I've posted this on the Wayfarer forum as it seems to be a better place for it, but VPS activation is now completely broken for me - is it working for everyone else?
If there's a limit then I think we should be told what the limit is. But although I activated several portals at the beginning of last week, I only did a couple on Friday and have been completely unable to since then, so it doesn't seem likely that I hit a rate limit.
Rumours are now circulating that the LightShip devs have deliberately shut it down because they are upset at the sudden uptick of Ingress agents signing in to activate portals.
How the four-asterisks did the Ingress team expect to run an Overclocking event with no Overclock portals and no officially recognised method to activate Overclock portals?
Niantic: we need more VPS data. Let's run an event.
Agents: here's your VPS data. Gonna activate my portal now.
Niantic: stop giving us VPS data, that system is only for proper developers!
They definitely have a great track record for communication, especially between departments in their own company. No problems whatsoever. None. No hiccups happen with any events.
If you don't understand the sarcasm above, I can't help you.
I just saw this in Lightship - it is now a closed topic
"VPS activations are not possible at the moment
A lot of players have reported that trying to activate a Wayspot for VPS is not possible at the moment, instead giving out an error on Web or falsely showing that the activation started in the App.
It is currently unknown if this is a bug or a conscious decision by Niantic, however given that the problems started to appear around Friday the latter seems more likely.
To activate a Wayspot, players have to create a separate account for the Lightship platform. That platform however is intended for developers using Niantic Lightship only and is worked on by a separate team at Niantic than the Ingress team. It is possible (but not confirmed!) that the Lightship team was surprised by the sudden sign ups of non-developers and activation requests for VPS portals and decided to shut down VPS activations for the time being.
For agents, this means that there is currently no way to activate additional portals for Overclock. You’ll have to use the existing activated portals or capture and mod more portals to finish the Chronos event.
We want to remind again that the Lightship platform is intended for developers only. Using it to activate portals for Overclock is not its intended use and the Lightship team has every right to enforce this."
That's a copy of a IUENG post on telegram. Niantics reply is the post below it
While VPS activations are still possible, we are experiencing a long backlog that is causing significant delays in the activation process. We appreciate your patience while we work through them.
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Oh never mind, I finally found the real Lightship forum and there's already a post about it. It's broken.
I get that message when I'm "rate limited", where I'm activating too many wayspots in a certain period of time.
If there's a limit then I think we should be told what the limit is. But although I activated several portals at the beginning of last week, I only did a couple on Friday and have been completely unable to since then, so it doesn't seem likely that I hit a rate limit.
Ditto, however the wayfarer team are the ones who are meant to be maintaining the VPS system as it is part of of the wayspot system
And surprise surprise, no reply from Niantic about it.
Before it broke, you could activate 10 wayfarers every 48 hours. Before the restriction was added 10 days ago, there was no limit.
Now, when you click the Activate button, if looks like it works, but it does nothing.
Rumours are now circulating that the LightShip devs have deliberately shut it down because they are upset at the sudden uptick of Ingress agents signing in to activate portals.
How the four-asterisks did the Ingress team expect to run an Overclocking event with no Overclock portals and no officially recognised method to activate Overclock portals?
Niantic: we need more VPS data. Let's run an event.
Agents: here's your VPS data. Gonna activate my portal now.
Niantic: stop giving us VPS data, that system is only for proper developers!
And I came here to ask if there was another way to activate Overclock!!
Can’t expect much from Niantic when it comes to getting things right!!
They definitely have a great track record for communication, especially between departments in their own company. No problems whatsoever. None. No hiccups happen with any events.
If you don't understand the sarcasm above, I can't help you.
I just saw this in Lightship - it is now a closed topic
"VPS activations are not possible at the moment
A lot of players have reported that trying to activate a Wayspot for VPS is not possible at the moment, instead giving out an error on Web or falsely showing that the activation started in the App.
It is currently unknown if this is a bug or a conscious decision by Niantic, however given that the problems started to appear around Friday the latter seems more likely.
To activate a Wayspot, players have to create a separate account for the Lightship platform. That platform however is intended for developers using Niantic Lightship only and is worked on by a separate team at Niantic than the Ingress team. It is possible (but not confirmed!) that the Lightship team was surprised by the sudden sign ups of non-developers and activation requests for VPS portals and decided to shut down VPS activations for the time being.
For agents, this means that there is currently no way to activate additional portals for Overclock. You’ll have to use the existing activated portals or capture and mod more portals to finish the Chronos event.
We want to remind again that the Lightship platform is intended for developers only. Using it to activate portals for Overclock is not its intended use and the Lightship team has every right to enforce this."
That's not an official response as far as I understand. Just a long winded response to say, VPS activation isn't possible right now.
The jokers at Niantic not being clear to the people who continue to drive their profits....
That's a copy of a IUENG post on telegram. Niantics reply is the post below it
While VPS activations are still possible, we are experiencing a long backlog that is causing significant delays in the activation process. We appreciate your patience while we work through them.
...and the Niantic reply completely misses the point, which is that VPS activations are not still possible.
because of huge backlog that broke the system
The system broke Dec 15, but a few scans got thru on the 18th and 19th. That sounds like server issues. They're swamped, which broke things.
And it’s still completely broken! Pure Niantic Incompetence!!