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Paul Bunyan Message Logger by Diamond Sierra

PB-2808: Visitors waited before the site started working

Paul Bunyan code PB-2808 (Warning): Visitors waited before the site started working. What it means and what to do.

Updated · By Diamond Sierra

The Codes screen: every PB code found on the site, with counts
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What it means

The visitor's browser waited a second or more for the first byte, beyond the time PHP spent building the page. That time goes on the network, setting up the connection, and waiting for a free PHP worker on the server.

What to do

If it happens on most pages, the host is the bottleneck: too few PHP workers for the traffic, or a server far from your visitors. Ask the host how many PHP workers the plan has, add a page cache so fewer visits need PHP at all, or use a CDN. If it is rare, it is usually one visitor's slow connection.

Details

CodeSeverityGroup
PB-2808WarningBrowser