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Frequent errors when saving

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Nikki (talkcontribs)

I frequently get the error "The server did not respond within the expected time." even though every time it happens, my reply had been saved.

The first couple of times it happened, I tried again only to find that I had replied twice because my first attempt at saving hadn't in fact failed. Since then, I've started checking the edit history to make sure. Then when I load the page again, it restores my "unsaved" reply and I have to manually cancel it.

It seems like there is an issue somewhere with how it works. I would expect a timeout to mean the save failed. There shouldn't be a big enough gap between successfully saving and the page receiving a response that it regularly manages to do one but not the other.

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talkcontribs)

You shouldn't be getting this error frequently. I wouldn't expect anyone to see this more than once a week on average. (When I get it, I have the same experience: it has usually saved. Also, it seems to run in clusters: two or three times in one week, but not again for weeks.)

Do you use the visual editor for your normal editing? Do you ever see a similar error there?

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