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Re:iPhone update for Meltdown-Spectre: before/after performa... by rconti on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @02:51PM (#16118335)
Why does Cloudflare tell me I'm able to browse a snapshot while the site is offline, but there is no snapshot?
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Re:iPhone update for Meltdown-Spectre: before/after performa... by Pfhortune on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @03:15PM (#16118598)
This is because, humorously, the snapshot is actually of the 502 page. Apparently Cloudflare kicked in too late.
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Re:iPhone update for Meltdown-Spectre: before/after performa... by chinhodado on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @03:31PM (#16118766)
Is that how is's supposed to work? Because any time this happened in the past to a site where it is overcrowded and the Cloudflare banner is showing, the 502 page is showing as well, so I thought it's part of the Cloudflare error page?
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Re:iPhone update for Meltdown-Spectre: before/after performa... by george3383 on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @03:29PM (#16118739)
No, it's not a snapshot of the 502 page, because I see my own IP there.
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Re:iPhone update for Meltdown-Spectre: before/after performa... by z5h on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @03:02PM (#16118464)
I get the same, and have seen it for other sites recently.
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Re:iPhone update for Meltdown-Spectre: before/after performa... by jasonlotito on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @03:15PM (#16118597)
I've never known Cloudflare to do things well. It's the last CDN I'd want to use.

Edit: For example, the 502 page is showing, but supposedly, you are supposed to see the site based on this: "However, because the site uses Cloudflare's Always Online™ technology you can continue to surf a snapshot of the site."

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Re:iPhone update for Meltdown-Spectre: before/after performa... by rconti on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @03:38PM (#16118831)
Yeah, this is the first time I've ever seen the "you can continue to surf a snapshot of the site" message along with the 502 though. Or maybe I've just never looked that closely.
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