For about the past week I have been unable to upload skins to LFSW, I recently tried to update a mod and received the same error, but the mod uploaded anyway. Now I'm trying to update a second mod and I can't seem to get it through, same error page in all situations.

Please see attached.

There is an issue with long uploads through Cloudflare that is not simple to fix. A possible solution is to reduce the size of the upload and there is an editor option for that.

You can read about here: https://www.lfs.net/forum/post/2090164#post2090164

At this time I currently can't even upload a skin to the LFSW database.

It's a bit frustrating especially considering I paid for the extra mod and skin upload slots.

I have 2 brand new mods ready for review and I can't upload either of them, because of the limit on unpublished mods blocking me until I "fix" this unpublished mod that I can't seem to upload a revision for.

Well, we are a bit stuck at the moment as it's no longer possible to switch off Cloudflare. Constant attacks that bring down the website entirely must be avoided. This is the modern world, some people love to break things and we have to be protected.

Victor doesn't want to work much on LFS at the moment and I really have not a clue how to convert to a new upload system that can avoid the Cloudflare upload time limit. I've spent the first half of this year mostly working on the website, learning how to maintain a large system created by someone else. Development on LFS.exe itself ground to a halt due to the current situation.

Luckily Victor is still there to deal with urgent things I can't deal with. But sorry to say he didn't seem interested when I asked him about ways to get around the Cloudflare upload timeout issue.

I guess I could try to press him on it. But quite honestly I try to avoid bugging him if possible. I'm just starting to have a bit of time to develop LFS. When I looked into it, the special upload thing was way beyond my website capabilities.

Quote from Scawen :

Well, we are a bit stuck at the moment as it's no longer possible to switch off Cloudflare.

I'm no expert in this area but it sounds bad. Especially given the recent negative news about Cloudflare, Im wondering if it a safe system? I'm also curious if this only affects the site, or if the masterserver is also protected by Cloudflare? Although given the events of a week ago, apparently not.

Yes, it's safe to use and protects websites against DDoS attacks.

If you are interested in the 100 second timeout issue, feel free to read.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38536167/is-it-possible-to-increase-cloudflare-time-out

I've been having similar issues updating one of my Mods [TMBS_BN_VIC] pic attached. And recently as of 15/2/25 and today 16/2/25 after updating another mod of mine [MINIS SLK24] I can no longer use it online. "Your vehicle is not known of this host''. And now while connected to the Just a Ride server, I am unable to see another user using a car but I am able to use the same car [BAVARIA A30]

Have you checked your email?

Quote from Scawen :

Have you checked your email?

Yes sir, I have. The last email I have received was in regard to a texture pack a friend of mine released and your Reply a few minutes ago. Nothing regarding any ongoing issues I have been having.

Quote from LoweredLexus :

Yes sir, I have. The last email I have received was in regard to a texture pack...

Disregard my updating issue on [MINIS SLK24], as I was not aware intake restriction was not allowed on the default setup. I am at max updates per a 5 day period. If there is a chance to have one more update slot allowed I would be grateful. Also didn't check the spam folder for any messages until sending my previous reply. Apologies.

The failed upload attempts don't all add up, they are overwritten by the next attempt, so hopefully you don't need another slot. I can't add an extra slot as we don't have a system to do that and I can't get into coding an exception.

About the Cloudflare upload timeout, I guess you have tried the option to not include the png files, to reduce the size of the upload? I can't do anything about that at this time because for me it would be a big project to make a new upload system, and Victor isn't willing to do it.