XF 1.3 Contsant weird gravatar errors?

[andrewkm]

Anyone have any idea why this keeps happening?

Zend_Http_Client_Adapter_Exception: Unable to Connect to tcp://www.gravatar.com:80. Error #0: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known - library/Zend/Http/Client/Adapter/Socket.php:235
Generated By: Unknown Account, 1 minute ago
Stack Trace
#0 /home/ecocitycraft/public_html/forum/library/Zend/Http/Client.php(973): Zend_Http_Client_Adapter_Socket->connect('www.gravatar.co...', 80, false)
#1 /home/ecocitycraft/public_html/forum/library/XenForo/Model/Avatar.php(457): Zend_Http_Client->request('HEAD')
#2 /home/ecocitycraft/public_html/forum/library/XenForo/ControllerPublic/Register.php(219): XenForo_Model_Avatar::gravatarExists('katheghajyxm@ou...')
#3 /home/ecocitycraft/public_html/forum/library/UserEss/ControllerPublic/Register.php(68): XenForo_ControllerPublic_Register->actionRegister()
#4 /home/ecocitycraft/public_html/forum/library/XenForo/FrontController.php(347): UserEss_ControllerPublic_Register->actionRegister()
#5 /home/ecocitycraft/public_html/forum/library/XenForo/FrontController.php(134): XenForo_FrontController->dispatch(Object(XenForo_RouteMatch))
#6 /home/ecocitycraft/public_html/forum/index.php(13): XenForo_FrontController->run()
#7 {main}
Request State
array(3) {
["url"] => string(51) "http://www.ecocitycraft.com/forum/register/register"
["_GET"] => array(1) {
["/forum/register/register"] => string(0) ""
}
["_POST"] => array(13) {
["username"] => string(4) "EFRL"
["email"] => string(24) "katheghajyxm@outlook.com"
["password"] => string(8) "********"
["password_confirm"] => string(8) "********"
["dob_month"] => string(1) "3"
["dob_day"] => string(1) "4"
["dob_year"] => string(4) "1970"
["gender"] => string(0) ""
["timezone"] => string(16) "America/New_York"
["hash"] => string(0) ""
["agree"] => string(1) "1"
["_xfToken"] => string(8) "********"
["reg_key"] => string(32) "eabc7d10666dd94a8976cf9a27873f24"
}
}

 

[Paul B]

This is a problem with the gravatar service being temporarily unavailable.

 

[rdn]

That's why I disable gravatar.
Sometimes it slow down your forum.

 

[Mike]

I would suggest this is more of an issue with your server's DNS not working consistently.

 

[andrewkm]

I would suggest this is more of an issue with your server's DNS not working consistently.

Thanks, this turned out to be the issue, my host was having DNS problems.