The Tribler app needs a Status Page

[SpudmanWP]

We need a status page in the Tribler app that can diagnose problems from the perspective of the client.
It should have the ability to report problems with any known issue, with potential solutions.
It should be able to run dynamically by downloading rules & code from Tribler.org (or GitHub, etc.) so that you don't need to download new versions of Tribler just to add or change a diagnostic.
It would be nice if this page also had a place where the Tribler team could report on ongoing issues and solutions.

The reason I thought of this is that there is no way of knowing if something on my side is causing the problem or if there is a national/regional issue. The lack of social media presence is also causing problems, as the last post on Twitter is over a year old and Facebook is over 10 years old.

My Tribler stopped all comms on 2/24 at 9:15AM PST with no new download or upload activity.
I've updated and rebooted the Linux VM that it runs on without any change over the last 24 hrs.
I have no idea if the issue is in my VM, local network, my ISP, or a problem with Tribler in general.

[qstokkink]

@synctext a new incidents.tribler.org subdomain?

[SpudmanWP]

@synctext a new incidents.tribler.org subdomain?

No, this should be a page in the Tribler app itself, not hosted on a website.
I guess that the "message from the team" could be hosted wherever you want, but the diagnostics need to run from the client.
It has to be local so it can determine if the issue is a blocked port, some other network issue, a router issue, an ISP, or something else.

[qstokkink]

Tribler 8.4.0 has this new feature: #8864 a little status icon that shows the anonymization status.

[SpudmanWP]

Tribler 8.4.0 has this new feature: #8864 a little status icon that shows the anonymization status.

Great that it can show anonymization status, but we need ways to test all known failure points in addition to some way for the Team to let us know of issues outside of our control.

[qstokkink]

🤔 So a bit like the Windows Network Diagnostics tool then?

Checking for issues:

  Internet connection ... OK!
  peer-to-peer connections ... OK!
  anonymization connections ... OK!
  anonymous transfer ... FAIL!

    [Some info blurb and links]

  checking known issues ... FOUND!

   [Message retrieved form tribler.org] Due to a supranormal influx of atmospheric hamsters,
   Tribler's anonymization is currently out of service. We are working on it!

[SpudmanWP]

🤔 So a bit like the Windows Network Diagnostics tool then?

Checking for issues:

  Internet connection ... OK!
  peer-to-peer connections ... OK!
  anonymization connections ... OK!
  anonymous transfer ... FAIL!

    [Some info blurb and links]

  checking known issues ... FOUND!

   [Message retrieved form tribler.org] Due to a supranormal influx of atmospheric hamsters,
   Tribler's anonymization is currently out of service. We are working on it!

Looks good