2LibraryCin
I'm getting the same. Neither are touchstones; I am assuming the issue is related.
3laytonwoman3rd
Same here. Searching my own catalog isn't working either. (I may have just added a book that's already in there because I didn't realize at first that the search function wasn't working.)
4Turasoir
When I search, I get results for books entered before today. The books I entered today do not appear in the results.
5timspalding
Site search, if it was off, appears to have recovered.
7timspalding
3-4 seem accurate though. Posting on our slack.
8laytonwoman3rd
>3 laytonwoman3rd: The book I added yesterday ( Three Houses by Angela Thirkell) did not show up in searching my catalog afterward. It does show up today. Its touchstone engages as well.
9timspalding
Yes. This morning CCatalfo confirmed that it's working. I find it so too. Investigating he can see that the catalog-search system "went red" around 8pm last night for a while, and this is a pattern on some other days too. He's digging into why.
10laytonwoman3rd
Thanks, Tim.
11LibraryCin
>9 timspalding: Thank you!
12Bettesbooks
delete
13Bettesbooks
When I try to alphabetize a site search it takes up to 4 retries before I get any results.
14lorannen
>13 Bettesbooks: Is it giving you the "no results" message (incorrectly), or something else? What search(es) have you tried running?
15r.orrison
I regularly get "no results" when alphabetising a search. Usually clicking "alphabetical" a second time produces the results. It most often happens with more than a few hundred results.
Test case: site search for "osprey" returns 7,044 results. Clicking "alphabetical" thinks a while, then shows "No results." Click "alphabetical" again and get "Too many results. Top 2,500 results sorted."
Test case: site search for "osprey" returns 7,044 results. Clicking "alphabetical" thinks a while, then shows "No results." Click "alphabetical" again and get "Too many results. Top 2,500 results sorted."
16karenb
>15 r.orrison:
That sounds like typical behavior to me, when searching for anything with lots (hundreds or thousands) of results. For example, left-hand column lists 3,768 results, but the Search area says:
Member search: ny -"ny ny"
No results.
... Then, if I click on "book count" or "alphabetical", LT frequently displays the search results in that order. And if I click on "relevancy" again, LT displays the search results just fine.
(I encounter this a LOT when searching members for place names. Sometimes, the original search is fine but "book count" comes back as "No results.")
That sounds like typical behavior to me, when searching for anything with lots (hundreds or thousands) of results. For example, left-hand column lists 3,768 results, but the Search area says:
Member search: ny -"ny ny"
No results.
... Then, if I click on "book count" or "alphabetical", LT frequently displays the search results in that order. And if I click on "relevancy" again, LT displays the search results just fine.
(I encounter this a LOT when searching members for place names. Sometimes, the original search is fine but "book count" comes back as "No results.")
17karenb
Note: This seems to be an entirely different problem than whether or not search is working at all. Who wants to write up a separate bug report?
18Bettesbooks
I was doing a site search using the word "priest".
I get a relevancy search listing of 9780 works, when I click on alphabetical it gives me Works search: priest
No results.
So I click on alphabetical again (2) it gives me an alphabetical listing of 9,738 editions; number of works not calculated (link)
Works search: priest
To add books to your library, use the add books search.
Too many results. Top 2,500 results sorted.
But hey, today it only took 2 tries.
Now I also wonder why only top 2500 results?
Plus my entire search is not secure:
(i) not secure appears in front of the URL
https://www.librarything.com/search.php?search=priest&searchtype=newwork_tit...
So I click the (I) and the message I get is:
"Be Careful Here
Some content on this page is not encrypted, etc"
I view the certificate and get:
*.librarything certificate warning
I printed the screens but don't know how to include here.
I get a relevancy search listing of 9780 works, when I click on alphabetical it gives me Works search: priest
No results.
So I click on alphabetical again (2) it gives me an alphabetical listing of 9,738 editions; number of works not calculated (link)
Works search: priest
To add books to your library, use the add books search.
Too many results. Top 2,500 results sorted.
But hey, today it only took 2 tries.
Now I also wonder why only top 2500 results?
Plus my entire search is not secure:
(i) not secure appears in front of the URL
https://www.librarything.com/search.php?search=priest&searchtype=newwork_tit...
