New error msg

[lopburi3]

Got below when clicked on a popular topic - reload brought up the topic fine - have never seen this error before.

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php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: System error

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[ubonjoe]

I got some of those earlier or at least similar. I have not gotten one again for a while now.

[Salerno]

40 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: System error

Been happening for the past two or three days.

[johng]

49 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: System error

Someone hacking the database again ? ????

[phetphet]

I got the same error several times yesterday, and again this morning. Impossible to access AN.

Only while searching the internet for reasons, this thread came up and I was able to sign in at the top of this page.

[CrunchWrapSupreme]

Apparently this is wreaking havoc across the Internet: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/todays-massive-internet-outage-comes-courtesy-of-akamai-edge-dns/

 

I'm on an English tutoring site where the business has suddenly fallen off.

Edited July 25, 2021 by CrunchWrapSupreme