TMCchristian Posted May 10, 2016 Posted May 10, 2016 All file downloads on the website lead to an Error (429) page on Dropbox. I've tried different computers and browsers, as well as a mobile phone. It still directs me to the Error (429) page. The error says: Error (429). This account's links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled! Is anybody else having this issue right now? If not, would someone be willing to download a file and email it to me or something?
Darth Sion Posted May 10, 2016 Posted May 10, 2016 It's currently an ongoing issue with the site. Be patient and hopefully it'll be resolved soon. Rowsdower likes this
eezstreet Posted May 10, 2016 Posted May 10, 2016 Thread moved to Ideas & Issues We have contacted the Dropbox Support and will let you know when we have more information. Rowsdower and Darth Sion like this
TMCchristian Posted May 10, 2016 Author Posted May 10, 2016 Thanks to everyone who replied. I'll check back occasionally in the next few days.
Circa Posted May 10, 2016 Posted May 10, 2016 The issue is due to Dropbox having a bandwidth limit, and we hit that limit. Generally we shouldn't really be hitting the limit unless people are going nuts and downloading ALL the files, or even doing it on purpose to be malicious. Either way, this is the third time it's happened, and usually takes awhile for things to go back to normal. [red]The files section will be closed until the issue is resolved, to avoid people reporting broken files and making new threads.[/red] Sorry for the inconvenience! Darth Sion likes this
Futuza Posted May 11, 2016 Posted May 11, 2016 Does this mean we're going to have to solve captchas to download stuff in the future so we don't have bots killing our bandwidth?
Circa Posted May 11, 2016 Posted May 11, 2016 Does this mean we're going to have to solve captchas to download stuff in the future so we don't have bots killing our bandwidth?Probably not. We can't prove that's what's causing the issue. Apparently they decreased the allowed bandwidth recently, which is probably why this happened again. Still working with DB to figure it out. Darth Sion likes this
eezstreet Posted May 12, 2016 Posted May 12, 2016 [red]Thread locked. [/red] The issue has been resolved.
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