So I click the (I) and the message I get is:
"Be Careful Here
Some content on this page is not encrypted, etc"
I view the certificate and get:
*.librarything certificate warning
I printed the screens but don't know how to include here.
19Sylak
Is this broken again?
0 editions; number of works not calculated
No results.
---------
Never mind. Seems to be working again.
0 editions; number of works not calculated
No results.
---------
Never mind. Seems to be working again.
20Crypto-Willobie
Site search down again? ... author search anyway. I just tried three different authors who I know are there but no results appear.
21lorannen
>20 Crypto-Willobie: Examples are usually very helpful here. I've noticed some slowness today in general, which might be related.
My first attempt worked, but second timed out. I'm the only one around at this point, but I'll see what I can find out from devs in the morning.
My first attempt worked, but second timed out. I'm the only one around at this point, but I'll see what I can find out from devs in the morning.
22lilithcat
>21 lorannen:
I just searched for Jonathan Levi and Sara Paretsky. Spinning, spinning, spinning for a good while, and then "no results".
I just searched for Jonathan Levi and Sara Paretsky. Spinning, spinning, spinning for a good while, and then "no results".
23timspalding
Hmm. Seems okay to me at present. It may have gotten caught, but it didn't die.
24lorannen
>22 lilithcat: Thanks. Digging further, I'm seeing a lot of page load time and site search time spikes over the last couple hours. That shows me what's happening, if not why, and explains the intermittency I was noticing.
25MarthaJeanne
Searching on Coles notes is giving no results.
Nor was anything else.
Seems better now.
Nor was anything else.
Seems better now.
27lorannen
>26 lilithcat: Yep, I see it. Thanks.
ETA: Sysadmin restarted site search this morning, which helped for a bit, but it's clearly struggling again.
ETA: Sysadmin restarted site search this morning, which helped for a bit, but it's clearly struggling again.
28lorannen
Okay, should be back up again. Thanks for your patience, everyone. I'm leaving open for now for monitoring, in case it falls off again.
29Crypto-Willobie
>21 lorannen:
I normally would give examples but since in my case it was 4 different authors I figured any author you chose would show the same results.
I normally would give examples but since in my case it was 4 different authors I figured any author you chose would show the same results.
30lorannen
>29 Crypto-Willobie: Yep! No worries. Just, at first attempt, it was working for me, which was why I asked. Second and third attempts, on the other hand...
31JMK2020
Failure link (search with 1 ISBN (ex 2020334917) and some others)
Problem importation from BNF, Sudoc, Overat, Loc.
A neutral cover display with the indication "no cover" but without any information on the metadata fields
However Amazon.com or .fr is OK
Problem importation from BNF, Sudoc, Overat, Loc.
A neutral cover display with the indication "no cover" but without any information on the metadata fields
However Amazon.com or .fr is OK
33MarthaJeanne
>31 JMK2020: Site search is not the same as add books search.
35Foretopman
>34 JMK2020: You should also note that "import" and "add books search" are not the same things.
37MarthaJeanne
I had that problem a few hours ago. Then it was working again. Now it's gone again.
And back again.
And back again.
38lorannen
>36 karenb: and >37 MarthaJeanne: Thanks for reporting. Sorry it's mysteriously resolved itself again.
39karenb
>38 lorannen:
Not a big problem. I'll keep noting it when it happens, just in case something is different that time.
Not a big problem. I'll keep noting it when it happens, just in case something is different that time.
40laytonwoman3rd
Can this be related to clicking on an apparently active touchstone link and getting a search icon that never stops moving and never comes up with anything? 'Cause that's happening to me now. OR is that a different bug that should be reported separately?
41karenb
>40 laytonwoman3rd:
Yes, you might want to start another bug report, because touchstones seem like a pretty specific kind of search. This thread has been about site-wide searches that start with the "Search site" boxes on pretty much every page.
Yes, you might want to start another bug report, because touchstones seem like a pretty specific kind of search. This thread has been about site-wide searches that start with the "Search site" boxes on pretty much every page.
42jjwilson61
I think site searches and touchstone searches are pretty much the same thing. The kind of search that's different is searching your own catalog.
