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Have some weird issues going on. Zombie threads? Help!

Started by blogger419, June 05, 2015, 01:36:23 PM

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blogger419

For some reason certain threads are disappearing from my forum. They aren't being deleted, but they are being removed from display. However, I've discovered that I can get them to show up again simply by posting in them. Another weird thing that has been happening is that under "Last Post" on the board index it will show up blank from time to time for particular boards, despite there having been new posts over the last few hours. Also, I've been getting a lot of errors when I run the find and repair tool.

I get this error in the zombie threads though when I post to them, even though they've been posted in as recently as the previous day:

Warning: this topic has not been posted in for at least 120 days.

Any idea what is going on here? I just performed updated to 2.10, and ran recount stats and totals which I think helped. But I would like to get a better answer as it's concerning to have threads randomly disappearing.

Kindred

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blogger419

These are the installed mods:

I don't see anything in the error logs, that would explain this.

1.    Dream Portal    1.1    [ Uninstall ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
2.    Simple Audio Video Embedder    2.5.1    [ Upgrade ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
3.    Optimus Brave    1.8.7    [ Uninstall ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
4.    Simple Audio Video Embedder    2.3    [ Upgrade ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
5.    SMF 1.1.21 / 2.0.10 Update    1.0    [ Uninstall ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
6.    SMF Gallery Pro - Video AddOn    4.0.1    [ Uninstall ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
7.    SMF 2.0.8 Update    1.0    [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
8.    Ad Managment    3.0.1    [ Uninstall ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
9.    SMFPacks WYSIWYG Editor    2.0.3    [ Install Mod ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
10.    SMFPacks Attachments Center Pro    1.0    [ Uninstall ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
11.    Global Headers Footers    2.0.1    [ Uninstall ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
12.    SMF Gallery Pro    6.5.2    [ Uninstall ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
13.    Drop Guest Email Requirement In Posting    1.0.1    [ Uninstall ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
14.    SMFPacks Likes Pro Mod    1.3.8    [ Uninstall ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
15.    Force Topic Read On Login Mod    2.1    [ Uninstall ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
16.    SMF 1.1.20 / 2.0.9 Update    1.0    [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
17.    ShowBannedMessage    1.3    [ Uninstall ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
18.    SMF 1.1.19 / 2.0.6 Update    1.0    [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
19.    Pretty URLs    1.0    [ Uninstall ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
20.    Simple Audio Video Embedder    3.1    [ Uninstall ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
21.    Registered Links    3.0    [ Uninstall ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
22.    SMF 2.0.7 Update    1.0    [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
23.    Add Facebook Like, Tweet, and Google +1    1.0.3a    [ Uninstall ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
24.    No Download Attachment    1.0    [ Uninstall ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
25.    SMF 2.0.5 Update    1.0    [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
26.    Simple Image Upload    1.4.0    [ Uninstall ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
27.    Login Security    1.0.2.2    [ Uninstall ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
28.    KeyCAPTCHA for SMF    2.5    [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
29.    Annoy User    1.2.4    [ Uninstall ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
30.    Embed BBCode    2.0    [ Uninstall ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
31.    Forum Firewall    1.1.6    [ Uninstall ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
32.    Country Flags    2.1    [ Uninstall ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]
33.    Google Analytics Code    1.4    [ Uninstall ] [ List Files ] [ Delete ]

Kindred

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blogger419

Quote from: Kindred on June 05, 2015, 02:59:16 PM
URL?

I am hesitant to post the URL as it is an adult forum. Have you ever heard of this issue before? Things appear to be working properly now, but I am still missing a few threads.  For one in particular I get "
This topic doesn't exist on this board."  even though I didn't remove it, nor was it deleted.

Kindred

from your description, it sounds like time/date stamps were/are getting confused.

Are you on a shared server?
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blogger419

No, private VPS. Another weird issue is that posts show up in the post history for some users, but when you try to actually go to the topic it says error topic doesn't exist. How would I address the time/date issue? I'd also add that the time listed on the forum is correct.

Kindred

I honestly have no idea...

none of the mods in that list should be affecting things like that...

but you might try loading a clean set of files (backup first)
see if that fixes things
if so, reinstall the mods one by one...

if not, restore the backup with nothing but a little time wasted
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blogger419

#8
I just noticed that one of the topics that "doesn't exist" still resides in the database. Any ideas on how to get it to show up?

Edit: I've attached screenshot of the topic in the database. Again, it's in there but it's simply not showing. I checked the permissions and they appear to be okay.

blogger419

It looks like my subs.php is version 2.0.8 while my forum is 2.10. Could that be an issue?

I am also getting this error from time to time: "8: Undefined index:"

From MessageIndex.Template.php around lines 270 - 279

It appears it might have something to do with time. For some reason it thinks the zombie posts are more that 120 days old when really they've been posted in everyday. Another issue point might be that one of the mods moved a bunch of threads around, which I've heard can mess up the post and thread counts.

Steve

Quote from: blogger419 on June 05, 2015, 06:22:59 PM
It looks like my subs.php is version 2.0.8 while my forum is 2.10. Could that be an issue?

Doubtful. Mine is the same way.
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Sir Osis of Liver

Quote from: blogger419 on June 05, 2015, 06:22:59 PM
Another issue point might be that one of the mods moved a bunch of threads around, which I've heard can mess up the post and thread counts.

That's a really bad idea, and could cause the problems you've described.  Do you have a clean backup of your database?
Ashes and diamonds, foe and friend,
 we were all equal in the end.

                                     - R. Waters

Steve

Why is it a bad idea to move threads around? And wouldn't running a recount of statistics fix any post and thread count errors after having moved them?
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Illori

moving topics from one board to another using the move topic option should not cause this issue. if so then more people would be complaining about topics going missing or breaking.

Sir Osis of Liver

Quote from: Illori on June 06, 2015, 10:04:55 AM
moving topics from one board to another using the move topic option should not cause this issue. if so then more people would be complaining about topics going missing or breaking.

Agreed, if you're using the admin function, but having a mod do it could be problematic.
Ashes and diamonds, foe and friend,
 we were all equal in the end.

                                     - R. Waters

Illori

Quote from: Krash on June 06, 2015, 02:19:21 PM
Agreed, if you're using the admin function, but having a mod do it could be problematic.


why? if you are using the move topic function that an admin AND a mod should use, it is not problematic at all. it is the same exact way to move topics if you are an admin or a mod. there is no other way to move a topic unless you do it in the database, that will cause problems.

Gluz

There is another way, with modifyPost function, that's how one of my mods used to modify things, then I realized that when I change the $topicOptions['board'] to feed the modifyPost function it generate this error of duplicated threads, then I have to add an extra IF to check if the $topicOptions['board'] was different then first move it to the final board and then modify the post.

Kindred

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Gluz

That's why I have to use moveTopic before edit the content of the post, that way $topicOptions['board'] match and it doesn't move the post and then no duplicate topic is created, at least not in the time I have using that in my site.

Steve

Have we determined moving posts is the cause of the OP's problem?
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