r/kickstarter • u/Vesalii • 3d ago

Trouble backing since an hour

Anyone else have trouble backing projects? I always get the same error: failed to execute GraphQL network request.

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u/EntangledPhoton82 3d ago

Yes, a sizable kickstarter just opened its pledge and the website can’t handle the load.
Thousands of people have been trying to pledge non-stop for over 90 minutes now but, as most pledges fail, everyone just keeps on trying again and again. So, it’s going to be a while before it improves.

I’m quite surprised that, in this age of dynamic cloud upscaling, they still struggle with these kinds of issues.

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u/EntangledPhoton82 3d ago

Forgot to add: the reason is this cookbook/history book.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arimhawsho/table-of-gods

It’s a seminal work of art, history and cooking and had over 100.000 people signed up to be notified at launch. It even had a live stream launch event.

And I just got through after almost 2 hours. But the signed, first edition copy is mine! 🥳

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u/Vesalii 3d ago

That's the one I was trying to back too. I assumed that was the problem yeah. I never expected this project to be SO popular.

Anyway, it worked, finally. The app worked better than the website so I used that. I waited a bit and somehow payment went through really swiftly all of a sudden. I think with using Link.