{
  "id": 94156,
  "title": "Kaggle under heavy load",
  "url": "/competitions/LANL-Earthquake-Prediction/discussion/94156",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2019-06-02T19:16:24.003811Z",
  "votes": 3,
  "comment_count": 10,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>I currently have two kernels running and when I try to open a third this is what happens:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/N6xMOCb.png\" alt=\"\">\nIt then leads to this:\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/5Rpt1Hf.png\" alt=\"\"></p>\n\n<p>Is this an issue with Kaggle being too busy as people prepare their final submissions? It seems greedy to ask, but does Kaggle ever extend competition deadlines as a result of connection issues that affect part of the userbase? If anyone else has encountered this problem, or if any of the Kaggle team are around to comment, I'd like to know more.</p>\n\n<p>The kernel in question is now running so perhaps it was a one-off. But it'd still be nice to now if this is a common issue and if there are procedures for dealing with it.</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "541629",
      "postDate": "06/02/2019 19:16:24",
      "content": "<p>I currently have two kernels running and when I try to open a third this is what happens:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/N6xMOCb.png\" alt=\"\">\nIt then leads to this:\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/5Rpt1Hf.png\" alt=\"\"></p>\n\n<p>Is this an issue with Kaggle being too busy as people prepare their final submissions? It seems greedy to ask, but does Kaggle ever extend competition deadlines as a result of connection issues that affect part of the userbase? If anyone else has encountered this problem, or if any of the Kaggle team are around to comment, I'd like to know more.</p>\n\n<p>The kernel in question is now running so perhaps it was a one-off. But it'd still be nice to now if this is a common issue and if there are procedures for dealing with it.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I currently have two kernels running and when I try to open a third this is what happens:\n\n![](https://i.imgur.com/N6xMOCb.png)\nIt then leads to this:\n![](https://i.imgur.com/5Rpt1Hf.png)\n\nIs this an issue with Kaggle being too busy as people prepare their final submissions? It seems greedy to ask, but does Kaggle ever extend competition deadlines as a result of connection issues that affect part of the userbase? If anyone else has encountered this problem, or if any of the Kaggle team are around to comment, I'd like to know more.\n\nThe kernel in question is now running so perhaps it was a one-off. But it'd still be nice to now if this is a common issue and if there are procedures for dealing with it.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "541631",
      "postDate": "06/02/2019 19:21:03",
      "content": "<p>Yeah, having significant connection issues right now.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Yeah, having significant connection issues right now.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "541632",
      "postDate": "06/02/2019 19:21:38",
      "content": "<p>I am getting the same issues, even with just 1 GPU kernel open. I thought I was the only one experiencing it.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I am getting the same issues, even with just 1 GPU kernel open. I thought I was the only one experiencing it.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "541633",
      "postDate": "06/02/2019 19:23:38",
      "content": "<p>This is very frustrating. I've had a significant breakthrough in the last 48 hours and I may be unable to capitalise on it.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "This is very frustrating. I've had a significant breakthrough in the last 48 hours and I may be unable to capitalise on it.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "541638",
      "postDate": "06/02/2019 19:53:51",
      "content": "<p>Looks like Google Compute Engine is having a major service outage at the moment. Might have something to do with why Kernels are unresponsive.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Looks like Google Compute Engine is having a major service outage at the moment. Might have something to do with why Kernels are unresponsive.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "541640",
      "postDate": "06/02/2019 19:58:18",
      "content": "<p>That would make sense. If this persists through tomorrow, I hope we'll get some feedback from Kaggle.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "That would make sense. If this persists through tomorrow, I hope we'll get some feedback from Kaggle.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "541650",
      "postDate": "06/02/2019 20:27:28",
      "content": "<p>my submission file won't even upload. and one time i clicked 'make submission', it says an error occurred. T_T</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "my submission file won't even upload. and one time i clicked 'make submission', it says an error occurred. T_T",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "541653",
      "postDate": "06/02/2019 20:36:48",
      "content": "<p>My team mate <a href=\"/stecasasso\">@stecasasso</a> n pointed to this: <a href=\"https://status.cloud.google.com/incident/compute/19003\">https://status.cloud.google.com/incident/compute/19003</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "My team mate @stecasasso n pointed to this: https://status.cloud.google.com/incident/compute/19003",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "541666",
      "postDate": "06/02/2019 21:17:40",
      "content": "<p>Definitely, I'd be up for a one-day extension to all submissions. It would be unfair otherwise to the competitors who are attempting to submit solutions and run their kernels.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Definitely, I'd be up for a one-day extension to all submissions. It would be unfair otherwise to the competitors who are attempting to submit solutions and run their kernels.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "541667",
