MrQuallzinFeb 25

Server being blasted by programming.dev?

https://lemmy.world/post/43543283

Server being blasted by programming.dev? - Lemmy.World

Hello! I’m working on my home server trying to get some networking problems solved, and out of nowhere my nginx is suddenly being hit from this instance tens of times per second. I’m at several thousand lines in just 10 minutes. I’m still new to networking stuff, trying to learn what I can. Is this normal?[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a21737d3-dbce-413c-9395-068a12a1a4cb.png]

Show threadonlinepersonaFeb 25
It’s posting to your inbox. Were you able to have a look at your database? My bet is that you’re getting synced with the network I.e posts and comments.
Show threadMrQuallzin
Well, it was trying to post to the inbox, which hasn’t existed for a year and a half now.
Feb 25 at 6:35amWeb
Show threadonlinepersonaFeb 25
Wait… Really? I thought that was the basis of acrivitypub. Is there a new spec?
Show threadeRacFeb 25
They shut down their personal instance, so the specific inbox it is trying to reach hasn’t existed for a year and a half.
Show threadonlinepersonaFeb 25
Thanks for the clarification!
Show threadSir. HaxalotFeb 25
That is probably part of the problem. My guess is that for some reason programming.dev is trying to send a backlog of events since the time your instance was shut down. This doesn’t seem like something that should happen though, as I’d expect Lemmy to mark an instance as Gone and stop trying to send events after a while.