Apologies to all Primal users who experienced slowness over the past few days. We identified some issues are working on fixing them.
We still don’t fully understand how widespread the issues are, so if you want to help, can you please respond below with the following info:
- Which Primal client(s) are you using?
- Did you experience slowness in the past few days?
- How is the app performing now?
Thanks for your feedback!
- iOS client
- not really
- 👍🏻
It's been slow on my #PixelFold since a week. So I only use it for zaps and use #Amethyst for main
All the trendings are showing half current and half 8mos ago
I've had issues. I ended up removing the app and reinstalling it. I've had to do this twice in the past couple of weeks. After reinstalling - it work fine - hopefully this time it won't have issues. 🤞
iOS client. Yes very slow. Even now (I’m using Damus because primal not working).
Caching service not working.
nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr I use all (webapp, android and ios). Mostly webapp on desktop.
Yes I saw slowness but now seems OK
IOS build 2.0.10 (1)
Yes i did, specially around loading notifications after switching to different profile
Still loading much slower than before
🫂 I’m using iOS Primal. Yes I experienced slowness. The slowness doesn’t occur all the time every day. But it has its moments. Plus, I had issues with buying sats on Sunday and Monday morning. I bought sats yesterday afternoon and just a few minutes ago.
1- IOS
2- it all started a month ago
3- Now it seems is getting better again
Not sure if this is related but I had about 9 hours of no updates to feed a few days ago.
Working fine now.
iOS
Yes
Yes seems to be better but still a little sluggish
Android app. Yes. About 90 seconds to load initially now, 20-30 switching feeds, on 4g. Still can't update any profile info.
- android v1.0.3
- error uploading a small video
- it seems ok now
✌️🥲 IOS & ANDROID I'm testing very slow and relay aren't stable 🤧
Pls, solve the problem 🫡
Very slow rn
- iOS 1.9.3
- a little slower loading comments on notes
- otherwise 👍🏽
Update notes & Relay are 🏴
But I hope to fix this faster 🔧
nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg has a lot of users 🫡
My search engine hasn’t worked in a while, it just circles when I try to search a hashtag or a person
Running Primal 1.9.3 (iOS). Did experience some slowness but it seems to be good now. Onward. 🫡
iOS with no problems
The web client was unusable last night but has been fine today.
I just noticed this in the web client...
Web client here. When I first bring it up it pegs a core at 100% for several minutes, then calms down. During that period I can use it okay but if interact with a note it often doesn't register, like the like heart not turning red, or if I reply, I'll get a "no relay acknowledged your reply" timeout. In the latter case though if I refresh the page the reply actually did go out. This isn't recent, by the way, it's been this way for me for a long time.
Sometime yesterday I think there was a few minutes of Cloudflare reporting the website down.
Got this on my parent post though it went though anyway.
try using my fork https://notprimal.lol
this could was an issue yesterday in fact 😂😂😂
It’s been happening every day for months. I keep bringing it up, but no one ever responds. People only respond when nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m says something.
So you’re saying the solution is to DM issues to Jack and ask him to mention them 🤣
literally this, he dgaf
every other client I've used, the dev seems to actually care
while you're at it, implement Amber
I’ll look into Amber login after I add nostr-login. nostr:npub1xdtducdnjerex88gkg2qk2atsdlqsyxqaag4h05jmcpyspqt30wscmntxy wen Amber support in nostr-login?
Amber supports nip46, and Amber is one-click in nostr-login:
Web client maxed out a core... Linux Mint 22, Librewolf
1. iOS 1.9.3 (latest) and web
2. Yes it started within last 48-72 hours…apps regardless of client is unusable (noting loads)
3. Same unusable even after reinstalling and trying web version tonight too
exactly the same
I can’t zap. App is slow. Would love to zap.
I use iOS. Very slow loading. Tried resetting all cache and relays, but no difference.
Yep!
Hey nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr, I'm using GOS on a Pixel 8, didn't experience slowliness since last week at least, and the app is performing great minus a few crashes when I zap but that has always been the case since I've first installed the app months ago so I just got to a point where I just ignore it now and reopen the app when that does happen .. Hope that helps!
We’re so early here. It’s all good.
iOS, Yes, Better
The primal cdn is also very slow.
Nostr.build is faster over tor than loading images from primal over clearnet
Which Primal client(s) are you using?
Android and Web
Did you experience slowness in the past few days?
On Android. Web seemed much faster.
How is the app performing now?