43lemontwist
I am getting zero results when using site search. It is keeping me from my pear!!!
44abbottthomas
Me too!
46laytonwoman3rd
Touchstone search is coming up with a 504 Gateway time-out message, and regular site search returns "No results" on a popular title after a looooooong delay. Could be too many people searching for that pear?
47MarthaJeanne
Seems to be back now, but it was out for a long time.
48Stevil2001
Maybe the fact that it happened in the middle of a treasure hunt will draw some attention to fixing this recurrent bug.
49lorannen
Sorry for the trouble, folks. We're not sure what caused the downtime, but sysadmin was working on the issue until it was resolved.
50kristilabrie
Bumping as original "site search is down" thread to monitor.
51karenb
Site search is down again, after a couple hours of intermittent slowness. Search took a long time and then found nothing (authors and talk topics). FYI.
52Micheller7
Still down. Common Sunday night problem.
55Crypto-Willobie
still down
57gilroy
Is site search down again? Tried to search for potter which should get quite a few hits and got nothing.
59laytonwoman3rd
I was having a bit of trouble with search earlier this afternoon. Not "down" entirely, but not always engaging on the first try.
62Bettesbooks
site search is down 2/7/20 11:06pm (pst)
63Nicole_VanK
Confirming
64humouress
Yes.
I’m also finding the site in general is slow (over the past couple of days) and if I edit a post I get an error message and frequently have to re-type the edit.
I’m also finding the site in general is slow (over the past couple of days) and if I edit a post I get an error message and frequently have to re-type the edit.
66laytonwoman3rd
>64 humouress: I noticed that for several days too. It seems to have returned to normal speed for me today.
67humouress
>66 laytonwoman3rd: You’re right; it seems to be back up to speed now.
The other issue of the error message could be an issue with my iPad. I hadn’t had it with any other site until yesterday.
The other issue of the error message could be an issue with my iPad. I hadn’t had it with any other site until yesterday.
68amanda4242
Looks like it's down again. Getting no results on Harry Potter.
69kristilabrie
Yeah, seeing a big spike around the time you posted but looks like it cleared by 8pm EST.
71DuncanHill
Not working 15:18 UTC
72safelykept44689
I was using it around 2 a.m. Eastern Daylight time last night, and search wasn't working then.
Also having problems now. Returning "no results" for a book that is in my catalog.
Also having problems now. Returning "no results" for a book that is in my catalog.
73kristilabrie
Noted, reporting to developers, thanks for your patience.
74Micheller7
Still down. What is the latest update?
77Nicole_VanK
Yes, still down.
79Crypto-Willobie
Seems to be back now?
81Nicole_VanK
Yes, working for me again.
82christopher.hicks
This hasn't been working for me all week and it is broken right now.
This also seems to break the "add to your books" and "add to wishlist" buttons on pages like https://www.librarything.com/work/3857/book/8322486 .
This also seems to break the "add to your books" and "add to wishlist" buttons on pages like https://www.librarything.com/work/3857/book/8322486 .
83AnnieMod
>82 christopher.hicks:
None of these two uses search though - these two search in external sources - the same ones that the Add Books page does. So.. what sources are set on your Add Books page?
None of these two uses search though - these two search in external sources - the same ones that the Add Books page does. So.. what sources are set on your Add Books page?
84christopher.hicks
I had picked Overcat. The other options seem to work. Sorry for conflating.
86JMK2020
Trying to import this ISBN from BNF (France) or Sudoc
Link seems failed
2213015457
https://catalogue.bnf.fr/rechercher.do?motRecherche=2213015457&critereRecher...
(No pb with AMZ)
Link seems failed
2213015457
https://catalogue.bnf.fr/rechercher.do?motRecherche=2213015457&critereRecher...
(No pb with AMZ)
87divinenanny
>86 JMK2020: best make a new thread, that's not site search (the topic of this thread) but add books.
89aspirit
Search is working sporadically for me today. It took me a few tries to get past "No results" for Walt Whitman.
90pantsu
Down for me currently....was searching for "Shel Silverstein" and got the everspinning wheel for like 3 minutes, then a "no results" return. Even loading the base search page seems to struggle as well.
