Closed Bugged guest count?

[CipherDev]

Affected version

2.2

So my forums guest count is currently at 98 which should be impossible

Total: 99 (members: 1, guests: 98)

Is this a bug with xenforo?

 

[Chris D]

Impossible how?

 

[Doug0928]

I have basically the same question. Currently my site is showing 52 members and 67 guests. Are there more people just sitting on the login page than are actually signed in? I'm not saying it's impossible, I'm just wondering if I'm interpreting the numbers correctly. It seems odd. I'm hoping I have everything set up correctly so unregistered/unverified users and those who haven't even started setting up a new account have no access at all to my site.

 

[mattrogowski]

It'll just be crawlers and bots.

 

[Doug0928]

Thank you. It makes sense they would be showing up as guests. I hadn't considered that.

 

[stellaethra]

Current visitors

xenforo.com

...and...

Current visitors

xenforo.com

 

[Doug0928]

Thank you! I had no idea I could see that. I had never opened up the other options under the Members tab. Now I'm seeing that guests are viewing specific threads. I need to close that hole.

 

[XF Bug Bot]

Automated triage: As designed

Thank you for reporting this issue. The guest figure counts every logged-out visitor IP address active within the online timeout that isn't a recognised robot, so unlisted crawlers and casual visitors appear as guests. The total you saw is exactly members plus guests. The current visitors page lets you filter by guests and robots to see who they are.

This is an automated assessment. A member of staff may review and update it.