Hello 
I find that since version 1.19.3 of NodeBB, the refresh of the pages is much longer than usual.
I did a test with the same config on my VM and in 1.19.2, the refresh was much faster.
idem to connect to ACP.
Am I the only one who noticed this?
I find the problem Mark 
The error message indicated this path :
http://localhost:4567/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/styles.css?v=6983dobg16u
I change the path url on config.json
And all it’s good
Weird, I didn’t have to change that path before 1.19.3
But this does not prevent the problem from a clean install with Emoji Plugin
EDIT: After test, that resolv the problem installation for 1.18.x but not for 1.19.x (I have other error message when I run ./nodebb Setup
For resume: NodeJS 16_x with 1.18.x is ok
@DownPW I’ve not upgraded yet but will do so at some point today.
EDIT- just upgraded. Not seeing any slowness yet, but will continue to monitor 
Seems to be my VM virtual disk the problem.
I try to reinstall Nodebb, very odd i have an internal server error
here is what I do:
#
# Installing Node.js
#
apt install curl
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
#
# Database: # Installing MongoDB
#
V5
curl -sSL https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-5.0.asc -o mongoserver.asc
gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring ./mongo_key_temp.gpg --import ./mongoserver.asc
gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring ./mongo_key_temp.gpg --export > ./mongoserver_key.gpg
sudo mv mongoserver_key.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
wget -qO - https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-5.0.asc | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/debian buster/mongodb-org/5.0 main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-5.0.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org
sudo systemctl start mongod
sudo systemctl status mongod
mongo
use admin
> db.createUser( { user: "admin", pwd: "nodebb", roles: [ { role: "root", db: "admin" } ] } )
use nodebb
> db.createUser( { user: "nodebb", pwd: "nodebb", roles: [ { role: "readWrite", db: "nodebb" }, { role: "clusterMonitor", db: "admin" } ] } )
quit()
sudo nano /etc/mongod.conf
security:
authorization: enabled
sudo systemctl restart mongod
#
# Installing NodeBB
#
sudo apt install -y git
cd /home/nodebb
git clone -b v1.18.x https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB.git nodebb
cd nodebb
./nodebb setup
./nodebb start
very odd
@DownPW And did that work ?
nope, i have test the installation for 2 times
this error when access:
internal server error
very odd, I’ve never had any problems when installing nodebb
@DownPW If you issue ./nodebb start does this work if you then issue ./nodebb log ? Sounds like a NGINX issue to me
No nginx conf
./nodebb sytart = no error
./nodebb log when i access
2022-02-17T15:26:25.097Z [4567/1884] - error: /
Error: Login sessions require session support. Did you forget to use `express-session` middleware?
at SessionStrategy.authenticate (/home/nodebb/nodebb/node_modules/passport/lib/strategies/session.js:46:41)
at attempt (/home/nodebb/nodebb/node_modules/passport/lib/middleware/authenticate.js:369:16)
at authenticate (/home/nodebb/nodebb/node_modules/passport/lib/middleware/authenticate.js:370:7)
at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/home/nodebb/nodebb/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
at trim_prefix (/home/nodebb/nodebb/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:323:13)
at /home/nodebb/nodebb/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:284:7
at Function.process_params (/home/nodebb/nodebb/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:341:12)
at next (/home/nodebb/nodebb/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:275:10)
at initialize (/home/nodebb/nodebb/node_modules/passport/lib/middleware/initialize.js:89:5)
at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/home/nodebb/nodebb/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
TypeError: Cannot read property 'startsWith' of undefined
at Object.getBaseUrl (/home/nodebb/nodebb/node_modules/nodebb-plugin-emoji/build/lib/base-url.js:7:25)
at Object.addStylesheet [as method] (/home/nodebb/nodebb/node_modules/nodebb-plugin-emoji/build/lib/index.js:75:32)
at fireMethod (/home/nodebb/nodebb/src/plugins/hooks.js:137:25)
at Object.fireFilterHook [as filter] (/home/nodebb/nodebb/src/plugins/hooks.js:168:18)
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:95:5)
at async Hooks.fire (/home/nodebb/nodebb/src/plugins/hooks.js:105:17)
at async Promise.all (index 1)
at async Tags.parse (/home/nodebb/nodebb/src/meta/tags.js:146:18)
at async renderMethod (/home/nodebb/nodebb/src/middleware/render.js:49:12)
at async ServerResponse.renderOverride [as render] (/home/nodebb/nodebb/src/middleware/render.js:92:5)
@DownPW Potentially dumb question, but why is the path /home/nodebb/nodebb ?
Also, why are you trying to install the 18.x branch when you should be using 19.x ?
I see
cd /home/nodebb
git clone -b v1.18.x https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB.git nodebb
cd nodebb
This should be
cd /home/nodebb
git clone -b v1.19.x https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB.git nodebb
cd nodebb
I have test to install 1.19.x too and i have error too
@DownPW and you are executing ./nodebb setup from the correct directory ?
yes
I think they really have a problem on the github and coincidentally it’s a plugin on which they had big problems that was in question. (emoji)
@DownPW Looking at the error message, I’d say you’re right.
here a gif for the problem of perf.
On a clean install of nodeBB on a clean install server VM
The problem is just when I refresh the page entierly or ACP access
No problem on 1.18.x or 1.19.2
very odd
@DownPW Looks like that’s waiting for a response from something. Have you run this site through the F12 developer tools -> Network tab to see where the delay is ?
@DownPW 8ms is nothing - less than one second… ?
you not see at the good place
EDIT:
coincidence? Emoji CSS failed !
I don’t believe
I think we put the finger on something
@DownPW Yes, you’re right. For some strange reason, that CSS file is not being served - but should be on your server if you check the path.
yes it still here
EDIT:
I have remove the directory when I have the problem of install with 1.18.x
But when I upgrade to 1.19.3, he have reinstalled by default