91Bettesbooks
site search is not working
https://www.librarything.com/search.php?search=extreme+heat+warning&searchty...
No results
https://www.librarything.com/search.php?search=extreme+heat+warning&searchty...
No results
92Nicole_VanK
confirming
93Nicole_VanK
>86 JMK2020: >87 divinenanny: Not that it's any less important, but it is a very different form of search
94Nicole_VanK
Reopening, otherwise staff may not even see this
96Crypto-Willobie
and still not working
97kirstenlund
The searcher didn't work when I searched for Per Olav Enquist. However, it did work when I searched among my own books. Kirsten
99Collectorator
Este miembro ha sido suspendido del sitio.
100Crypto-Willobie
I'm starting a thread called 'Site Search Working!' -- no posts yet though...
102tammyhennig
It is not working for me either. :(
103jasbro
Just attempted Site searches for Garth Risk Hallberg and City on Fire; “No results.”
ETA Touchstones above for both Author and Title also not working …
ETA Touchstones above for both Author and Title also not working …
104timspalding
Restarted it.
105jasbro
>104 timspalding: No difference here. Does it need time?
106SDaisy
The search function is still not working for me. At least I was able to finish the seedling hunt, though.
107tammyhennig
It is working now for me.
109Nicole_VanK
Working again. Thanks >104 timspalding:
110Crypto-Willobie
Yes, working again, thanks.
111kirstenlund
The searcher is working. I just tried searching for Per Olav Enquist and it worked.
112amanda4242
It looks like it's down again. I'm getting no results on Lord of the Rings.
113Collectorator
Este miembro ha sido suspendido del sitio.
114amanda4242
Seems to be working now.
117tarpfarmer
I have been having intermittent site search trouble all evening. Catalog search works fine.
118Micheller7
Search not working now. Can someone explain why it goes down so often, yet everything else works fine. Thank you.
119Littlemissbashful
Is there any update on this, all site searches are taking many minutes follwed by a 'No Results' message (author and title searches for books I know will be on here). I have accessed atleast two authors and books by going into my library and linking through from different titles in my catalogue? Yet site was working okay earlier.
120Crypto-Willobie
down, down, down...
121amanda4242
just reopening
122kristilabrie
Sorry for the up/down of site search, everybody. Developers are aware of the continuing issues and have been discussing it (such as better alerts etc.). Thanks for your patience!
123amanda4242
Getting no results on Harry Potter.
124kristilabrie
(Sorry for the late follow-up..) I'm seeing a big, brief spike around the time you posted, should be good since.
130SimoneA
Search is down for me right now... Both from the search box, and when adding works to series.
131Awards-and-Medals
Touchstones don't seem to be working. I think that is also preventing me from creating a new series.
Testing:
Lark
Nope; no joy.
Testing:
Lark
Nope; no joy.
132aspirit
That's new! The site returned an outage notice.
Search LibraryThing
LibraryThing Site Search is unavailable right now while we update our server.
We're sorry for the inconvenience.
Thursday, July 23. 8:00am Eastern. We hope to have it back up soon.
133lilithcat
>131 Awards-and-Medals:
Because touchstones require searching the site, they won't work when search is down.
Because touchstones require searching the site, they won't work when search is down.
134kristilabrie
>132 aspirit: ccatalfo put that up, you can thank him. :) Sorry for the wait, all, we're still working on it!
136ulmannc
Touchstones not working on the following thread for message 12
https://www.librarything.com/topic/322052#7223147
https://www.librarything.com/topic/322052#7223147
138Crypto-Willobie
seems to be back now?
139kristilabrie
Yes, back up! Thanks for your patience.
140gilroy
https://www.librarything.com/topic/322572#7230668
Search not working report again
Search not working report again
143Collectorator
Este miembro ha sido suspendido del sitio.
145gilroy
https://www.librarything.com/topic/323597
Site Search having issues again.
Guess with Tim gone, no one has kicked the server recently.
Site Search having issues again.
Guess with Tim gone, no one has kicked the server recently.
