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MACKTEXAS

MACKTEXAS

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I logged in this morning, and looked at several threads, checked reactions, etc.- all the usual things I do, and went here and there, but then suddenly I got a pink notice saying "You must be logged in to do that." [I was logged in. I had never logged out.] The only way I could overcome this was to close the browser and start over. This happened 3 times. Is anyone else getting this?
 

That hasn't happened for me on this site, but on a different forum that has literally the exact same setup as this one (must be a template for forums out there somewhere?) I had to suddenly sign up again even though I've been a member for more than 20 years. It was strange. It wasn't a phishing stunt; I verified it).
 

MACKTEXAS said:
I logged in this morning, and looked at several threads, checked reactions, etc.- all the usual things I do, and went here and there, but then suddenly I got a pink notice saying "You must be logged in to do that." [I was logged in. I had never logged out.] The only way I could overcome this was to close the browser and start over. This happened 3 times. Is anyone else getting this?
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My guess would be that there was a glitch in your connection.
 
Maybe when the website was attacked a few days ago, settings got changed? Don’t know, but people have been having issues on and off on many sites.


A strange thing happened to me on another site. .. I get grocery delivery every week or two, and don’t pay much attention to all the settings anymore.

Well my delivery order got changed to pickup … I couldn’t understand why they were asking if I wanted bags or not? ... and the timeframe was odd.
It took me a little while to figure out what was happening ….
 
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This morning, I am getting the orange line moving across the
top of my login page. This is both on my laptop and also on
my phone. It takes a few login try's for the moving orange line
to go away. Eventually I can log on.
 
OldFeller said:
I think the heat is messing up equipment along the lines.

On another forum I got a black page with a typewritten message about connection interruption. Tried again and successfully got to the website.
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Agreed, my service has been going on off since the heatwave began. ....and acting up. However, for the first time, Spectrum enrolled me in a credit back program for outages over two hours.
 
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Jazzy1 said:
My guess: The server's configuration for "stay logged in' session timed out.
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Thank you for that, and I can understand it. The thing is, I was actively moving about at the time within the site and had not left the desk.
 
MACKTEXAS said:
I logged in this morning, and looked at several threads, checked reactions, etc.- all the usual things I do, and went here and there, but then suddenly I got a pink notice saying "You must be logged in to do that." [I was logged in. I had never logged out.] The only way I could overcome this was to close the browser and start over. This happened 3 times. Is anyone else getting this?
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Do you have your web browser set up to clear cookies and data automatically, upon closing the browser?
 
Nathan said:
If the browser security settings were set to dump all data and cookies, then it would dump your log-ins too.
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Okay. But I've been logged in now, and between the time of my post #17 (my answer to you) and your new answer, it's already done it again just 72 seconds ago. I have been in emails and other applications without issues.
 
Yes, something is wrong because it's doing it every little bit now, and I have not logged out of the site since my last post. Sometimes it comes back. I get the pop up "You must be logged in", so I logged in (again).

Then a few seconds later, I got the same pop up, so I tried logging in again, and a new pop up said I was already logged in, so the site rebounded without me taking any action.

My modem shows a clear connection with an upload speed of 75.4 and a download speed of 12.01, and has not wavered, nor has any other site behaved this way.
 
MACKTEXAS said:
Okay. But I've been logged in now, and between the time of my post #17 (my answer to you) and your new answer, it's already done it again just 72 seconds ago. I have been in emails and other applications without issues.
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Are you using a desktop PC to visit the forum or a cellphone? Also, which browser- Firefox, Chrome, Brave or...?
 
It's just a Gateway laptop. I never use my phone. The Chrome browser is what I use. I always do incognito, so if any cookies are saved, they are dumped with each closing of the browser.

I've been on here about 30-45 minutes, and nothing odd has happened. If it does it anymore, I'll try not using incognito, and not deleting cookies. I was just reluctant to take that step, since the way I've been doing things has worked fine for me for 8 months or so.
 
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