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[xoggoth]

Had it again this morning.

[NickFitz]

Few times in last 2 days not been able to access site, message says "forums.contractoruk.com doesn't support a secure connection with HTTPS"

I've noticed that (or something similar) occasionally, though not for a while. From what I could tell, the new owner has been doing something to do with the certificates that allow for secure connections, probably setting up a system to ensure they're renewed properly before they expire. But that's just conjecture on my part! If that's what it is, then I assume it'll stop once such a system is stable

[xoggoth]

I suspect it's a Chrome problem as I had the same problem with the BBC site yesterday. In bookmark manager I found that the CUK and BBC bookmarks were http because I had saved them a long time ago. Normally a browser would automatically switch to the latest url? Edge etc do.

I expect most of us have old bookmarks/favourites we saved a long time ago.

[NickFitz]

I suspect it's a Chrome problem as I had the same problem with the BBC site yesterday. In bookmark manager I found that the CUK and BBC bookmarks were http because I had saved them a long time ago. Normally a browser would automatically switch to the latest url? Edge etc do.

I expect most of us have old bookmarks/favourites we saved a long time ago.

Ah, that's interesting! The site should automatically redirect from http to https, so maybe there's a problem with how that's configured. Or maybe Chrome is trying to do something a bit too clever for its own good - often a problem with Google products these days!

[DoctorStrangelove]

And there it was: gone.

Then it came back.

[NickFitz]

And there it was: gone.

Then it came back.

DNS

Gone:

; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> a forums.contractoruk.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 27061
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1220
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;forums.contractoruk.com. IN A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
contractoruk.com. 31 IN SOA *** various stuff*** 1 7200 900 1209600 86400

;; Query time: 38 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.0.1#53(192.168.0.1)
;; WHEN: Thu Oct 02 12:08:10 BST 2025
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 133

Back:

; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> a forums.contractoruk.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 12475
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1220
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;forums.contractoruk.com. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
forums.contractoruk.com. 198 IN A 15.188.105.180

;; Query time: 19 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.0.1#53(192.168.0.1)
;; WHEN: Thu Oct 02 17:28:25 BST 2025
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 68

[ladymuck]

I have https://forums.contractoruk.com bookmarked but clicking that results in 'the server took too long to respond'. If I navigate via the CUK website then the forums pop up fine but the URL is the same. What gives?