New Update Crashes

[robgw84]

Something in the new update is causing the automater to crash. I believe it happens when it tries to use a coupon, because in the error logs I keep seeing this: 31/10/2019 10:54:36 AM Error Cloud Script Error: Send coupon (maybe coupon already used) {"ok":false,"err":"You already claimed the coupon"} And then it crashes after that. Its fine if this happens while I am at my pc, but when it happens while I am asleep or at work it kind of defeats the purpose of the automater.

[Vitae666]

I don't think it's related to the coupons. It tries the coupons shortly after you've started it up as one of the start up procedures. I started it up at 11:48AM and 20 seconds in, I got the Error Log entry of already trying it.

What it is is that there is a load of server errors thanks to the Halloween event and calc users. When I try to get the Event Lineup I'll get the Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: D. Path '', line 0, position 0. error which at this point I am 100% certain has nothing to do with Automater or Creator like I used to think. It's something on the server side that causes it. When I try to use the Creator, it'll throw errors saying that the solution was rejected 3 times, and I'll have to run it up to 4 times before it's accepted.

Basically, when CQA gets a Server Error of some sort, it sends it into a tailspin and it crashes.

10/31/2019 3:34:31 AM Error in PFStuff The remote server returned an error: (503) Server Unavailable. 10/31/2019 3:35:40 AM Error in PFStuff The operation has timed out 10/31/2019 3:35:53 AM Error in PFStuff The operation has timed out 10/31/2019 3:36:00 AM Error in PFStuff The operation has timed out 10/31/2019 3:36:19 AM Error in PFStuff The operation has timed out 10/31/2019 3:36:44 AM Error in PFStuff The operation has timed out 10/31/2019 3:36:51 AM Error in PFStuff The operation has timed out 10/31/2019 3:37:17 AM Error in PFStuff The operation has timed out 10/31/2019 3:37:27 AM Error in PFStuff The operation has timed out 10/31/2019 3:37:48 AM Error in PFStuff The operation has timed out -- This was where I crashed last night 10/31/2019 10:23:29 AM Error in PFStuff The operation has timed out -- When I woke up 10/31/2019 10:23:29 AM Error in PFStuff The operation has timed out

[Vitae666]

Tailspin

10/31/2019 11:50:27 AM Error in PFStuff Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: D. Path '', line 0, position 0. 10/31/2019 11:50:27 AM Error in PFStuff Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: D. Path '', line 0, position 0. 10/31/2019 12:08:45 PM Error in PFStuff The remote server returned an error: (502) Bad Gateway.

[MatthieuBonne]

Agreed with @Vitae666 : it's due to server fails. Though, CQA shouldn't crash like that. I have to find where in the code I forgot a failsafe...

[robgw84]

It doesn't crash right after I start it so its not checking the coupons right away. But there is only one coupon a day so it shouldn't be checking repeatedly.

[robgw84]

And its not just because of the event either because the crashes have been happening since the update, not just yesterday when the event started.

[MatthieuBonne]

Hmm... Any info in ExceptionLog ?

[robgw84]

No the last entry in the ExceptionLog was from the 13th.

[Vitae666]

It checks coupons once everytime you start up CQA. About 20 seconds in. Unknown when it checks again, But I'd assume it's on a set schedule of several hours unless coupons are always posted at the exact same time every day. Doubt it's slamming Twitter repeatedly. Either way, I'm willing to bet this has nothing to do with coupons, but everything to do with the server issues. But what do I know :)

Nothing's been in the ExceptionLog in a long time. No crashes are being reported in there.

[robgw84]

I guess I am going to have to watch the time when I next restart it and keep track of when it crashes so I can show you that its not checking coupons right away after starting. Every single time it crashes for me a coupon error shows up in the ErrorLog, currently its been about 10 minutes since the last crash and I restarted it right after it crashed. If it checks coupons immediately then there is no need to do so in like 20 minutes later.

And I Vitae666 I am going to say it again, this crashing was happening before the Halloween event, so it is not just the server being overloaded. It is happening more often now during the event, but it was happening at least once or twice a day before it.

