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Logged in and saw the bash console gets stuck on: Loading console ... for a long time and doesn't load. Killing the console and starting it again doesn't seem to help..

Thanks Mannan

Yea I'm getting this.

Very sorry about that, one of the console servers was having a bad time (too many people logged in at once). I have evened out the load a bit, so it should be working fine now. While we do have automated reporting for some other stuff (eg: if the site goes down), we do not have good enough automatic alerts for this particular issue. We are looking into ways to address this more promptly in the future. Next time that happens, you can also kill that console and start a new one (you get randomly assigned to different servers) as a temporary hack around it.

Thanks for the explanation. I did try that a few times (actually around 5 times) but didn't quite do it. Or was that not enough times?

hmm. weird- I guess next time keep an eye out for which server you are connecting to. If you take a look at the white bubble that popups up before you get to the loading screen about, it says console-1, console-2 etc. (and make sure you are killing them and recreating them instead of connecting to the same one)

the same problem is happening today

hi helensirius, thanks for reporting! the issue should have been resolved now- let us know if you are still seeing any problems.

What is the meaning of command not found in bash console? I simply type 5+5 and hit enter, but I don't understood what the console is saying.

It means that the command you tried to run was not found. '5' is not a bash command.

I think the issue is recurring now. I can see the console name..But no new terminal is starting up.

same...not loading the console. Just gets stuck.

Hmm, we don't have any known console server problems at the moment, and didn't at the time you were posting above. Are you still having issues? Could you post a screenshot of what you're seeing if so?

Giles,

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately, it's still not loading. It keeps saying;

Loading console Preparing execution environment...

That's odd. What console server are you on? You can find out by refreshing the page, and looking for the white "Connecting to consoles-X.pythonanywhere.com" message that will (briefly) appear at the bottom of the page, just before it starts showing "Loading console"

It seems to be working now. Thanks.

OK, thanks for letting us know.

bash console take along time to open n finally not loading!!!!!!! plse reply p.A.W

Which browser are you using? What does the console display, if anything -- that is, is it a black web page, a blank white one, or some other kind of error?

I am facing the same issue. Bash console stuck at

Loading console...
Preparing execution environment...

I tried to start another console but it's not working. (*DB is console is working)

Please help!

I am facing the same issue. Bash console stuck at

Loading console... Preparing execution environment...

Which browser are you using? Do you have any plugins active in your browser?

bash is not loading. Please help) Starting encrypted connection to consoles-3.pythonanywhere.com on port 443

Are you connecting from some kind of institutional network, like a university or a corporation? Unfortunately some networks like that block the WebSocket connections that our consoles use to communicate with the server.

Hi,

Console is not loading for me. it is stuck at "Starting encrypted connection to consoles-8.pythonanywhere.com on port 443". I have tried multiple browsers and restarted consoles multiple times, but it's still not working.

We had an outage where we had to disable consoles for a bit. We have re-enabled them so you should be able to connect again.