forum.freeciv.org

Hello everyone! I'm not sure where exactly to post this, but over the last couple of days, when I tried logging into the forum I got "Error code: 500 Internal Server Error". The problem seems to have resolved itself (otherwise I wouldn't be on here posting this), but I thought I'd better let someone know.

For whatever it's worth, I'm using the Firefox browser, on what's probably the last desktop in the English-speaking world that still has Windows 10.

freeciv.org server is under extreme (relative to what it can handle) load, thanks to AI bots scraping information and spam bots.

Maybe this could help?
https://anubis.techaro.lol/

cazfi wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2026 10:42 pm freeciv.org server is under extreme (relative to what it can handle) load, thanks to AI bots scraping information and spam bots.

That makes sense. I wondered how threads were routinely getting tens of thousands of views, given this forum has under 3,000 users.

Oh, I for long wanted to know what happens here. Thanks and good luck.