nexusb2l7fmqnefwphyy7m5zjhlkytlbo7qbb5lu5dlczr3azgii2gyd.onionnexusma2iqgauqqvjcgds4ckv5xbf272tkfagq4epojjhsgleqpwxiqd.onionnexusabcd6tyfhdwilyitaqiri6tisj2v2hueyjuj6qkvd6azvi5tuqd.onionRun the check before you sign in. Open these in Tor Browser only. When the login screen loads, compare the onion printed on the page against your address bar, reading from the end. If they differ, close the tab.
One menu item fixes a large share of the problems on this site. It is also misused constantly, so it is worth knowing what it does before reaching for it.
What it does
It throws away the path your browser built for this site and draws a new one. Same address, same destination, different relays in between. Everything else stays as it is.
What it costs
- The page reloads and the next load is cold again, so expect the full setup wait.
- Anything unsaved on the page goes away.
- Your session usually survives, since it lives in a cookie rather than in the circuit, but a login screen appearing afterwards is not unusual.
When it helps
| Symptom | Helps |
|---|---|
| Introduction failed, repeated | Yes, this is the main fix |
| Very slow first byte | Yes, a new draw is often much faster |
| Images crawling, thin throughput | Yes, this is the only real fix |
| Gate loop | Often, once the token and path line up |
| Descriptor not found | No, the failure is before any circuit |
| Address mismatch | No, and do not try. Close the tab. |
New circuit is not new identity
New circuit affects this site and keeps your session. New identity clears everything and closes all tabs. People reach for the second when they meant the first and then wonder why they are logged out of everything.
Do not spam it
Repeatedly redrawing paths costs the network work and gains you nothing after the second attempt. If two fresh circuits both fail the same way, the problem is not your path and another mirror is the better move.
Other procedures
Confirming you are on a real Nexus mirror
The check that separates the market from a convincing copy, why appearance proves nothing and what to do if the check fails.
IncidentWhat to do when none of the three answer
How to tell a service wide outage from a problem on your side, and the one action that turns an inconvenience into a loss.
MethodHow to take an honest reading of a mirror
A repeatable way to measure whether a Nexus mirror is slow, broken or fine, without tooling and without fooling yourself.
Signals this procedure fixes
Unable to connect to the onionsite
The 0xF3 error sits between a lookup failure and a real page, and it usually says more about your circuit than about the Nexus mirror.
LatencyText lands fast, images crawl
Why listing photos on a Nexus mirror lag well behind the page text, what that says about your circuit, and when to stop waiting.
LatencyUploads and large pages stall out
When image uploads to a Nexus mirror stall at a percentage or big pages stop halfway, the circuit has run out of usable bandwidth.