I was having some issues with Invidious the other day, which I resolved. However, I came across this tidbit of info that I’d never seen before when I first deployed it:

Post-install configuration:

Highly recommended

Because of various issues, Invidious must be restarted often, at least once a day, ideally every hour.

https://docs.invidious.io/installation/#windows

Anyone else observing this weird restart schedule?

  • irmadlad@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    2·
    6 hours ago

    I would just script a task to restart the docker container every hour. Shouldn’t be too much a hassle.

    Yeah, I was thinking about that. A script fired by a cron every hour. I do have the occasional, rare issue with Invidious. So, I’m wondering if indeed I need more restarts. It couldn’t hurt.

      • irmadlad@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        5 hours ago

        Well, it was quite simple and I feel a bit embarrassed. LOL When I ran an update, I thought it updated all three components: Invideous itself, the companion app, and the database. However, only the Invidious and database updated leaving the companion app for whatever reason out of the loop. So after fumbling around and doing a little reading, I just so happened to look at Portainer which has a green checkmark beside the container signifying it’s the current version. The companion app had an orange checkmark. So I updated again, and Jack’s a doughnut, Bob’s your uncle. But during my reading I came across the ‘reboot hourly’ admonishment that I don’t believe I’ve seen before. Long story short, everything is fine now.

        • TeaWithDani@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          5 hours ago

          Oh, I’ve been there! lol Yeah, you sometimes don’t expect to have to update an entire stack, not just one thing. Possible the companion app image was just released later and it wasn’t on you either. :P

          But yeah, give the cron job a try. I’d be curious to try it out myself! In theory your webinstance shouldn’t cut out unless you click on something the exact moment the container is resetting.

          • irmadlad@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            2·
            5 hours ago

            In theory your webinstance shouldn’t cut out unless you click on something the exact moment the container is resetting

            Most of what I use Invidious for is inspiration and some tutorials such as this I’m trying to learn:

            12-string BASS

            The guy makes me want to snap the neck of my bass in half.