Failcat down?

[M.Mason]

anyone else not able to see the details on Failcat anymore? It just says access denied.

 

[ksyrah]

anyone else not able to see the details on Failcat anymore? It just says access denied.

That's been an issue for a while. There are lots of discussions on how to get around it. Everyone seems to have something different that works for them

 

[JohnnyN]

anyone else not able to see the details on Failcat anymore? It just says access denied.

Working for me. Sounds like it can be a bit temperamental. Try changing browsers and clearing cookies.

 

[tracymckibben]

anyone else not able to see the details on Failcat anymore? It just says access denied.

Change this "en" to "us":

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[M.Mason]

it's up and running again, thanks!

 

[Point37]

Change this "en" to "us":

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can someone tell me why this works?...i am working from home so i vpn into my work pc on my home pc...i can view window stickers on my work pc through my home pc...but if i disconnect from the vpn i can't view window stickers on my home pc without changing each link...if i start up my home laptop to look at failcat window stickers and i get access denied

 

[Pradeepadapa]

failcat website is up and running, I just checked my VIN.

 

[WolfGrayTelly]

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This worked for me. Thanks much!

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[JustBrowsing]

Is it down for good now? It's been down for a few days now for me.

 

[Wolf in X-Line Clothes]

Is it down for good now? It's been down for a few days now for me.

@tellurideinvt is the new admin for Failcat, I would guess he is working on it.

 

[DruKe]

@tellurideinvt is the new admin for Failcat, I would guess he is working on it.

I just confirmed with him that he is now aware and working on a resolution.

 

[slapyak]

There was some change to the inventory management system on Kia's end this past Saturday. At least two dealers I know of are having difficulty tracking incoming orders. It's possible that the site relied on the old system.

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[SundanceGolden]

Is it down for good now? It's been down for a few days now for me.

Same for me. Anyone know what's happening?

 

[DruKe]

I do. It's being worked on. Patience is virtue.

 

[pbinde]

From the page:

"apologies. if you are here you probably care why this went away: i had the wrong card on the autopay and didn't realize. the hosting provider had every right to pause the account, and the backups were insufficient. unfortunately that means it cannot come back quickly. because of this, i am going to take the time to move it to a new, much faster stable home. to run this app with as much as you dummies refresh it in so manyh different ways, and hae it not crawl; its a couple hundred bucks a month just in compute and bandwidth. it could be made to run cheaper but it would be of course more work. for now, i am going to migrate it to a kubernetes cluster; at a new URL, which will be announced here in the coming days. -- gg 4/26/23"

 

[slapyak]

How's it going?

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[tellurideinvt]

failcat.vteng.io
brought it up from scratch using old db. having trouble with the worker/scraping part

 

[pbinde]

failcat.vteng.io
brought it up from scratch using old db. having trouble with the worker/scraping part

So this one is a work in progress?

 

[tellurideinvt]

So this one is a work in progress?

yeah. this has cost me a bit of money and time and i have got nothing for it, so i am not really _that_ sorry; but a series of unfortunate events lead to most of my effort to bring it up with the python code supplied being wasted, and my having more pressing things to address. that said, i really do apologize and have been sitting with a bit of guilt over the thing being dead.

i decided that i was going to bring it up from scratch so I understood the software better and so i'd be able to more easily add features in the future.

i also used the opportunity to learn something new (cloud flareworkers, and rust on wasm), and also made the unfortunate (for you guys desperately waiting) to use some alpha stuff that has sent me on my tangents as there are bugs in the toolchain.

in any case, scraping is back online, and you should see vins trickling in.

i am also now storing window stickers as pdfs, and will open those up after the scraping is caught up.

i won't ask for any money until it is something i consider to be a reasonable piece of software, but that time should hopefully be approaching.
two main approaches i see are community donation based; the other would be membership based.
if i do go the membership path, at least one feature i'd put behind the paywall is to be notified of new VINs that match some filter criteria.
but, i am more than happy to keep it wide open if folks want to chip in for the sake of keeping it this way.

 

[pbinde]

yeah. this has cost me a bit of money and time and i have got nothing for it, so i am not really _that_ sorry; but a series of unfortunate events lead to most of my effort to bring it up with the python code supplied being wasted, and my having more pressing things to address. that said, i really do apologize and have been sitting with a bit of guilt over the thing being dead.

i decided that i was going to bring it up from scratch so I understood the software better and so i'd be able to more easily add features in the future.

i also used the opportunity to learn something new (cloud flareworkers, and rust on wasm), and also made the unfortunate (for you guys desperately waiting) to use some alpha stuff that has sent me on my tangents as there are bugs in the toolchain.

in any case, scraping is back online, and you should see vins trickling in.

i am also now storing window stickers as pdfs, and will open those up after the scraping is caught up.

i won't ask for any money until it is something i consider to be a reasonable piece of software, but that time should hopefully be approaching.
two main approaches i see are community donation based; the other would be membership based.
if i do go the membership path, at least one feature i'd put behind the paywall is to be notified of new VINs that match some filter criteria.
but, i am more than happy to keep it wide open if folks want to chip in for the sake of keeping it this way.

Well, I know there are many members here that will be thankful to have it back up and running as well as thankful to have had it as a resource over the years. So on behalf of everyone here thank you for your hard work!!