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Newbie help! - [pool friendica] server reached max_children setting

!Friendica Support - Hi, Hallo - I am quite a newbie when it comes to admining a friendica instance.
I'm running Friendica, version 2026.01. The database version is 1586/1586, the post update version is 1550/1550.

I'm having some peformance issues with my friendica instance - specificically [pool friendica] server reached max_children setting (12) -

I've increase memory limit in /etc/php/8.4/fpm/php.ini to 512M - as in earlier versons this seemed to fix performance issues but that hasn't resolved things. I also increased the max_children setting to 24 in /etc/php/8.4/fpm/pool.d/friendica.conf but this has not improved things. I suspect that this is not the underling cause as I am also seeing errors such as :

[24-May-2026 08:55:16] NOTICE: [pool friendica] child 184612 exited with code 0 after 896.680478 seconds from start
[24-May-2026 08:55:16] NOTICE: [pool friendica] child 186294 started
[24-May-2026 08:55:17] NOTICE: [pool friendica] child 184606 exited with code 0 after 898.334926 seconds from start

The errors seem to be triggered when users view pages on friendica server - (its only used by one or two people)

So my current thought is that for some reason I am getting child processes that are doing database queries maybe that are timing out? I'm not sure how to diagnose that.

Any thoughts ?

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abeorch

I've tracked this down to the peformance of the query function countUnseenItems() in GroupManager.php and have for the moment altered the query so it runs quickly and returns nothing .. but has anyone else seen long running queries pulling from the view post-user-view and any ideas how I could resolve this issue and get the updates for new posts for my circles running again?

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Thoughts on funding Firefox (and other Open Source Projects)

!Firefox - I periodically have thoughts about the challenges of sustainably developing #opensource software.

Ever since university days I have been very much aware of the limitations of accountablity in #Trusts such as #Mozilla - They are accountable only to their Trustees and without a democractic process of appointing Trustees its difficult for community members to hold them accountable to their stakeholders. They can go off on their own personal agendas or be captured by those that offer the most funding to the organiation.

For this reason I have though that it might make sense to create a coop out of users of open source software that adheres to some democractic princples that mean that contributors retain the ability to influence open source projects.

A #coop that gives voting rights to members to shape where resources collected are funneled would mean that their wants would be taken into account in where paid development is focused.

To avoid undue influence such a group would need to:

Only allow natural people (rather than legal entities such as companies and other trusts and charities) to join and fund their activities.

Impose some level of minimum and maximum contribution (or limit decision making to a one person, one vote basis)

I wonder whether templates for #coops of this type would encourage more to forum and encourage those who want to contribute to opensource development to do so knowing that their voices and opinions wouldn't be lost as successful projects attract other funding sources.

#opensource #coops #coop #mozilla #Trusts !Firefox

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The WordPress ActivityPub plugin quietly released an amazing feature in version 8.1.0 back in April.

After a fair bit of testing, with various developers, including yours truly, Matthias @pfefferle added support for the #ActivityPub API.

activitypub.blog/2026/04/22/8-…

This very post is written using a custom client I’m building 😉

8.1.0 — By the Numbers

ActivityPub for WordPress 8.1.0 is here. A new Fediverse statistics feature leads the release: a dashboard widget, monthly and annual email reports, and a shareable stats block with sharepic. Along…
ActivityPub for WordPress
@Matthias Pfefferle

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🫧 socialcoding..

Very nice work. Congratulations! I added the release notes to my note-taking on C2S / #ActivityPub API implementers..

codeberg.org/fediverse/delight…

Which ActivityPub applications support Client-to-Server (C2S)?

In preparation of updating and reorganising of this list I would like to collect current FOSS projects that offer an implementation of ActivityPub C2S. In this [current fedi discussion](https://ausglam.
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#ActivityPub
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RE: mementomori.social/@rolle/1140…

Just realized they're on the Fediverse, too: @openfoodfacts ✌️

#OpenSource

Rolle Laukkarinen

2025-02-23 16:54:22


Open Food Facts is an open-source app that allows you to scan food items and discover their nutritional value.

