Why do groups disappear then reappear on my list?

When I'm searching for a raid to possibly join I see my list of groups and they are constantly disappearing on me. I can have a huge list and all of a sudden 95% of them will disappear. Then a few minutes later a few will start to reappear. Some never do (I'm assuming those are raids that were removed from the list completely by leader). Its a bit annoying because I will go to click one and before I can it disappears. So I search elsewhere and then a few minutes later it will reappear. Try to click again and its gone again. Sometimes the whole list disappears then one by one a few will slowly start to get listed on my page again. Even ones I manage to join the wait list for disappear and I think they just removed the raid then a little later I get an invite for the raid even though it isn't showing in my list anymore. This has happened ever since I first installed OQ. I do find mesh, I do remove filters, I have the auto join thing checked like you said, etc. My connection is fine. Usually above 50.

Have a great day!
I have the same exact issue.
that's indicative of expiring groups which will happen if your system clock is off.

typically, the scorekeeper will send you the current GMT and your oQueue figures out how far off your system time is from GMT. it then calculates the difference and factors that in when it needs time.

first, please check to see if you have OQSK on your ignore list. remove if you do. if it was, when you hit find-mesh you should now receive a response which will include the GMT.

alternatively, you can fix your system time manually. when you do this, make sure your time zone is correct.

let me know if that helps
My time zone is correct and I don't have OQSK in my ignore list. My system time is correct. And, as i said...these groups aren't expiring. They are just disappearing. Most do reappear, even if for just a min. Some disappear, reapear, and never disappear again. Not sure if this has anything to do with the time but it says my "time drift" is 0.12
type this:

/oq now

this will show you what your oqueue thinks the current time is in GMT

then compare to actual GMT:

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/info/current-time/

do they match?

if not, try this:

/oq tz 0
/oq stats

wait a few seconds. then check oqueue's time again (/oq now)
my oq was off by 9 seconds. So i typed in what you showed and they match now. But it is still doing the disappearing and reappearing thing with raids. A raid will be there, will disappear, then will reappear later. Or almost the entire list will disappear then slowly, one by one, the same exact raids that were posted before start to reappear.

groups will only expire if the time tag is more then 2.5 minutes old compared to your oQueue's time... or the group hasn't recieved an update in 2.5 minutes.

if your connection is weak, the group may not receive an update and will go stale then be removed.

also, if you're in an instance, don't expect all your group info to remain. oQueue will disconnect from your realm channel once you enter the instance
My connection is good and i knew that being in an instance stopped OQ. It continues to do it. And when I click to get on wait list for one and then that disappears from the screen, when it comes back it doesn't show me as on the wait list anymore. It is bit annoying to say the least. It may be that 2.5 minute thing causing the problem. But, I like OQ. Without it I wouldn't have been able to raid often. Thanks for trying to help.
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