# \[Discourse Issue - Not Dev Issue\] "This site is in read only mode..." **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [November 20, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/discourse-issue-not-dev-issue-this-site-is-in-read-only-mode/15551 "2016-11-20T15:10:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ogunther](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ogunther/32/1464_2.png) [@ogunther](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ogunther)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/discourse-issue-not-dev-issue-this-site-is-in-read-only-mode/15551/1 "2016-11-20T15:10:11Z")
**What you were expecting to happen, and what actually happened?** Starting sometime last night, when trying to post, update, like, etc. on the forums, I received the following message: “This site is in read only mode. Please continue to browser, but replying, likes, and other actions are disabled for now” **What are the steps to make it happen again?** It randomly happens sometimes if I refresh the site or open a post. **Do you have any screenshots or video you want to share with us so we can see the problem? Attach them to your post!** ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/2X/c/c0c54a27250d3ee34bff7885d8cd5f4d403caa90.jpg) Note: I slightly modified the screenshot above to better highlight the area in question. Unmodified version here: ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/2X/9/9fec1140ae4a56300459da34094e08ec5ab61bfc.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Draprion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/draprion/32/8238_2.png) [@Draprion](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Draprion)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/discourse-issue-not-dev-issue-this-site-is-in-read-only-mode/15551/2 "2016-11-20T15:57:19Z")
Yes me. Though it doesn’t seem to stop me from posting? ---
**Author:** ![ogunther](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ogunther/32/1464_2.png) [@ogunther](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ogunther)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/discourse-issue-not-dev-issue-this-site-is-in-read-only-mode/15551/3 "2016-11-20T16:10:54Z")
Thanks; I was worried maybe it was something on my end triggering it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spherix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/spherix/32/2388_2.png) [@Spherix](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Spherix)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/discourse-issue-not-dev-issue-this-site-is-in-read-only-mode/15551/4 "2016-11-20T16:12:20Z")
I’ve briefly seen that message a few times, presumably it’s when they’re doing maintenance or upgrading the forums. It doesn’t usually take very long before it goes away. ---
**Author:** ![ogunther](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ogunther/32/1464_2.png) [@ogunther](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ogunther)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/discourse-issue-not-dev-issue-this-site-is-in-read-only-mode/15551/5 "2016-11-20T17:09:58Z")
I’m seeing it multiple times since yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![ONOPALAVER](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/onopalaver/32/46403_2.png) [@ONOPALAVER](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ONOPALAVER)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/discourse-issue-not-dev-issue-this-site-is-in-read-only-mode/15551/6 "2016-11-20T17:16:16Z")
yes, i also have the same issue. Is the new event system, people now just only read. Lol. No idea of what makes it ---
**Author:** ![EternalElder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eternalelder/32/11273_2.png) [@EternalElder](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/EternalElder)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/discourse-issue-not-dev-issue-this-site-is-in-read-only-mode/15551/7 "2016-11-20T18:44:29Z")
It just happened to me. It won’t let me log out. ---
**Author:** ![Rickygervais](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@Rickygervais](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rickygervais)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/discourse-issue-not-dev-issue-this-site-is-in-read-only-mode/15551/8 "2016-11-20T18:46:54Z")
Same here happen to me since yesterday on my phone i didin’t tried on pc yet ---
**Author:** ![killerman3333](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/killerman3333/32/4068_2.png) [@killerman3333](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/killerman3333)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/discourse-issue-not-dev-issue-this-site-is-in-read-only-mode/15551/9 "2016-11-20T19:55:59Z")
I thought it meant i was banned from the forum use. I guess not, mostly cause i can still post. (to the disdain of some people.) ---
**Author:** ![Razzagor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/razzagor/32/50037_2.png) [@Razzagor](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Razzagor)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/discourse-issue-not-dev-issue-this-site-is-in-read-only-mode/15551/10 "2016-11-20T21:30:17Z")
Sometimes it seems fine, but then… ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/2X/9/9a5a5b846d49d0d99591bb4fb6bdc68e547b63ad.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![HKdirewolf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/hkdirewolf/32/21614_2.png) [@HKdirewolf](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/HKdirewolf)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/discourse-issue-not-dev-issue-this-site-is-in-read-only-mode/15551/11 "2016-11-21T00:25:29Z")
This is still happening currently @Nimhain. Just tagging because i’m not sure if you all are aware. ---
**Author:** ![Nimhain](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nimhain/32/47049_2.png) [@Nimhain](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nimhain)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/discourse-issue-not-dev-issue-this-site-is-in-read-only-mode/15551/12 "2016-11-21T01:15:27Z")
We are aware of this, as I’ve seen it myself. Unfortunately I’m not sure what is going on. I’ll see what I can do. ---
**Author:** ![ogunther](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ogunther/32/1464_2.png) [@ogunther](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ogunther)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/discourse-issue-not-dev-issue-this-site-is-in-read-only-mode/15551/13 "2016-11-21T01:27:49Z")
Thxs, @Nimhain 🙂 For what it’s worth it seems like most of the time it doesn’t affect anything. ---
**Author:** ![Taisiakat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/taisiakat/32/75810_2.png) [@Taisiakat](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Taisiakat)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/discourse-issue-not-dev-issue-this-site-is-in-read-only-mode/15551/14 "2016-11-21T03:57:01Z")
Happening to me just now as well ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/2X/1/18797e3ef98249e7e26cfe3c6ec1aeb04409fb70.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![LYNDALE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lyndale/32/13864_2.png) [@LYNDALE](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/LYNDALE)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 5:02am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/discourse-issue-not-dev-issue-this-site-is-in-read-only-mode/15551/15 "2016-11-21T05:02:42Z")
Ok this invalidates my thread. I’ll delete it. ---
**Author:** ![ZooKeeper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/zookeeper/32/30875_2.png) [@ZooKeeper](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ZooKeeper)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 5:07am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/discourse-issue-not-dev-issue-this-site-is-in-read-only-mode/15551/16 "2016-11-21T05:07:39Z")
Yeah, me too. But I only had this issue when I was browsing on my phone. I didn’t get the message on my laptop. (btw I use Chrome on both devices) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/2X/f/f88c9d1780e3ef12ce393a599dd61fbe88e83038.png) ---
**Author:** ![Lyya](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lyya/32/3650_2.png) [@Lyya](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lyya)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 5:26am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/discourse-issue-not-dev-issue-this-site-is-in-read-only-mode/15551/17 "2016-11-21T05:26:40Z")
Sounds like a Discourse server issue, not something directly handled by the GoW site. ---
**Author:** ![Nimhain](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nimhain/32/47049_2.png) [@Nimhain](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nimhain)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 6:51am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/discourse-issue-not-dev-issue-this-site-is-in-read-only-mode/15551/18 "2016-11-21T06:51:35Z")
As Lyya this is an issue with the Discourse servers and not something we can fix. ---
**Author:** ![ogunther](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ogunther/32/1464_2.png) [@ogunther](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ogunther)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 7:06am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/discourse-issue-not-dev-issue-this-site-is-in-read-only-mode/15551/19 "2016-11-21T07:06:47Z")
Thxs, @Nimhain; I’ve modified my title to reflect that. 🙂