upgrade to 4.7 and site offline but still crawling?

[TracyIsland]

The upgrade of our site from 3.3.4 to 4.7.18 is basically done except for some individual application tweaks and one registration/profile completion issue.

By our choice, we have taken the site offline while this issues are resolved.  So why is it that I keep getting 404 error reports with Daniel's 404 management application ?

This isn't an issue with Daniel's application.  It's just weird how, if the site is offline, something is crawling through the files or clicking on the links.  How can that be?

[Jim M]

Keep in mind, setting the community to offline will only block users who do not have permission to see the site in offline mode from viewing it. It does not prevent all processes in the software from running.

[TracyIsland]

What processes are running that activate links from 3.3.4? I don't get it. The reporting that is showing up in Daniel's application shows someone trying to access a particular forum, or a particular social group, or a particular event.  What does that have to do with all the processes in the software?  

Is this all just bots sending open links signals for thousands of pages on my old site? 

Again, how can they (whomever or whatever) be activating links in my 4.7 site when it is offline?

Edited October 12 by TracyIsland

[Jim M]

Thought you were asking why the application itself would be processing, not individuals accessing your community.

Not knowing how the error management application works, I can't tell you why this is happening. However, when someone accesses a link of your community when it is offline, they get the login page which should render a 503. It could also be pulling from 404s of pages which don't exist. Only Daniel will be able to tell you why this is happening.

[teraßyte]

It could be people clicking an old 3.3.4 bookmarked link, search engines trying to re-index old 3.3.4 links, etc. 🤷‍♂️