Time-Out Error That Only Affects Me

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I can’t submit any solutions at all to "Jedlik’s Toys " in the C# track. It always times out. I am using the web editor.

This same issue does not happen for my friend, so I know that there’s something wrong with my particular account. I have tried different browsers and signing out and signing back in. I even tried submitting invalid syntax and it still just times out and throws no errors. I did have an old solution for a legacy version of the exercise so I suspected that might be interfering. So I tried deleting that old submitted iteration entirely and even that didn’t solve the problem.

I am also encountering a similar problem with the “Roll the Die!” C# exercise. Everything else on Exercism seems to work and the only thing these two exercises have in common is that they are legacy exercises that I have previously submitted solutions to and so they show a warning symbol next to them that they have been updated.

edit: I am using the web editor. Now, I can’t move on in the C# learning pathway tree because I deleted my previous solution that passed (in order to try to fix the problem). It’s not checking any code I submit whether the syntax is valid or invalid. As far as I’m aware, it times out and doesn’t even run my code.

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Is your friend submitting the exact same solution (same code)?

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Did you update the exercise?

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I got a timeout error too:

$ exercism download --track=zig --exercise=split-second-stopwatch --force
Error: context deadline exceeded (Client.Timeout or context cancellation while reading body)
$ ls -lt
total 8
-rw-rw-r-- 1 username username    0 Oct 26 08:24 split_second_stopwatch.zig
-rw-rw-r-- 1 username username 2368 Oct 26 08:24 HELP.md
-rw-rw-r-- 1 username username 1798 Oct 26 08:24 README.md

P.S. the error disappeared after a few minutes

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The exercism download and exercism submit is handled via a very different flow from the test runners. Uploading/downloading files uses a common file management which is independent of the test runner and is common across all tracks. The test runners are track-specific and use a track-specific Docker container. Those tend to be much more prone to timeouts as they are much more involved.

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Yes, he is.

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Is there a way to update the exercise? I am using the web editor.

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Is there anything I can do or anyone I can contact to fix this? I am using the web editor. Now, I can’t move on in the C# learning pathway tree because I deleted my previous solution that passed (in order to try to fix the problem). It’s not checking any code I submit whether the syntax is valid or invalid. As far as I’m aware, it times out and doesn’t even run my code.

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Oh that’s interesting! I can’t get the error to go away even after waiting. I am also using the web editor on the website.

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Yes, on this page:

UI element that notifies there have been changes
UI element that notifies there have been changes1317×186 21.7 KB

You can then review the changes if you want to.

Button to update the exercise

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It is likely running your code but then timing out.

Can you post your solution in a codeblock here?

```charp
// copy this including the backticks above and below
// paste your code here
```

cc @ErikSchierboom

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Thank you so much!! You’ve solved the problems I was having with both of the exercises that weren’t accepting any solutions! It wasn’t clear to me that I had to manually update those exercises on the website by going to a new page. I hope maybe Exercism will explain that better to users in the future so that no one gets stucks.

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