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mumsnet keeps freezing

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IwantToRetire · 15/03/2026 19:11

Is anyone else having this problem.

For the past 3 days when I go to mumsnet and for instance start by looking at notifications, everything is fine.

Then when I see that a thread has quite few new posts so i think I will go and have a look, links are not longer clickable, and then I get a message saying web site is slowing down my browser.

This is not happening on any other web site I visit.

Is anyone else having this problem.

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Recklessismymiddlename · 12/04/2026 06:17

Ahh haven’t had that yet

JaneJeffer · 11/04/2026 22:48

Recklessismymiddlename · 10/04/2026 07:56

It’s definitely the ads. Since switching to DuckDuckGo as recommended by a pp no issues.

Even on DDG when a thread gets to about 700 posts it keeps constantly refreshing so you can’t post for about 5 minutes until it settles down. I presume it’s from an ad trying to load.

InconsequentialFerret · 11/04/2026 22:43

This is driving me nuts!

It's always with the Tuscany film ad that seems to wrap around.

MsDogLady · 11/04/2026 04:27

I am experiencing a huge problem with the site constantly freezing on my IPad (Chrome) and IPhone (Safari). The pages won’t load, the subject lines won’t underline and go forward to the thread, and I’m always getting a white screen. When I actually do get as far as typing a message that is longer than one paragraph, it will suddenly disappear before I can submit it. Powering off and on no longer helps. I am not having this problem with any of my other websites/apps. I am close to leaving Mumsnet permanently because of the constant freezing.

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IwantToRetire · 10/04/2026 17:51

Recklessismymiddlename · 10/04/2026 07:56

It’s definitely the ads. Since switching to DuckDuckGo as recommended by a pp no issues.

I agree, but essentially that is a work around.

Has anybody on any browser ever had this problem on any other web site?

I doubt it!

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dontcallmelen · 10/04/2026 17:34

It’s really bad this afternoon it’s taken me twenty minutes to read four pages of a thread as it’s constantly reloading & dumping you back on the page you’ve previously read my iPad is also now extremely hot & battery draining really quickly so now giving up for the day.

themonkeysnuts · 10/04/2026 09:13

When is this freezing problem going to be sorted out ?
continuous on safari now affecting google and it’s slowing up other sites as well

Recklessismymiddlename · 10/04/2026 07:56

It’s definitely the ads. Since switching to DuckDuckGo as recommended by a pp no issues.

Londonnight · 10/04/2026 07:55

I'm still having issues. Ads are all ready there, so nothing to do with them loading. This is happening when I am in the middle of reading a thread. I get a pop up to say page unresponsive, click wait, or close MN. I click wait multiple times and it keeps happening. The only way to continuing reading anything is to close the tab for MN and open a new one.
Sometimes this works for a while, but then the whole process starts again.

It is ONLY MN this happens on. Not one other site does this.

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IwantToRetire · 10/04/2026 01:55

Sorry about 2 previous posts where I didn't bother to read what I had posted.

But just to say and I have had this all day today.

I dont see any ads being the problem.

What has been obvious the last few days is that the site slows down when you click on a link to a part of MN itself.

For example, if you click on notifications the list appears, but then when you click of link saying X number of new posts on an existing thread it just freezes.

And had the same when clicking on create a new thread.

So have not had which I did in the past had it freezing when scrolling through a thread. But that might be that I haven't bothered to do this so much because of past freezing.

And because of how my browser is set, I dont see ads so cant identify whether any of them are causing the page to freeze.

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IwantToRetire · 09/04/2026 20:30

And the notification page.

Can click on a link saying X number of new posts and it just "slows" that page down.

So in fact it is going to a link on MN web site such as new posts on a thread and the link to start a new post.

The way I have the page set up I cant see any ads being loaded.

But these 2 examples of internal links causing the web site to freeze.

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IwantToRetire · 09/04/2026 18:29

It hasn't been as bad for me the past couple of days, though know I haven't bothered to spend the time following up on threads etc., because it is just too frustrating.

But did notice that recently the time it froze was when I wanted to start a thread Confused

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Londonnight · 09/04/2026 07:46

@justasking111 I'm on android and I am having continuing problems with MN freezing.

ThatsthelasttimeIplaythetartforyouJerry · 09/04/2026 07:25

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/sitestuff/5447229-site-continually-crashing-and-reloading?page=10&reply=151301658

There has been another thread about this running since November 2025, nothing has improved, just the occasional “we’re looking into it” message, so for at least six months HQ have been apparently trying to fix this problem and @dontcallmelen it has been suggested on that thread that someone in HQ use an iPad to see the problem for themselves, baffling not one of them has one.

justasking111 · 08/04/2026 12:55

dontcallmelen · 08/04/2026 12:54

Surely a quick way a few people at MN towers go on a iPad/iPhone browse for a few minutes & will see what the issues are the ads take forever to load & the site freezes or reloads threads constantly it also reloads a number of time when you click onto a new thread sometimes kicking you off the site altogether it’s not fecking rocket science would take very little time to observe for yourselves.

It's not affecting everyone though. I'm not having an issue on android.

dontcallmelen · 08/04/2026 12:54

Surely a quick way a few people at MN towers go on a iPad/iPhone browse for a few minutes & will see what the issues are the ads take forever to load & the site freezes or reloads threads constantly it also reloads a number of time when you click onto a new thread sometimes kicking you off the site altogether it’s not fecking rocket science would take very little time to observe for yourselves.

Atatwalker · 07/04/2026 19:02

I’m early on here now which surely isn’t ideal when you’re trying to sell.

ghostyslovesheets · 07/04/2026 17:43

@BeckyAMumsnet its absolutely the ads - if I try and scroll at all before the ad loads I get half a post and it freezes. I have to wait for the top ad to load before I dare try and read a thread. Sometimes it doesn’t load and I have to close the window and open a new one. Worse since the last iPhone update

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BeckyAMumsnet · 07/04/2026 15:13

Hi everyone, thanks so much to those who’ve reported the freezing. We know how annoying it is, and we’re really sorry it’s happening at all.

We’re digging into it now and trying to pin down exactly what’s causing it. The bits you’ve shared so far have been really helpful.

If you can, it would really help us if you could say what you were doing just before it froze. It looks like it might be linked to an ad loading, so if you happen to notice anything about the ad (what it was, where it showed up, screenshots if you caught it), that’s especially useful, but we know that’s not always easy.

Thanks for sticking with us while we sort it.

dontcallmelen · 07/04/2026 11:52

It’s even bloody worse today.

WeAllHaveWings · 05/04/2026 22:23

Still just as bad.

Recklessismymiddlename · 05/04/2026 20:04

I have a question please
what other sites would people use if MN is sold
or becomes unusable?

dontcallmelen · 05/04/2026 18:46

It’s really bad today as well I’m giving up today only been on about ten minutes was painful trying to keep up with a thread I’m on so giving up for the rest of the day.

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IwantToRetire · 05/04/2026 18:00

Yesterday was terrible.

Have only just started to catch up on MN and it has frozen twice.

Yesterday I sent a report to Firefox giving the MN url, and wonder if they will report back.

Could be interesting!

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WeAllHaveWings · 05/04/2026 10:03

The repeated freezing over the last couple of days has been dreadful.

ipad safari - example circles turning and big blank space, nothing below it where ad should load.

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