[Vitae666]

ActionLog 10/31/2019 12:17:00 PM -- Restart Sending coupon 0MZ9A4yABN 10/31/2019 12:25:15 PM Error in PFStuff Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: D. Path '', line 0, position 0. 10/31/2019 12:28:59 PM Error in PFStuff Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: D. Path '', line 0, position 0. 10/31/2019 12:29:00 PM Error in PFStuff Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: D. Path '', line 0, position 0. 10/31/2019 12:29:53 PM Sending coupon 0MZ9A4yABN 10/31/2019 12:41:40 PM Error in PFStuff Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: D. Path '', line 0, position 0. 10/31/2019 12:50:51 PM -- Crash Error in PFStuff The remote server returned an error: (502) Bad Gateway.

ErrorLog 10/31/2019 12:29:59 PM -- Restart Error Cloud Script Error: Send coupon (maybe coupon already used) {"ok":false,"err":"You already claimed the coupon"}

I do note that it took 13 minutes for the coupon error, but there was another 21 minutes before it crashed.

[Vitae666]

Also, this is what I'm meaning with weird server errors

Successfully got enemy lineup for Halloween108 - EVENT,F9,F28,W26,E31,W28 Waiting 2.85 s to send solution Solution rejected by server Attempt no. 2 in 5 seconds Solution rejected by server Attempt no. 3 in 5 seconds Solution rejected by server Solution invalid, solving was stopped Successfully got enemy lineup for Halloween109 - EVENT,E27,A26,W6,F21,A20

My solution for 108 was rejected 3 times, BUT it still went thru. Doesn't always happen. I've clicked Event Lineup everytime after the errors and 9 out of 10 it's still the one that was rejected and then it magically is the new one (108/108/108/108/109)

[Vitae666]

Successfully got enemy lineup for Halloween108 - EVENT,F9,F28,W26,E31,W28 Waiting 2.85 s to send solution Solution rejected by server Attempt no. 2 in 5 seconds Solution rejected by server Attempt no. 3 in 5 seconds Solution rejected by server Solution invalid, solving was stopped Successfully got enemy lineup for Halloween109 - EVENT,E27,A26,W6,F21,A20 Attempt no. 2 in 5 seconds Solution rejected by server Attempt no. 3 in 5 seconds Solution rejected by server Solution invalid, solving was stopped Successfully got enemy lineup for Halloween109 - EVENT,E27,A26,W6,F21,A20 Solution rejected by server Attempt no. 2 in 5 seconds Solution rejected by server Attempt no. 3 in 5 seconds Solution rejected by server Solution invalid, solving was stopped Successfully got enemy lineup for Halloween109 - EVENT,E27,A26,W6,F21,A20 Solution rejected by server Attempt no. 2 in 5 seconds Solution rejected by server Attempt no. 3 in 5 seconds Solution rejected by server Solution invalid, solving was stopped Successfully got enemy lineup for Halloween109 - EVENT,E27,A26,W6,F21,A20 Solution rejected by server Attempt no. 2 in 5 seconds Solution rejected by server Attempt no. 3 in 5 seconds Solution rejected by server Solution invalid, solving was stopped Successfully got enemy lineup for Halloween109 - EVENT,E27,A26,W6,F21,A20 Solution rejected by server Attempt no. 2 in 5 seconds Solution rejected by server Attempt no. 3 in 5 seconds Solution rejected by server Solution invalid, solving was stopped Successfully got enemy lineup for Halloween110 - EVENT,W2,E17,W31,W21,F17,A18

[Vitae666]

And the D error I mentioned when trying to get the event line up

** Exception Text ** Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException: Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: D. Path '', line 0, position 0. at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonTextReader.ParseValue() at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonTextReader.Read() at Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject.Load(JsonReader reader, JsonLoadSettings settings) at Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject.Parse(String json, JsonLoadSettings settings) at Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject.Parse(String json) at CQMacroCreator.PFStuff.getHalloweenData(String id) at CQMacroCreator.Form1.getHalloweenButton_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

BTW, I do realize that my posts have nothing to do with CQA or Matt's version of CQMC and is all about Ayla's CQ and CQA. Just trying to get my point across that there's a shit ton of crap on the server right now that is causing errors. And yeah, I know that it was happening yesterday before the event started. But their, possibly, poorly setup server for this event, was likely in place and it's, possibly, doing weird crap with the main server which is causing CQA to get weird. And yeah, CQA crashes on the occasion, but it hasn't done it, at least for me, for days since yesterday.

[robgw84]

Vitae666, the program was updated 4 days ago... The crashes started then, not yesterday. Also the last stuff you posted there is not server stuff, its an issue with code within the macro creator.