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1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 22-May-2021 13:06:06 EDT lnxw48a1
   Weird: The Tom's Hardware site is giving a 503 error, with Varnish cache reporting "Guru Mediation" instead of the normal "Guru Meditation".
   
   You can't normally search for "guru mediation" ... the search engines immediately assume you meant the more common "guru meditation".
   
   I used ' "guru mediation" varnish -meditation ' and was able to find a few results.
   1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 22-May-2021 14:31:13 EDT GeniusMusing

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      @lnxw48a1
      This might help...
      Troubleshooting Varnish Cache 503 Guru Meditation Error Section
      https://www.section.io/blog/varnish-cache-503-error-guru-meditation/
      
      >If you use Varnish Cache on your website or are visiting a website that caches content with Varnish Cache, chances are at some point you will come across the Varnish Cache server error: Error 503 Service Unavailable / Guru Meditation with an XID number. A 503 error means that the web server trying to be reached is unavailable - this could be because it is overloaded, down for maintenence, or not fully functional for another reason.
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      >When you see this error in relation to Varnish Cache, it means that the website is using Varnish Cache to cache and serve content, and that Varnish Cache is unable to reach the back end server. Varnish Cache issues the Guru Meditation error when a connection has timed out or the Varnish Cache server has made too many requests to the back end server without getting a response. Instead of making an infinite number of requests to an unhealthy back end, Varnish Cache issues the 503 error to let the visitor (and website owner) it is likely the website manager is already working on a fix and your best bet is to try again later. If you are the website manager or owner and aren’t sure why you are getting this response, read below to find out.
      1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 22-May-2021 14:37:58 EDT lnxw48a1

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         Found that. I don't run the Tom's Hardware site, but it looks like whoever does found the same link and fixed the issue.