Open Food Facts is a non-profit association of volunteers. 25.000+ contributors like you have added 1.7 million + products from 150 countries using our Android, iPhone or Windows Phone app or their camera to scan barcodes and upload pictures of products and their labels.

iPhone: apps.apple.com/us/app/open-foo…
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/det…
GitHub: github.com/openfoodfacts
Info: world.openfoodfacts.org

#OpenSource #OpenFoodFacts #Calories #Food


‎Open Food Facts - Product Scan

‎News: We invented the collaborative scanning app in 2012. As we turn 10, we’re reinventing it from the ground up! This app lets you find food that's good for you and good for the planet by scanning their barcodes.
App Store

#opensource @openfoodfacts

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Years ago, when I was young and stupid... My mother rarely was picking up the phone when I calling her. When asked why, she told me, the ringtone is indistinctive, and she doesn't hear it. I've recorded a custom ringtone, with me shouting a Polish counterpart of: "Hey! It's me! Pickup the phone!" Well, it has worked, even if she had changed the ringtone soon after 😅

mastodon.social/@cmconseils/11…

Lady Laura :bongoCat: (@cmconseils@mastodon.social)

Attached: 1 image #Meme #Humour
Lady Laura :bongoCat: (Mastodon)

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🆕 blog! “NHS Goes To War Against Open Source”

The NHS is preparing to close nearly all of its Open Source repositories.

Throughout my time working for the UK Government - in GDS, NHSX, i.AI, and others - I championed Open Source. I spoke to dozens of departments about it, wrote guidance still in use today, and briefed Ministers on why it was so…

👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/nhs-g…
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#government #nhs #OpenSource #politics

NHS Goes To War Against Open Source

The NHS is preparing to close nearly all of its Open Source repositories. Throughout my time working for the UK Government - in GDS, NHSX, i.AI, and others - I championed Open Source.
Terence Eden’s Blog
#Politics #opensource #government #nhs

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Rhii Alexander 🏳️‍⚧️

So a senior technical authority in the NHS is pursuing security through obscurity on repositories which have little-to-no security implication

After 7 years of consulting in the public sector, one thing always surprises me; how do we have so many incompetent people working in technical civil service/public sector roles?

It's at such a state where at one unamed department I had to deal with a dev team where only 1 person had any programming experience and the rest were general IT workers who thought they would try their hand at something else whilst making 0 attempts at learning to code, but were, somehow, accepted into mid/senior level developer positions

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Community run free Open Source plugins for a community group using Wordpress

!WordPress I volunteer with a community group that uses #Wordpress for its website. So far its approach to Wordpress plugins has been fairly haphazard. Our budget is basically zero. We've ended up using various plugins for User Registration, Access control, Forms, Backup and Restore and other funcitons that are all freemium or cripleware versions of plugins that are really commerical projects by their authors.

On the otherhand we have been looking at running #CiviCRM inside wordpress and that looks to be a powerful, useful tool that's truely community open source.

What other plugins are community groups using that are true community developed opensource projects? I've tried to look through the community plugins directory on Wordpress.org and do some searches but the web is littered with promotional content for commerical 'free' plugins.

I really don't have strong connections to the wordpress community. It woudl be great to connect with other community group volunteers that are involved in Wordpress and get your input and thoughts.

#wordpress #civicrm !WordPress

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Tal día como hoy pero de 1937.
Bombardeo de #Guernica esta "pandilla" de fascistas bombardea Guernica.
¿Alguien pidió perdón?
#guernica

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Hey UK folks into #CiviCRM (an #openSource #crm (database) for NFPs, charities, campaigns, communities).

Do you know you've got 2 days left to get your early bird tickets for "CiviBRM" - a user-focussed event in #Birmingham on 9 June?

These events are a brilliant way to share experiences, learn new things and engage in a software that's about community not commerce.

brm2026.civicrm.org/

#events #event #westMidlands #midlands #oxford (well I'm going!)

CiviBRM – The practical conference for CiviCRM users

brm2026.civicrm.org
#opensource #events #civicrm #event #oxford #Birmingham #crm #WestMidlands #Midlands

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Today, the #panoramax federation 🗺️ consists of 10 instances. It hosts 98.91 million pictures 📸 that cover 901,032 km, uploaded by 2,099 contributors! 🦺

Compared to yesterday, this is an increase 📈 of 237,837 pictures 📸, covering 2,089 more kilometers. 🚧 This includes 2 new contributors. 👷

#PANORAMAX

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Amazonia tiene un nuevo logotipo, y es una obra maestra. Las letras fueron extraídas de imágenes satelitales del propio río.

#RobadoPorAhi

#robadoporahi

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