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Amusingly, the Stackoverflow 503 page has a typo: Error 503 Service Unavailable Service Unavailable Guru *Mediation*: Details: cache-lon4236-LON 162
by maest 5y ago
Amusingly, the Stackoverflow 503 page has a typo:
Error 503 Service Unavailable
Service Unavailable
Guru *Mediation*:
Details: cache-lon4236-LON 1623146049 854282175
Varnish cache server
- Cyberspy 5y agoWe use Fastly (and our site is down too) but I asked them about this a couple of years ago. It is deliberate. They said it was so they can tell if it is their Varnish service or the customer's Varnish service that is down
- dormando 5y agoThis comment is correct. I made that change ages ago. Amused it's still there.
- lwhi 5y agoLooks like an error (typo) with Varnish .. it's the same on multiple sites. Maybe a good way to work out which versions are being used.
- nomilk 5y agoSame 503 error message on the actual http://fastly.com/ http://fastly.com/ website
- saagarjha 5y agoIt's interesting because Varnish gets it write in their docs: https://varnish-cache.org/docs/trunk/users-guide/troubleshooting.html#varnish-gives-me-guru-meditation https://varnish-cache.org/docs/trunk/users-guide/troubleshoo...
- an0n4u 5y agoI don't see the typo? definitely a fastly problem though.. Fastly error: unknown domain: numpy.org. Details: cache-pdk17841-PDK
- montag 5y agoThe typo is "Mediation" instead of "Meditation", I think.
- dijit 5y agoMediation vs Meditation I think. I think Varnish uses mediation intentionally though, it was this way 7 years ago when I last used Varnish.
- the_mitsuhiko 5y agoDoes not seem like: https://github.com/varnishcache/varnish-cache/blob/606977bbfb624ead38e9c8648beac0b3906a4294/bin/varnishd/builtin.vcl#L184 https://github.com/varnishcache/varnish-cache/blob/606977bbf...
- patentatt 5y agoAccording to the Wikipedia page, it is intentional: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Meditation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Meditation Or did one of you already edit the Wikipedia page to reflect this discussion on hn?
- _rf 5y agoIt appears the mention of "Mediation" was made very recently, likely in response to what's currently going on. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guru_Meditation&diff=cur&oldid=1027511890 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guru_Meditation&d... And it seems to be incorrect, since this "spelling variation" is only used by Fastly and not part of Varnish?...
- sossles 5y agoI assume "Guru Mediation" is supposed to be "Guru Meditation", a reference to the way AmigaOS used to describe system failures.
- zkldi 5y agoMediation is a real word though?
- smcl 5y agoThat is true, but the typo is because they presumably meant to reference this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Meditation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Meditation
- nkozyra 5y agoThat wiki references the Varnish version. I think it's an intentional alteration of the original, given the context.
- Jenk 5y ago...and naturally someone has already updated the page today to include (and highlight) its use and mispelling on Varnish.
- richrichardsson 5y agoSomeone (I can't unfortunately due to IP block) needs to change that. The part about the spelling is false, apparently [1] it's an intentional change by Fastly so that they can tell if it's their own Varnish or a customer's Varnish that is throwing an error. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27433139 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27433139
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- eutectic 5y agoI assumed it was an intentional pun.
- notyourday 5y agoFastly modified the Varnish error to ensure that it is known if the error is returned by Fastly's Varnish or by the origin's Varnish should the customer run their own Varnish on the origin.
- nkozyra 5y agoThis seems like it's intentional given the context.