[online education mode] frequent "can't start pull" messages

Started by LociOiling

LociOiling Lv 1

I still have one machine where both Firefox and MS Edge aren't working correctly.

I enabled the console in both, and found somewhat different sets of errors reported.

Here's a selection of what I found.

your wish did not come true

As shown here in Edge, both browsers reported "your wish did not come true". Edge also reported various "WEBGL_polygon_mode not enabled" errors, which weren't seen in Firefox.

resize canvas

Edge showed a "resize canvas" error early on.

Firefox seems to have a similar error, but it leaves off the name of function:

Edge blocking on main thread

Edge reported this "blocking on main thread" issue:

Firefox miscellaneous

Firefox showed several messages that didn't seem to have an obvious counterpart in Edge.

There was this "prevent default" warning:

And several "bad cap" messages:

And a "set capture" message:

get news

The URL https://play.fold.it/api/get_news gives a "bad gateway" error.

apetrides Staff Lv 1

@LociOiling bad gateway error and "wish did not come true" message should both be soft errors and neither should be related to pulling. The news tab is a proof of concept for the web frontend at best and communication issues with the server should have no impact on the in game experience of the education puzzles in the web client.

I'm still sort of perplexed given the amount of variation from machine to machine, but maybe the existence of the bug on a laptop but not a desktop is a lead to it being somehow performance related.

LociOiling Lv 1

The laptop that's the problem is actually the newest of the lot, and should have plenty of power. According to system information:

  • Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10610U CPU @ 1.80GHz, 2304 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
  • 32 GB installed physical memory

I'm installing a Windows update now (2025-09 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5065789) (26100.6725)), and will double-check the display drivers and settings when that finishes.

Meanwhile, I managed to create another crash just trying to finish "Intro to Foldit" in Edge.

The log file is attached:
Edge 2025-09-30_14-45 play.fold.it-1759098311886.log