504s and slow performance on dataverse.harvard.edu search
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Feature: Performance & Stability
Feature: Search/Browse
Type: Bug
User Role: Sysadmin
- Dominant language
- Java
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Description
Over the past several weeks we've been seeing increasing numbers of 504s and very slow performance on the search functions of dataverse.harvard.edu. At times the application is generally unusable because of these issues. We should investigate the cause of this and address/optimize as necessary.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing searches on dataverse.harvard.edu and examining the search functions implicated by the 504 responses and slow requests. Trace the cause of the timeouts and performance degradation, then verify that the affected searches no longer return 504s and have improved response times.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- performance, search
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100