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I think I know the answer to this one.
Why on earth would STW be wanting 5.6 GB of my storage? Is it a way of saving money by using readers PCs, or is it where the staff hide their 'gentleman's special interest' files?
If it was the second then I've no real issues if it is normal special interest stuff - but they haven't told me how I can access it, so I'm not keen on sharing if I don't get to see the shared stuff.
Saying that, I'm not sure how 'normal' 90s MTB kit is...but that is what I'm hoping would be stored...
I do get the impression that STW has fallen victim to someone who swears blind that this is the way to operate a website/forum and everyone else is wrong.
A bit like Redbeard Rum in Blackadder.
Blackadder: I thought it was common maritime practice for ships to have a crew.
Rum: Opinion is divided on the matter.
Blackadder: Is it?
Rum: Yes. All the other captains say it is. I says it isn't.
🤦♂️
I’ve seen a few people mention this but never experienced it myself. What OS & browser are you using?
I don’t suppose you’re running some kind of STW browser extension are you? When I wrote the killfile extension years ago that used local storage, and I know the usage rules on that has changed a fair bit since then.
Just started doing that on my mac, 7gb of storage using Safari
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First thing. We are not downloading gbs of date to your browser.
There's a bug in the webkit software in Safari that miscalculates things. There's more here... https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/safari-website-wants-to-use-over-1gb-storage.2232083/
This is the only website I’ve ever experienced that message.
I said no, nothing bad happened.
Chrome on Android says STW is storing 1.3gb on my phone, far and away more than any other website
1.4Gb on my Pixel 6🤔
1.7GB on my pixel 7. Cleared everything out, opened the forum and one page of one thread and it's back up to 467MB.
Edit: and posting this reply has knocked it up to 600MB
Mark, sorry but I think you are off the mark here. Fr<span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">om my safari settings; </span>
<span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">singletrack 2.9GB</span>
Second largest site on list of storage 18Mb.
It seems either the issue in Safari is limited only to STW. But probably not worth getting busy with on a Friday evening.
Oh Mark - when you have your IT boffins working on Monday, can you get them to fix the random code getting butchered into the comments randomly. Ta.
STW using 34mb running Firefox/Fedora Linux. Solution: install Linux. HTH.
There have been a couple of threads on this over the past few months.
When I checked mine it was something like 1GB of service worker cache, by the workbox service worker, possibly not set up right.
On a Mac, using Chrome... where to look and check please....
Pixel 7pro here, just check 761mb stored data more than 3x the next closest of AliExpress...
Just cleared all for now
I get that message on my iPad but I don’t think I’ve seen it on the laptop. One thing that does happen on the laptop though is that if I’m watching YouTube on one screen and I then go to Singletrack in another window YouTube often grinds to a halt until I switch away from singletrack.
Using Android 12, Singletrack usung 420Mb. Next largest using 25mb.
I’m getting this error now on my iPhone running safari. Every new page I get a dialogue box asking me if STW can use 1.4gb of storage. No other websites are asking the same question.
How can I find out if or how much?
Single-track is using 340 mb in Brave on my phone. But Argos is using 1.1.gb?!
Closed my browser down and re-opened no longer getting the message.
Can I just ask again on behalf of everyone else that has already done so:
How can I find out if or how much?
In Chrome, click on the padlock to the left of the URL in the address bar, then choose Site Settings. A new tab will open, at the top it says Usage.
Chrome on Android.
Three dots button
Settings
Site settings
Data stored
Stw 611mb, Pinkbike 0.5mb.
678mb storage on my pixel 7 using Chrome browser.
641MB on Chrome just cleared.
923MB on Safari
Can anyone who knows about this stuff explain what it is it's storing? Is it images etc to enable faster loading?
89mb on safari on my iPhone, running latest version. I only look at the forum on my phone and not the other parts of the site, plus I tend to skip threads with lots of YouTube content - I wonder if that’s the reason for the difference.
1.3GB here - just cleared.
No idea what it is or why, but knew it would be STW at the top of the list. 🤷♂️
Appeared on my iPad yesterday, I said no and got on with my day.
I think there is a difference with the pop up and the actual storage figures and they are actually two different issues.
The pop up is apparently due to an error as per the link Mark posted. Think that's an apple thing.
The storage values being quoted are different as they would imply that's how much storage the site is actually using instead just asking if we mind.
Still not sure why it's storing that much data on my phone
750mb, largest by far but I think I've had my pixel 6 for almost a year and haven't cleared it...
Still not sure why it’s storing that much data on my phone
Quite.
