docs.rs does not load in China anymore
This is what I see when debugging this in Firefox - it appears only a few resources are not loading:
I thought it might be related to the recent move of blocking TLS 1.3 and ESNI, but I couldn't verify it for sure.
I am happy to provide further data to help resolving this issue, if at all possible.
Thank you
Byron
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I guess this is pretty strong motivation for #921. We did switch to fontawesome 5 recently which uses a different CDN, but from your screenshot it looks like even the old files aren't loading.
jyn514
on 16 Aug 2020
Is the site completely broken or is it just the css missing? We can move it from <head> to <body> as a short term workaround which would let you at least use the site.
jyn514
on 16 Aug 2020
Thanks for taking a look! It's completely broken as one only sees a white screen, due to the CSS not loading. The HTML is present though, it just won't ever be displayed. Firefox would display 'ghosts' of the page while in dev mode for some reason, and Curl can also get anything hosted on docs.rs.
That workaround of moving the CSS sounds great, I would love to give it a try.
Byron
on 16 Aug 2020
I think vendoring all those files is as easy as shuffling things around, I'd avoid messing with the ordering.
pietroalbini
on 16 Aug 2020
If we need to we can vendor our CSS, that's the recommended way to use FA 5
Kixiron
on 16 Aug 2020
https://github.com/rust-lang/docs.rs/pull/981 was reverted in production.
jyn514
on 21 Aug 2020
@Byron we redeployed it after the fix in #987 - can you see if docs.rs loads for you now?
jyn514
on 21 Aug 2020
@jyn514 YES 馃帀! So good to have docs.rs back! It really is a vital piece of the Rust infrastructure! Never thought about it, until now.
Thanks for all of your help to get this fixed!
Byron
on 21 Aug 2020
No problem!
jyn514
on 21 Aug 2020
Fun fact: I waited about a week until I reported this issue, assuming it's just something temporary mixed with "somebody else will probably report it first". This makes me question whether I am the only user coming in from China without a VPN.
Do you have statistics on usage by country? VPN users usually come from Hong Kong, otherwise they should be identifiable as coming from mainland China.
Byron
on 21 Aug 2020
Hmm, all our visits are proxied through cloudfront so I don't have access to the statistics, but @pietroalbini or @Mark-Simulacrum might know.
jyn514
on 21 Aug 2020
I'd kinda prefer not to make traffic stats public :(
pietroalbini
on 21 Aug 2020
Interesting stance, I am sure you have a good reason.
Since I am kind of isolated in this country, I have no idea if a Chinese Rust community even exist, and if it does, where they hang out. It's all sealed off from me due to me not speaking/reading the language. By asking this I guess I wanted to feel like there is in fact a community that one fine day, I might even discover :D .
Anyhow, moving on.
Byron
on 22 Aug 2020
I have no idea if a Chinese Rust community even exist
@Byron you might be interested in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_ha1-1w6sw
jyn514
on 19 Nov 2020
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@Byron you might be interested in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_ha1-1w6sw