Forum Maintenance Announcements

[number6]

Filesystem issues caused forums to stop working early this morning just after I went top sleep. Problems found, filesystem issues resolved, forum server rebooted and back in service.
Sorry about the unexpected downtime.
Please let us know if you see issues.
Thanks!

[number6]

It looks like the forum maintenance is complete. I am still conducting checks. If you notice any new problems, please let us know.

This was just a change to the OS/kernel/libraries, not the forum software.

Thanks!

[number6]

Forum maintenance planned on the DEF CON forum at around noon, Saturday, lasting 1-4 hours depending on problems encountered.

[number6]

Forum Maintenance on the DEF CON forums starting at 11:00pm PDT, April 1, 2024. Down-time expected to be around 1-2 hours.
Thanks!

[number6]

Maintenance on forums should be complete. Basic tests show stuff is working after upgrade to software used to support the forums.

Please let us know if you see new issues. Thanks!

[number6]

We have planned maintenance on the forums. Expect a few service interruption starting Saturday at around 2:00pm PDT lasting until 7:00pm PDT. Forums will be most of the time in this window.

[number6]

OS, kernel and php upgraded on forums.
Please let us know if you see any new issues.
Thanks!

[number6]

DEF CON Forum maintenance planned tomorrow (Feb 25, 2024) starting 4pm PST

Down-time expected to be 4-5 hours.

[number6]

Another maintenance window is planned for 5:00pm Pacific Time on Sunday, January 21, 2024.
This maintenance should be very short, assuming it works out as planned, with less than 6 cases where there are a few seconds of service interruption with each interruption.
The maintenance window should last 1 hour or less.

This maintenance is complete. Down-time was about 2 or 3 seconds. I do not yet have any other plans for service interruption. Problem I found since the major upgrades have been resolved.

Please let us know if you see any new problems with the forums.

Thanks!

[number6]

Another maintenance window is planned for 5:00pm Pacific Time on Sunday, January 21, 2024.
This maintenance should be very short, assuming it works out as planned, with less than 6 cases where there are a few seconds of service interruption with each interruption.
The maintenance window should last 1 hour or less.

[number6]

We have planned maintenance on the DEF CON forums starting 5:00pm PST on Saturday January 20, 2024.
We expect down-time to last around 4 hours, but maybe more, maybe less.

Lots of changes/upgrades.

Please let us know if you see issues. I'll be poking around the server and testing things for a while.

[number6]

We have planned maintenance on the DEF CON forums starting 5:00pm PST on Saturday January 20, 2024.
We expect down-time to last around 4 hours, but maybe more, maybe less.

[number6]

Forums should now be back up and running. Please let us know if you see issues.
Thanks!

[number6]

Starting work on Forums at around 1:15PM PST, Jan 1, 2024

[number6]

Long period of maintenance planned some time on January 1st, 2024 in PST: probably evening. This will probably last 4-5 hours.
Thanks!