Android feels the same. Still slow in places like feed, notifications, messages, etc.
Web runs much quicker than Android currently.
Definitely a difference between the 2.
I’m on 1.9.3 and my feed hasn’t updated since yesterday. Haven’t experienced any slowness prior to feed stalling. Using Damus to respond to you.
I’m on the current App Store version. Experienced a lot of slowness the last few days with my feed/notifications not refreshing (spinning circle indicator forever), replies not loading, feed not refreshing after I would post anything (post or reply). A force close each time fixed it temporarily.
And yes seems to be better this morning.
Which Primal client(s) are you using?
Android and Web
Did you experience slowness in the past few days?
On Android. Web seemed much faster.
How is the app performing now?
Android felt unusable the last days. Now it's much faster again.
The app is not showing all my notes. It is out of sync to the Web version.
-iOS
-yes
-still intermittently slow, but better. Totally froze up a couple days ago 🫡
Yes it has been slow, compared to Damus for instance, which uploads notes and engagement quite fast.
Sometimes even the likes and shares are missing on Primal, when I compare with other clients.
iOS, Yes, better today but refreshing still takes long! Two days ago froze completely.
No issues on Primal web for me over the last few days.
If you're a Primal user, take this opportunity to communicate with nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr and let him know what's up?
You won't have the same opportunity with Elon or Zuckerberg, to speak directly to those building your social experiences. Direct feedback is one of Nostr's superpowers.
I regularly experience problems with the iOS app. Pull to refresh fails, have to force quit. I’m always on a VPN.
On web, similar experience. Have to force refresh regularly.
UI/UX is unparalleled, but reliability is very poor for me.
Cheers for asking.
Primal is really shines on mobile, but I spent a lot of time on a desktop and Firefox and there it feels like it needs more love.
No issues with Primal web and Primal iOS app in the past days.
Both keep running fine right now.
Hi. I’m on iOS 1.9.3. Had some issues over the last few days with notifications not showing up but all good since last night.
On Graphene, when hitting the "load feed" it takes a very long time to load. Also, when typing and then deleting, the words get bunched up together as I'm deleting.
- iPhone SE, iOS 17.6.1
- Slow and unable to load. It will show as if the reply didn’t go through but it actually did.
- notice an improvement in performance since yesterday Sep 11. But not as fast as it was about a month ago.
Hope this is due to an increase in number of users
I did just notice slowness trying to bring up this post to reply to it. Seems like the replies themselves were slowing down the load. My main feed wasn’t too bad tho.
-iOS and web.
-No, unless on a bad network. Twitter works fine on bad network, Primal never does.
-Fine as usual.
Didn't experience anything, all great!
On desktop, my idle temp is usually 50C, when I have a tab with primal it's typically around 20C higher.
Performance is usually fine though, just seems a bit heavy on resources.
Stops loading feeds after a while of scrolling. Loads a different feed than the one I was on, forgets to enforce the mute list or other account settings.
These are fairly common, not just last two days.
I use primal Windows 10 brave browser.
Primal is especially slow on android for me. On web it's better but still imperfect.
Loading new notifications or refreshes for new content take ages.
On web, it has always been a bit slow. On Android, it has been much faster, but I don't use it much on mobile.
Looking forward to 2.0!
using web primal. occasional mild slow loading of page but not significantly bothersome.
using web client in Firefox in
Windows - haven't really seen slowness so much, but the Explore > Network/Global > Latest feeds haven't been loading properly for me. Typically, I see pages and pages (unlimited?) results in chronological order on these feeds, but recently, only a handful of notes will show and the screen doesn't refresh/update to ever load anymore. Anyone else seen this behavior?
iOS, newest version,
yesterday Primal wasn’t working good. Was frozen at a specific note, didn’t refresh.
I tried switching to from ‘Latest’ notes to ‘Trending 24h’ notes.
But didn’t help either.
- Android, newest version
- I had the issue that my own new posts and replies to it would not show for about 10h while other posts seemed to load fine a couple of days ago (independent whether I posted via phone or PC)
- right now, things seem to be back to normal
iOS 17.6.1 - today it's actually almost as good as it was two weeks ago when the client started acting up. I'm relieved that my primary 💜client is working again! Thank you for your efforts!
The only issue I am experiencing is that when I click on one of my own posts on my profile, it can't be opened.
Is this a known issue?
Clicking any post on the home page or explore is no problem.
1. ios 17.6.1 and web
2. web not loading at all, ios just slow
3. nothing has changed
slow
