Website & API
Sep 2023
No notices reported this month
Aug 2023
Database switch is finished. New hardware is working nicely.
Maintenance is now in progress
We will be switching the database over to newer, more powerful hardware. This is a simple connection switch, so there should be minimal downtime.
This incident has been resolved.
The drive array on our main database server seems to be having issues.
You may experience some pages failing to load. Posts from other instances are also experiencing some delay as we are limiting their processing to get the database back at full speed.
We are experiencing an abnormal database load.
We are currently investigating this incident.
The search feature is back after a recovery procedure, but we will deploy a new infrastructure for it tomorrow to avoid any future issues.
We've identified an issue with our search engine. While autocomplete still works, searching for posts currently doesn't. We're working on a solution.
Jul 2023
Maintenance has completed successfully
We will be performing a major database upgrade on the backend. We've created a process to minimize downtime, however there will still be some downtime during the process (est. 15-20 minutes).
Starting a little earlier, as the old database is having some issues anyway.
We implemented a fix and are currently monitoring the result.
We've identified an issue with the database server and are working on remedying it.
Database performance has returned to normal.
The increase in database load is likely the result of significantly increased user traffic over the last several days, revealing inefficiencies in some of our database background jobs. We are implementing fixes, both temporary and long-term.
The database is currently experience extremely high load. We are currently investigating the cause.
Database is back up & running.
The database server appears to be experiencing an issue. Active investigation is underway.
Jul 2023 to Sep 2023