The control panel opening timeout issue caused by upgrade detection

[DaPoHou]

A while ago, I noticed that when administrators log in to the control panel, the page loads very slowly, taking 28 seconds and sometimes even resulting in a timeout error.
After troubleshooting step by step, I discovered that the issue is caused by $this->upgrade_service->latestVersion() in app/Http/RequestHandlers/ControlPanel.php.
Perhaps because my server is located in China, calling the private functionfetchLatestVersion()to check for the latest version is very slow. Is there a better solution?

[kiwi3685]

This forum post might be the answer:

https://www.webtrees.net/index.php/forum/help-for-release-2-2-x/39963-error-on-checking-for-new-version#112559

[DaPoHou]

Is it possible to solve this by adding a manual button to detect updates, or can the detection file be put on OSS?

[fisharebest]

Previously, the server which hosts dev.webtrees.net blocked requests from China, because there were far too many robots which overloaded the server.

I have modified this logic. China is now blocked from visiting webtrees sites. But it should be able to access the latest version.

Can you try again now?

PS - I hope to remove this country block eventually. I do not want to do this - but I have to keep my server alive!

[DaPoHou]

It's still very slow, I've put it
$latest_version = $this->fetchLatestVersion();
This line of code commented out and returned to normal.
Wouldn't it be better to recommend deploying https://dev.webtrees.net/build/latest-version.txt on an OSS (e.g. AWS OSS)?

[fisharebest]

Wouldn't it be better to recommend deploying https://dev.webtrees.net/build/latest-version.txt on an OSS (e.g. AWS OSS)?

This is not a text file.

It is the output from a script.

There is logic which looks at your current version of webtrees/php, and creates the correct version for your site.

[fisharebest]

the issue is caused by $this->upgrade_service->latestVersion()

This function has a timeout of 3 seconds?

https://github.com/fisharebest/webtrees/blob/2.2.4/app/Services/UpgradeService.php#L82

[DaPoHou]

the issue is caused by $this->upgrade_service->latestVersion()

This function has a timeout of 3 seconds?

https://github.com/fisharebest/webtrees/blob/2.2.4/app/Services/UpgradeService.php#L82

Yes, it's 3 seconds.In fact, it is impossible to visit github.com directly in China, so the automatic version detection is of little effect.If I can, I can provide the domain name that has been filed in China (it will not be blocked) for deployment.