person, right? Understandable. But more to the point, maybe it's a rarely occurring issue?

For reference and for anyone potentially finding this in the future, I'm running boost on a galaxy note 20 ultra, android 13. If more useful technical info, or if the app creates logs of some sort, I'd be happy to share those as well.

[โ€“] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

This happens to me only on the Subscribed / Home tab. Everything else does infinite scroll.

It's been happening for maybe 3+ months. I've stopped using Lemmy because of it. I keep hoping it gets fixed.

[โ€“] Switorik@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

One month later and the issue still persists.

[โ€“] MrAnderson@feddit.nl 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Came back here to share that, for me, as of today, I'm no longer experiencing this issue. I'm able to scroll down my feed and have it load new posts, and I can once again access the 'all' feed. Unsure if the app updated automatically. I've done absolutely nothing to resolve the issue and made no changes to my account. No Android updates between my last post and now. Maybe it was a backend issue with the instance I'm on (feddit.nl)?

At any rate, wanted to share. Hopefully yours clears up similarly.

[โ€“] Switorik@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm glad it's working for you. I just checked and it's still broke.

[โ€“] MrAnderson@feddit.nl 1 points 3 weeks ago

Aw man, I'm sorry to hear that. If I can think of any other variables that may have changed between my last post and now I'll come back to mention it, but I really don't know what it could be. Didn't change any apps or anything (though who knows what updates may have been pushed automatically).