# Finding and defeating a stale object

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finding-and-defeating-a-stale-object/91575>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 10, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finding-and-defeating-a-stale-object/91575 "2007-04-10T17:39:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finding-and-defeating-a-stale-object/91575/1 "2007-04-10T17:39:16Z")

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Hello,

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After a rather major update to our site, suddenly we are getting a

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large # of “Attempted to update a stale object” errors.

I am quite new to rails and I understand the concept of optimistic  
locking but I don’t know how to track down and kill the multiple  
attempts at saving an object.

Can someone please give me some pointers?

Thanks for any help!