The status page leaves much to be desired. It says everything is OK now (it's not). Yesterday, it said 'anomaly.' What the hell does that mean, in the context of large scale hosting?
Clear, concise, timely, and accurate are the hallmarks of a good status page. At a glance, I should be able to know if there is an issue, how many people are affected, how long the downtime is expected to last, and if I can do anything about it. It's nice when there's some behind the scenes 'this broke - we fixed it,' but that's not essential. My latest app is mirrored on multiple domains with Google Apps for your Domain. In addition to the 502 timeouts that we've been seeing the last couple days, I have noticed that there is a page on my app that is broken on one domain but not another. It seems one 'install' of the app can get a record from the datastore, but another can't. It's scary to see it be this bad for this long. Google has a reputation for having the best systems on the 'net. It earned this distinction, being one of the most responsive sites online even before it was famous. Bad things happen, and we all understand that; however, it's been nearly two days. If this was any other host, people would be sketched out and cancel their service. I don't know how many defectors you'll see in this case, but I suspect App Engine will have a harder time borrowing Google's reputation for stability in the future. I have a lot of respect for you guys, and I wish you luck. Please get us flying again. =) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
