The Bunny 309 Posted February 19, 2023 (edited) I was curious, so I decided to see investigate the site's "bad request" errors. Poking through my cookies in a database console (as one does on a Sunday evening), I discovered a cookie called OTAdditionalConsentString which is a massive 3071 bytes. If I delete it, the issue goes away. Note that 3071 bytes is pretty huge for a cookie - and too big for an HTTP request (hence "bad request"). One fix is to clear all cookies from the site, restart your browser and access the forum via forum.pinkun.com directly instead of clicking through from the main site. If you're on Chrome and windows, there's a better fix which is more permanent. See below. Easy fix - (Chrome + Windows) Install the cookie editor plugin for chrome. Go to Extensions->Cookie Editor and then just delete the offending cookie IOS Download this Cookie Editor plugin for Safari, then open the site, enable the extension and delete the OTAdditionalConsentString cookie. Advanced fix - (Chrome + Windows). Don't do this unless you're bored Chrome doesn't offer a way to do delete individual cookies, but you can do it manually by opening the Cookies database directly in an sqlite shell. The steps are below: Download sqlite3 tools from https://www.sqlite.org/download.html (latest version at the time of writing is sqlite-tools-win32-x86-3400100.zip) Copy the zip file to C:\ and extract it (it will probably request admin access, if so, accept) Close chrome (you need to right-click + exit in the tray icon too if it's running in the background) Open a command prompt (start -> command prompt) cd to the location you extracted sqlite3.exe, e.g: cd C:\sqlite-tools-win32-x86-3400100 Enter this command: sqlite3 "%appdata%\..\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Network\Cookies" Enter this command: delete from cookies where host_key='.pinkun.com' and name='OTAdditionalConsentString'; Obviously having to manually delete cookies like this isn't ideal. Someone at the site really needs to look into why that cookie is so large and fix it properly. But I'm not holding my breath on that at this point. Edited March 22, 2023 by The Bunny 2 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daly 501 Posted February 19, 2023 Hard to absorb when you’re pissed 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Bunny 309 Posted February 19, 2023 1 minute ago, daly said: Hard to absorb when you’re pissed Drunk instructions: Hold the Alt and F4 keys on the keyboard and then go and have a lie down. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Bunny 309 Posted February 19, 2023 Turns out there's a cookie editor plugin for chrome, which is probably easier. If you install that, you can go to Extensions->Cookie Editor and then just delete the offending cookie: 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CANARYKING 637 Posted February 19, 2023 Anybody know what this “ 503 Backend fetch field “ I keep getting is ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Raptor 1,205 Posted February 19, 2023 I just blamed Webber and chase. Isn't that the standard? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crispeduk 282 Posted February 19, 2023 Might be easier to hire a press hall, buy a few tons of newsprint and print the Pink Un again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crispeduk 282 Posted February 19, 2023 1 hour ago, CANARYKING said: Anybody know what this “ 503 Backend fetch field “ I keep getting is ? Something to do with pegging I believe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crispeduk 282 Posted February 19, 2023 21 minutes ago, crispeduk said: Something to do with pegging I believe. I should clarify, pegging as in cribbage. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Bunny 309 Posted February 20, 2023 3 hours ago, CANARYKING said: Anybody know what this “ 503 Backend fetch field “ I keep getting is ? That one is a server error. Nothing you can do on your end. You could try reporting it, but... good luck with that! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dylanisabaddog 4,911 Posted February 20, 2023 4 hours ago, crispeduk said: I should clarify, pegging as in cribbage. Why do people gossip about Prince William just because he likes playing cribbage? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robert N. LiM 4,329 Posted February 20, 2023 8 hours ago, dylanisabaddog said: Why do people gossip about Prince William just because he likes playing cribbage? Nothing wrong with a good game of cribbage. It's just who you play with. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert 236 Posted February 20, 2023 This could be the most boring thread of all time and this has some competition from Cambridge Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Google Bot 3,272 Posted February 20, 2023 I had some serious backend issues Sunday night. Used that cookie editor, but still splattered the ceramic afterwards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Bunny 309 Posted February 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Google Bot said: I had some serious backend issues Sunday night. Used that cookie editor, but still splattered the ceramic afterwards. You have to edit the cookie before you eat it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt. Pants 4,225 Posted February 20, 2023 People are getting the error on various browsers and phones, so multiple fixes required. It would be best if the cookie is not created in the first place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Bunny 309 Posted February 20, 2023 There will be cookie editors for other browsers. Not sure about phones. But yeah, it would be nice if they could just fix it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cornish sam 951 Posted February 20, 2023 Using a browser like duckduckgo or brave should do the trick as well as they default to rejecting cookies... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Bunny 309 Posted February 20, 2023 17 minutes ago, cornish sam said: Using a browser like duckduckgo or brave should do the trick as well as they default to rejecting cookies... Right, or you can reject all cookies in Chrome, but then you'll have to sign in every time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Bunny 309 Posted March 21, 2023 (edited) Welcome to our newest member @ITAdmin. Maybe (s)he can finally rid us of this rogue cookie? In the meantime, I found a Safari extension that allows you to delete cookies on IOS. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cookie-editor-for-safari/id1643498176?platform=iphone Edited March 21, 2023 by The Bunny 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greavsy 2,412 Posted March 21, 2023 3 minutes ago, The Bunny said: Welcome to our newest member @ITAdmin. Maybe he can finally rid us of this rogue cookie? In the meantime, I found a Safari extension that allows you to delete cookies on IOS. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cookie-editor-for-safari/id1643498176?platform=iphone Why you assume that account is a he? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wcorkcanary 4,334 Posted March 21, 2023 On 19/02/2023 at 22:28, CANARYKING said: Anybody know what this “ 503 Backend fetch field “ I keep getting is ? Its a baseball tactic , only used during Pride week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Bunny 309 Posted March 21, 2023 11 minutes ago, Greavsy said: Why you assume that account is a he? Corrected! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
......and Smith must score. 1,341 Posted March 21, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Greavsy said: Why you assume that account is a he? This is indeed an outrageous assumption !! The new IT member could be male, female or anything in between. The only proper sanction must be a lifetime ban ( wink ) PS..... If it was Essex then clearly that would extend beyond the grave ( another wink ) Edited March 21, 2023 by ......and Smith must score. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Bunny 309 Posted March 21, 2023 I don't care what their gender is as long as they're good at purging badly configured cookies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
......and Smith must score. 1,341 Posted March 21, 2023 50 minutes ago, The Bunny said: I don't care what their gender is as long as they're good at purging badly configured cookies. They're the ones next to the broken biscuits. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GenerationA47 751 Posted March 21, 2023 If anyone is brave enough to try out the Safari one, do report back here. The App store reviews are not amazingly encouraging so far, nor are the version 2 notes from 2 days ago. But for just 49p you should definitely do it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Bunny 309 Posted March 21, 2023 4 hours ago, GenerationA47 said: If anyone is brave enough to try out the Safari one, do report back here. The App store reviews are not amazingly encouraging so far, nor are the version 2 notes from 2 days ago. But for just 49p you should definitely do it. FWIW I did it and it was pretty straightforward. Just browse to the site, enable the extension, open the plugin, search for OTAdditionalConsentString, hit the delete button. I removed the plugin immediately after. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulfotto 631 Posted March 21, 2023 Here was me thinking the culprit might be Kenny McLean. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Bunny 309 Posted May 9, 2023 Bumping this, since it's still catching people out. We're going to be dependent on workarounds like this until the PinkUn web team fixes the offending code. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