146kristilabrie
Tim's not the only one who would see these issues, for what it's worth. Looks like site search is back up, at least. Devs are aware of the persistent issues and are keeping an eye on things and making changes where they can to hopefully improve things! Sorry for the trouble.
147BookConcierge
Once again ... Touchstones not working (Sep 09, at 14.05 CDT)
148Collectorator
Este miembro ha sido suspendido del sitio.
149Cariola
>5 timspalding: Not recovered at 6:47. Can't get to a book by searching title or author. Tried Hamlet and William Shakespeare and got no result. As you can see, the touchstone brackets aren't even showing up in my message.
150timspalding
Back up. Sorry for the delay.
151Collectorator
Este miembro ha sido suspendido del sitio.
152kristilabrie
Looks like we had issues until a little after 4:30am EST this morning. Sorry for the trouble.
153gilroy
https://www.librarything.com/topic/324642
Another report.
Another report.
154DuncanHill
And down again. 13:41 UTC 2020-09-25
155kristilabrie
Should be back up again, thanks for your patience.
161Collectorator
Este miembro ha sido suspendido del sitio.
164timspalding
Back up. Apologies. We're working on a new system.
165Collectorator
Este miembro ha sido suspendido del sitio.
166humouress
>165 Collectorator: It wasn't just Search that was down; but everything seems to be working now.
168amanda4242
>167 karenb: It's working for me.
170amanda4242
It's down again.
175laytonwoman3rd
It was very wonky earlier, but seems OK right now?
177DuncanHill
Down again 14:41 UTC 10 Dec 20
180lemontwist
Not working for me.
182kristilabrie
Looks like there were intermittent issues all through January 2nd or so, but seem clear after that. Working now, at least. Sorry for the trouble!
183SandraArdnas
Down again
184karenb
>183 SandraArdnas: Server issues likely not helping
185JohnPWHoward
Hi,
I am getting the following error message in every search that is not affected by the "500 Internal Server Error" message (see separate thread):
SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data
I am getting the following error message in every search that is not affected by the "500 Internal Server Error" message (see separate thread):
SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data
186Conkie
I have run 8-10 searches on items that I know exist, but have received no results each time (during last 30 mins).
Below is an example:
0 editions; number of works not calculated (link)
Works search: harlequin american romance
No results.
FYI... there should be at least 500+ occurrences of Harlequin American Romance.
Below is an example:
0 editions; number of works not calculated (link)
Works search: harlequin american romance
No results.
FYI... there should be at least 500+ occurrences of Harlequin American Romance.
187SandraArdnas
Seems to be working again
188FreyaAshton
Este usuario ha sido eliminado por spam.
190sparemethecensor
Down for me.
192kristilabrie
Sorry for the persistent intermittent issues, everyone, bots have been giving us a lot of special attention the last day or so.
193JohnPWHoward
Hi,
Search is working as expected today.
Search is working as expected today.
194Bettesbooks
search site down
tried to search blood
get error message TypeError: Cannot read property 'text' of null
Windows10, microsoft edge
tried to search blood
get error message TypeError: Cannot read property 'text' of null
Windows10, microsoft edge
195Bettesbooks
>194 Bettesbooks: Search is now working
196conceptDawg
Marking
197amanda4242
Looks like it's down again.
198Bettesbooks
When I go to search I get error
TypeError: Cannot read property 'text' of null
and stops there!
Windows10 Microsoft edge
TypeError: Cannot read property 'text' of null
and stops there!
Windows10 Microsoft edge
199AnnieMod
>198 Bettesbooks: No errors here but no results found on "harry potter" so... yep - it is down again...
200Bettesbooks
>199 AnnieMod: It didn't even give me a "no results found"
202amanda4242
And down again.
203saltmanz
>202 amanda4242: Confirmed.
204SandraArdnas
There have been general problems with accessing the site too, when trying to load talk, home page and the like, I kept getting 'site server not found' for a while. Perhaps a new roll-out is being pushed?
205Nicole_VanK
I hade several 504 gateway timeout cases. Maybe one or more of the servers need a kick?
206timspalding
We did a bunch of kicking, and some redesigning. Some bot in Pakistan was hitting Common Knowledge like crazy. We killed them. Blech.