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Mark Smith ([staff profile] mark) wrote in [site community profile] dw_maintenance2023-11-25 06:56 pm

Accidental downtime update

Apologies for the interruption. I was doing some more work that should have been invisible, but inadvertently turned off all of our web servers (in essence.)

It took a while to get things back online and we're currently working to scale things back up to the point where DW will be loading like normal.

kalloway: A rabbit with a turnip on its head (Bunnyturnip)

[personal profile] kalloway 2023-11-26 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the update! (And don't worry about it. Progress often comes with hiccups. At least that's what I'm telling myself as I relearn HTML/CSS for my Neocities site.)
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[personal profile] paserbyp 2023-11-26 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you for update!
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[personal profile] havocthecat 2023-11-26 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
Oh ack! Thanks for the update!
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[personal profile] nenya_kanadka 2023-11-26 03:48 am (UTC)(link)

Eek, that sounds stressful! Glad it resolved relatively easily.

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[personal profile] letteropener 2023-11-26 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
Still from hidden camera footage:
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[personal profile] riderius 2023-11-26 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
Sympathy. Those pesky xkcd project sharks get sneakier every year 8-)
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[personal profile] zenigotchas 2023-11-26 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
Haha, it's fine.
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[personal profile] dianafortyseven 2023-11-26 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
It was the kick I needed to stop procrastinating, so thank you for that. :D
Welcome back!
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[personal profile] kore 2023-11-26 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much for the update and transparency. That sounds like quite a shock! Maybe have a nice very hot cup of tea before bedtime? Or something stronger!
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[personal profile] weofodthignen 2023-11-26 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
Oh oops :-) Thanks for letting us know ... and for whatever you were doing :-)
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[personal profile] dancesontrains 2023-11-26 08:30 am (UTC)(link)
Press F to pay respects o7
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[personal profile] pangolin20 2023-11-26 08:36 am (UTC)(link)

I luckily didn't notice any of this, but it sounds like a real hassle. Glad it got resolved, and thank you for keeping us informed!

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[personal profile] badly_knitted 2023-11-26 10:52 am (UTC)(link)
Oops! I was asleep, so I didn't even notice *grins*
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[personal profile] trobadora 2023-11-26 11:35 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you for the update!
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[personal profile] flockofcrows 2023-11-26 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the update and all the work you guys do.
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[personal profile] glittertine 2023-11-26 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Oops, stuff happens. Thanks for the proactive communication!
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[personal profile] bluedreaming 2023-11-26 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the update!
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[personal profile] lannamichaels 2023-11-26 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
The downtime page still directs to a twitter account. Are there plans to change that to a different site?
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[personal profile] sporky_rat 2023-11-26 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)

They're looking for a different option but D and Mark haven't found one yet.

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[staff profile] denise 2023-11-27 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry! It has proven really, incredibly difficult to find a service that meets all the requirements for a simple offsite status page, and it's been driving me up the wall. In the meantime, to see Twitter posts without an account, you can replace "twitter.com" in the URL with "nitter.net" to see them.
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[personal profile] house_wren 2023-11-26 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for the update.
I must have been sleeping during the interruption; didn't know there had been a problem.
Thanks for working to keep the site going.
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[personal profile] xaq_the_aereon 2023-11-26 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
...Oops?

(No worries, it happens.)
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[personal profile] morrow 2023-11-26 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn’t notice anything, nice save!
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[personal profile] meghan9436 2023-11-26 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
It happened when I was in the midst of posting an update. I had temporarily switched to TextEdit so that I wouldn't lose my work. I was really impressed how quickly the site was restored. Thank you for everything you do.
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[personal profile] phosfate 2023-11-27 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I feel you, my house's light switches are the kind it's really easy to back up into and turn off.
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[personal profile] chemicalcain 2023-11-28 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)

Sometimes that's how it goes. Good news is that DW is working completely normal for me today (I've been away for a few days though). Thanks for being on top of things :)

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[personal profile] partybabysitter 2023-12-01 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
Hi there! Sorry if this isn't the place to report these things. I've been having this weird issue where I'm logged out automatically when I try to leave a comment, post an entry, or sometimes just save an entry. This started a few days ago so I'm not sure if this is related to the downtime, but I asked around and it's happened to other people as well, so is this an issue that's connected...?

Just had it happen for this comment as well, I swapped to this account to check my Reading Page, opened the post and when I went to hit "Comment" I'd been logged out. Somehow refreshing logged me back in? It's very weird.