Unable to access forums on Firefox - cookie problem

Steve-o

Well here's a strange one. Since around 1pm today, I hadn't been able to access the forums using Firefox.

Firefox hasn't updated, but I keep getting the following when I click on the forums:

Bad Request
Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
Size of a request header field exceeds server limit.

Cookie: __ a LOT of text...

I had to use Chrome to find out the forums were actually working, and then delete the cookies from MSE in Firefox to get it working again.

Steve-o

Great. After accessing one page, Firefox is again giving the Bad Request cookie message. :mad:

Does anyone know if it's a website or Firefox issue?

Steve-o

Fingers crossed.

I had to delete the cookies for the main site, and the 'forums' cookies as well. Hopefully it stays fixed.

savemoney

works fine for me with firefox 3.6.8

MrsBartolozzi

Did you get an update earlier today?
I had problems with FF this morning after some kind of update (missed it as I was in and out of the room while booting up). It would work ok for a bit then stop me making a new tab or using the back and forward arrows.
I switched off my PC when I went out then when I got back FF took a while to start up but has worked ok since.
(I have mine set to delete cookies when closing FF but not MSE ones)
Maybe FF having a bad day?

MSE_Martin

I will ask our techies to look at this

Steve-o

MrsBartolozzi wrote: »

Did you get an update earlier today?

Maybe FF having a bad day?

Nope, no update. I've never had that problem with Firefox before. It's working now though (touch wood), so hopefully it was just a temporary aberration.

Former_MSE_Ian

Steve-o wrote: »

Well here's a strange one. Since around 1pm today, I hadn't been able to access the forums using Firefox.

Please clear your cookies. This should resolve the problem.

Regards,
MSE Ian