810mb for STW
0.5mb for Facebook
17kb for BBC
0.5kb for UK hillwalking
21kb for Walkhighlands
@mark WTF is going on?
1.3GB on my android phone, 722MB on chrome on my chromebook
Has stw recently changed its cookie policy, I ask as I’ve just had to “accept/deny/choose” on iPhone and there’s ****ing hundreds of the things that need individually deselected, no wonder it’s using so much space
26mb on my phone
2 hours later and about 10 mins browsing on the site - I had to log back in but Chrome on Pixel 6 showing 365mb stored.
It’s only asking asking to use 1.6gb of my giggers tonight
The pop up is apparently due to an error as per the link Mark posted. Think that’s an apple thing
Possibly. But I’ve never seen it on any other site I’ve visited, which makes me think not.
So good it downloaded itself twice (Chrome)
Think I've 3 as there is a https instance as well (although 2 of the 3 were under 2mb each)...
561mb cleared on Brave, dunno how much on Firefox as its less forthcoming but I've now found a good gig of storage on my phone.
Cheers for the how to BTW.
lol, after clearing (640MB?) earlier, it's already back up to 580MB after catching up on ~6 threads... Total 2.1GB for all cookies in Chrome, so not far off 33% just for STW! 😮
30 cookies at 96mb. Why does STW need to save so much data?
YouTube 24 cookies and 97kb
Bikeperfect 10 cookies and 273kb
I don't know if my is related to earlier comments but....
Running my laptop on Windows i7 processor, 16gb memory. STW is now crashing and/or locking both Ms Edge and Firefox whenever I try and use it.
Latest message is .... "Do you want to allow singletrackworld.com to use utpo 5.6 gb of memory."
Not happening on any other site I use. STW has now become unusable.
Any update on this? The problem seems as bad as ever.
It’s using 1.5MB on my iPad. Do I win a prize?
Windows and Firefox.
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2.2GB on my phone. Chrome and Android.
Yup, still over 800MB which slows down my phone.
@mark my membership expired yesterday and I'm not renewing at least until this is resolved.
@benos Have you emailed the tech team? As flagged a few times across various threads, the STW team don't tend to look at the forum, so it is more by luck if a tech person reads the thread outlining issues...
I've started getting this now on every page asking if I will allow singletrackworld.com. to use 1.2GB of storage.
It's a pain in the arse but it makes a change from the irritating videos that have been popping up again the past couple of days.
Good point. I haven’t. I thought that wasn’t needed because I’d seen Mark comment on this thread, but it would be a good idea to.
500mb here. although its just the forum
Back up to 600MB after clearing it this morning.
almost all of it will be cache. the more you view with images etc, the more your browser will cache. and the more that is cached the less that will eat into data allowance / bandwidth.
20 megs here, about 19 of which is cache. And 18 cookies (mostly ezoic stuff).
It’s gone up - I’m now being asked for 7.2 GB of storage - that’s some inflation rate.
Is anyone else other than me still getting this either on phone or Mac on safari- I'm being asked for 1.2gig on every page I visit on the site on both devices?
Started happening for me yesterday on every page. Very irritating. Had to clear all data from Safari on iOS which is also mildly irritating.
Yep, new for me. Started tonight asking for 1.2gb everytime I change pages.
I open this thread and voila, got this message.
Same, 5.6BG on my mac running Safari. Alert keeps popping up, do you want to store 2GB of data. Pretty damn annoying
Just had a look, Android phone on Chrome - 1.6gb
Beaten by Just Eat @ 1.9gb 🤣
Don't really use JE very often though
My iPad is asking whether I want to increase my storage allowance to allow singletrackworld to use 2.7GB. No I don’t. I’ve said this before, it’s mining crypto in the background isn’t it? Stwcoin to the moon!
HebTroCoin?
EEEtherium?
T'ether?
By'eckCoin?
[on a serious note, they could actually have made a decent amount of money in the early days of Chia with that many users and ~2GB of borrowed memory from each of us]
BBC.com is beating STW on my phone - 693mb vs 686mb. Must try harder STW!
Also have some random stuff like aliexpress and argos which I haven't visited for months, but have over 100mb of storage.
I’m late to the party with this but being asked for 2.5gb for every single page, every single time. Only started today What’s the crack?
I don't see this exact issue but I do now often see the message in my browser that the page is using alot of resources and is slowing down my browser. Not sure if it's related at all.
FWIW "website data" is not implicitly cached files, as the browser will clean those itself. This is cookies and local storage, which is under the control of STW.