      "postDate": "06/02/2019 21:19:19",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for sharing!</p>\n\n<p>Definitely seems like Google Cloud congestion is the cause then. They mention Eastern USA though. Would be a bit odd if Kaggle didn't have some redundancy and hosted in multiple locations for moments like these when a fallover is necessary.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for sharing!\n\nDefinitely seems like Google Cloud congestion is the cause then. They mention Eastern USA though. Would be a bit odd if Kaggle didn't have some redundancy and hosted in multiple locations for moments like these when a fallover is necessary.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "541707",
      "postDate": "06/02/2019 23:38:09",
      "content": "<p>I could upload two submissions without any issue. But we cannot download/upload from the gdrive we use to share data...</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I could upload two submissions without any issue. But we cannot download/upload from the gdrive we use to share data...",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 541631,
      "author_name": "anishagnihotri",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/02/2019 19:21:03",
      "content": "<p>Yeah, having significant connection issues right now.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 541632,
      "author_name": "teeyee314",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/02/2019 19:21:38",
      "content": "<p>I am getting the same issues, even with just 1 GPU kernel open. I thought I was the only one experiencing it.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 541633,
          "author_name": "bigironsphere",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "06/02/2019 19:23:38",
          "content": "<p>This is very frustrating. I've had a significant breakthrough in the last 48 hours and I may be unable to capitalise on it.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 541638,
          "author_name": "anishagnihotri",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "06/02/2019 19:53:51",
          "content": "<p>Looks like Google Compute Engine is having a major service outage at the moment. Might have something to do with why Kernels are unresponsive.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 541640,
          "author_name": "bigironsphere",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "06/02/2019 19:58:18",
          "content": "<p>That would make sense. If this persists through tomorrow, I hope we'll get some feedback from Kaggle.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 541666,
          "author_name": "anishagnihotri",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "06/02/2019 21:17:40",
          "content": "<p>Definitely, I'd be up for a one-day extension to all submissions. It would be unfair otherwise to the competitors who are attempting to submit solutions and run their kernels.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 541650,
      "author_name": "returnofsputnik",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/02/2019 20:27:28",
      "content": "<p>my submission file won't even upload. and one time i clicked 'make submission', it says an error occurred. T_T</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 541653,
      "author_name": "cpmpml",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/02/2019 20:36:48",
      "content": "<p>My team mate <a href=\"/stecasasso\">@stecasasso</a> n pointed to this: <a href=\"https://status.cloud.google.com/incident/compute/19003\">https://status.cloud.google.com/incident/compute/19003</a></p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 541667,
          "author_name": "anishagnihotri",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "06/02/2019 21:19:19",
          "content": "<p>Thanks for sharing!</p>\n\n<p>Definitely seems like Google Cloud congestion is the cause then. They mention Eastern USA though. Would be a bit odd if Kaggle didn't have some redundancy and hosted in multiple locations for moments like these when a fallover is necessary.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 541707,
      "author_name": "cpmpml",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/02/2019 23:38:09",
      "content": "<p>I could upload two submissions without any issue. But we cannot download/upload from the gdrive we use to share data...</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
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    "541629": "I currently have two kernels running and when I try to open a third this is what happens:\n\n![](https://i.imgur.com/N6xMOCb.png)\nIt then leads to this:\n![](https://i.imgur.com/5Rpt1Hf.png)\n\nIs this an issue with Kaggle being too busy as people prepare their final submissions? It seems greedy to ask, but does Kaggle ever extend competition deadlines as a result of connection issues that affect part of the userbase? If anyone else has encountered this problem, or if any of the Kaggle team are around to comment, I'd like to know more.\n\nThe kernel in question is now running so perhaps it was a one-off. But it'd still be nice to now if this is a common issue and if there are procedures for dealing with it.",
    "541631": "Yeah, having significant connection issues right now.",
    "541632": "I am getting the same issues, even with just 1 GPU kernel open. I thought I was the only one experiencing it.",
    "541633": "This is very frustrating. I've had a significant breakthrough in the last 48 hours and I may be unable to capitalise on it.",
    "541638": "Looks like Google Compute Engine is having a major service outage at the moment. Might have something to do with why Kernels are unresponsive.",
    "541640": "That would make sense. If this persists through tomorrow, I hope we'll get some feedback from Kaggle.",
    "541650": "my submission file won't even upload. and one time i clicked 'make submission', it says an error occurred. T_T",
    "541653": "My team mate @stecasasso n pointed to this: https://status.cloud.google.com/incident/compute/19003",
    "541666": "Definitely, I'd be up for a one-day extension to all submissions. It would be unfair otherwise to the competitors who are attempting to submit solutions and run their kernels.",
    "541667": "Thanks for sharing!\n\nDefinitely seems like Google Cloud congestion is the cause then. They mention Eastern USA though. Would be a bit odd if Kaggle didn't have some redundancy and hosted in multiple locations for moments like these when a fallover is necessary.",
    "541707": "I could upload two submissions without any issue. But we cannot download/upload from the gdrive we use to share data..."
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