Gimp Chat Taking a long-time to load!

TeaMouse · **Joined:** Jan 01, 2026 **Posts:** 507

I've had times I've been completely blocked. Had to Click go back in windows 11 to get in.
Today I've had number of timeouts on my phone or trying my computer for Gimp chat to load. Still could not
get in, after waiting and waiting. Had pages not completely loading everything properly, once in,
had to refresh page. Everything I click takes about 4 minutes or more to do! It all started after we
got spammed. Hope someone is working on it. It took Me about 3 Hours to get in and logged on to
make a second post today.

Wallace · **Posted:** Sun Jul 05, 2026 8:47 pm **(#2)**

TeaMouse wrote:

I've had times I've been completely blocked. Had to Click go back in windows 11 to get in.
Today I've had number of timeouts on my phone or trying my computer for Gimp chat to load. Still could not
get in, after waiting and waiting. Had pages not completely loading everything properly, once in,
had to refresh page. Everything I click takes about 4 minutes or more to do! It all started after we
got spammed. Hope someone is working on it. It took Me about 3 Hours to get in and logged on to
make a second post today.

Thanks for the concern and I apologize for all this.
It seems most of us, myself included,
are experiencing the same issues.
I've contacted Omega about this issue and have yet to hear back.

I'm going to move this thread to site support.

Omega · **Joined:** Jul 27, 2015 **Posts:** 35

Should be fine now. Can you confirm?

Tas_mania · **Joined:** Nov 04, 2015 **Posts:** 1459

Loads fine now on the other side of the Earth

Wallace · **Posted:** Mon Jul 06, 2026 5:32 am **(#5)**

Seems OK now...
*fingers crossed*

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16113

Yep good here now as well. I couldn't get in all last night, but everything seems good now.

Thanks Omega.
Heck i even had to login several times and it wouldn't except my password. Then the 4th time it did but loaded an error page. Glad things are good now.

Wallace · **Posted:** Mon Jul 06, 2026 1:29 pm **(#7)**

I wanted to provide an update regarding the site's performance.
This postings alone took me nearly half an hour to complete.

The site is still loading very slowly or,
in some cases, failing to load entirely when attempting to perform any actions.

Also receiving internal server error.

sallyanne · **Posted:** Mon Jul 06, 2026 8:41 pm **(#8)**

Yay I'm finally in! :yes

Couldn't at all yesterday. Still slow here though. Tas must have a better server than me.
EDIT:- Post went through straight away though

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12808

Yeah; noticed this earlier when I was at work (during dead time periods I browse; lol). Thought maybe my company was spying on me and boxing my access. lol

Glad all appears well, now.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16113

Seems okay later at night for some reason. 1:53 AM here, and it seems to load pretty good so far. Maybe the spammers are trying to get in mostly during daylight hours? Bogging down the Gimp Chat server.
I just wonder why are they hitting this particular server so much. What other websites are hosted here i wonder.

Tas_mania · **Joined:** Nov 04, 2015 **Posts:** 1459

I think the issue is caused by AI bots harvesting OUR original images. I'm pretty sure it's happening on other Gimp sites.

TeaMouse · **Joined:** Jan 01, 2026 **Posts:** 507

I'm able to log in now with no problem.

Wallace · **Posted:** Tue Jul 07, 2026 10:23 am **(#13)**

The site is still at a crawl for me,
with unreasonable load times.
:roll:

Long waits to connect and even longer loading when logging in,
posting and when clicking any page links.

Trying to maintain the board is a very arduous process for me at this point.
I hope this doesn't last too long,
because this is effecting us all.
:oops:

Creating this post took me over 45 minutes.
:gaah

oldmangrumpy · **Posted:** Tue Jul 07, 2026 10:27 pm **(#14)**

I see we now have 'Cloudflare' checking logins for harmful bots.

15:00 down under - Login speed satisfactory and posting seems OK too right now. Hopefully we are back to normal.

trandoductin · **Posted:** Tue Jul 07, 2026 10:41 pm **(#15)**

hi animated omg!

quietreader · **Joined:** Apr 11, 2024 **Posts:** 305

Same as for Wallace here.
Seems to work in the early morning (7:30 here now). Wasn't able to get in last evening.
I can imagine what a pain it is to maintain everything when it's like this.
Keep up your good work @moderators.

Skinnyhouse · **Posted:** Wed Jul 08, 2026 1:49 am **(#17)**

We've been here before - in Wallace et al we trust!
Keep calm and have a cup of tea (coffee if you must).

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16113

Everything seems ok now.

quietreader · **Joined:** Apr 11, 2024 **Posts:** 305

Mostly ....
But every new morning I have to log in first ( even if I want it to remember me).
This does not happen over the day.
I assume the database is reset in between?