ZNC: "This module hit a timeout"
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Ken852 · 2021-01-17 00:13

So I got this earlier today:

    <*route_replies> This module hit a timeout which is probably a
connectivity issue.
    <*route_replies> However, if you can provide steps to reproduce
this issue, please do report a bug.
    <*route_replies> To disable this message, do "/msg *route_replies
silent yes"
    <*route_replies> Last request: PING LAG161406337
    <*route_replies> Expected replies:
    <*route_replies> PONG (last)
    <*route_replies> 402 (last)
    <*route_replies> 409 (last)
    <*route_replies> This module hit a timeout which is probably a
connectivity issue.
    <*route_replies> However, if you can provide steps to reproduce
this issue, please do report a bug.
    <*route_replies> To disable this message, do "/msg *route_replies
silent yes"
    <*route_replies> Last request: WHO #vscode %chtsunfra,152
    <*route_replies> Expected replies:
    <*route_replies> 402 (last)
    <*route_replies> 352
    <*route_replies> 315 (last)
    <*route_replies> 354
    <*route_replies> 403 (last)
    <*route_replies> This module hit a timeout which is probably a
connectivity issue.
    <*route_replies> However, if you can provide steps to reproduce
this issue, please do report a bug.
    <*route_replies> To disable this message, do "/msg *route_replies
silent yes"
    <*route_replies> Last request: PING LAG161436348
    <*route_replies> Expected replies:
    <*route_replies> PONG (last)
    <*route_replies> 402 (last)
    <*route_replies> 409 (last)

What is the meaning of this? What does "PING LAG161406337" mean? What
does "WHO #vscode %chtsunfra,152" mean? These seem to be commands.

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SadieKatze · 2021-01-17 06:38

Check that both your client (HexChat?) and ZNC are up to date?

If it's not that then whatever server you're on is probably acting
weird and you can ignore it.

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Ken852 · 2021-01-17 10:33

Not that it has caused these messages before, but yeah, they are both
most likely to be out of date. Now that I think of it... I don't have
any good excuse for not updating them. Other than potential risk of
breaking something?... so yeah, I'm reluctant to update.

I mean I could do what it says and issue the command `/msg
*route_replies silent yes` if I wanted to not see it. But I'm more
interested in knowing what this is than in having it go away. I can
tell that it's playing PING PONG. But what is the meaning of
`LAG161406337` for example? Are those milliseconds?... that would be
2690 minutes or 44 hours. That's some lag... so it's probably not time
but an ID.

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SadieKatze · 2021-01-17 11:52

HexChat has built in lag detection. It uses pings to detect how much
delay there is between you and the server.

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Ken852 · 2021-01-17 15:32

OK. But I am not connecting to IRC network directly but via a bouncer.
Maybe ZNC has the same feature?

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SadieKatze · 2021-01-17 16:51

HexChat doesn't know what a bouncer is. It just treats it as any other
server.