Andrew WalpoleSep 21, 2024

If you're in the Comic-Con waiting room for returning registration, you can snoop the status in devtools.

Once the actual queue begins and you're randomly assigned to it, the `progress` key is where you'll see it count up from 0 to 1 which indicates the percentage toward the front you are. It really helps because they usually don't expose it on the front-end.

With multiple sessions open I should also be able to see which window got a better spot in line.

Show threadAndrew Walpole
Keys like `queueNumber`, `usersInLineAheadOfYou`, and `expectedServiceTime` sound promising, but in my experience doing this for a few years, the values usually stay `null`; probably cheaper for large volume sales to send a minimum amount of queried data.
Sep 21, 2024 at 3:11pmWeb
Show threadAndrew WalpoleSep 21, 2024

It looks like `expectedServiceTimeUTC` is giving out a really nice clue as to what my position is in the queue. With 4 sessions open, all say `progress:0.01` but each has varying service times ranging from 1 to 2 hours.

This Queue-it service is used by a lot of other companies, like Disney, where you can usually use these same tricks to provide some sanity to just staring at a seemingly unchanging page.

Show threadAndrew WalpoleSep 21, 2024
And as expected, none of the good details here are represented in the front-end. Just a bad progress bar and a fuzzy message. Why? People like clarity.