I have witnessed this so many times in Bitcointalk and not here. I had always think that this is a sign of large traffic, that many people are sending signals to the server that it cannot handle at once. But it seems I was wrong, if I were to be correct, it would mean that Altcoinstalks traffic is increasing steadily.
In BTT, the downtime doesn't last up 10 to 15mins . It is longer here and could be as a result of maintenance.
It may have been something to with the browser cache or configuration errors! Normally the problems fixes itself if you cannot wait a couple of hours. But if cannot wait, then you just need to clear browser cache cache and data and re login! Everything would be working then! I have tried it. I had two browsers, and both were not working. So I followed the steps on one browser and it started working, But the other one didn't!
Well, a nicely sorted out solution.
I was waiting to tell you that it wasn't the cache clearing that stopped the timeout, that it could be a coincidence, not until you said you tried it with two different browsers and the one you cleared the cache did later work fine.
Maybe whenever I encounter this issue in the other forum, I'll try clearing the cache .
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