Server hangs when a player joins

[KekkyShmekky]

Hey so I just got the latest version of this (Sept 13th, 2024), and I'm not sure if the problem is here or with the dependencies, but whenever I join in after the map reboots, the server starts to hang.

[edshot99]

Same issue as #6 and #9

Basically any player in a good amount of groups can join and crash the server.
Why this happens is detailed in #6 where the more groups a player is in, the bigger the XML file becomes when fetching which slows down the server.

I've had the same problem earlier this year and the only two ways I saw to fix this is to either use the official Steam Web API (which requires a key) or to use some custom CGI (which isn't really a proper fix).

cfc_network_promises could(?) potentially fix the problem, but i've just opted to write my own relay program that is handled outside of Garry's Mod to avoid any performance issues in the future.