"Waiting for api.zotero.org"

jodi · January 26, 2011

How long should I wait for the dbfix tool to finish[1]? The progress bar is halfway, and the message has said
"Waiting for api.zotero.org..." for 30+ min. I'm online, and api.zotero.org resolves ("Nothing to see here.") so it doesn't seem to be a connectivity error.

The DB in question is large and old -- I'm happy to wait, just worried since there's no way to tell if this process will complete.

[1] https://www.zotero.org/utils/dbfix/

----Context, FWIW----
I'm resuscitating an old library. I created a new Firefox profile for it, downloaded Zotero, put the old Zotero directory in the appropriate place, then discovered that this library needed fixing, and started the DBFix tool.

The same process (with a DB upgrade instead of DB fix) has worked fine on other (undamaged) old library backups.

-Jodi

dstillman · January 27, 2011

The DB Repair Tool is currently unavailable. (It's not "finishing"—you haven't actually uploaded your library.) We'll try to get it back up later today.

jodi · January 27, 2011

Thanks, Dan!

Nassim · January 31, 2011

Hi Dan

Is the DB Repair tool available now?
I'm using https://www.zotero.org/utils/dbfix/ but it just displayed Wainting for api.zotero.org since half an hour.

thanks

jodi · January 31, 2011

Hi Nassim,

I don't think it's up yet. I'd like an "is it up" button.

-Jodi

dstillman · February 1, 2011

OK, it's back up. Sorry for the delay.

https://zotero.org/utils/dbfix/

jodi · February 1, 2011

Thanks for the notification, Dan! Giving it a whirl.

Though I'm sure you don't mean for this to be down, it might be useful to link to the manual fix procedures earlier in the process:
https://www.zotero.org/utils/dbfix/manual
I didn't see these until now.

-Jodi