I can only log in when I change my password. Is there something I am missing?

zLurn@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 3 points –

I can only log in when I change my password. I do not know why this happens or how to solve it. The log in button keeps spinning but it does nothing. There must be something I am missing but I don’t know what. I am sorry.

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Hit the refresh button on your browser. I’ve been having the same issue and a refresh has solved it!

To be clear: put in your creds, let the spinny thing spin for a few seconds, THEN refresh your browser.

I am doing this but it does nothing for me :(

Most Lemmy instances are seeing a surge in activity; between their own users and activity from across the federation incoming (a lot of new posts and comments to cache, etc). So this is probably causing slow responses.

The API calls aren't returning fast enough on already-loaded pages (so the existing page shows a spinner waiting for a response) but a fresh page load (possibly taking priority over API calls) is probably returning results to you faster.

This also seems to be what is causing crashes with some of the mobile apps (Mlem has been giving me issues) as it browses just fine but if I try to reply or upvote then it hangs for a bit then crashes (almost like a server confirmation is timing out and it's not liking that). Not to say these apps are bad; they're like super-early alpha version and I'm running them from iOS TestFlight.

I really hope this is the answer and that it solves by itself. But i don’t know... I have been trying since Thursday to log in and nothing yet. I’m going to give it more time then. Thank you for your answer.