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Hello, Famichiki, we're back! That's the good news.
The bad news is we've had to revert to a backup, due to issues with our host. It's from Sunday morning, so posts from the last 3 days will be unavailable.
Efforts will be made to restore the data if we can get access to it.
Apologies for the extended downtime. This exposed an issue with our infrastructure that will be addressed shortly.
Alright, we're back - for now. Our host screwed us again with 6 hours of emergency maintenance. Because the storage was being sporadically disconnected from the servers, Famichiki had to be shut down to protect data (especially the database VM).
Fingers crossed they're done, but we'll be monitoring server performance closely and may be forced to take things offline again.
There's a couple of Mastodon and other software updates that need to be applied to the servers, so this will be done tomorrow morning around 6.30am JST while things are relatively quiet in Chikiland, so expect some interruption around that time.
Updates will be provided when work starts and finishes.
Morning everyone - apologies for the downtime, we had some issues with our host which are now resolved. Please let us know if there's any lingering issues!
Hello Famichikizens, hope you're all having a great Sunday! There's a new version of Pixelfed, so those of you over on our Pixelfed server might see some brief interruption while we upgrade to v0.12.7. Shouldn't take long!
Starting server upgrades, expect some brief interruptions.
For anyone experiencing payment failures on Open Collective since December: some cards may require re-authorization due to backend changes during the handover from Brian.
The easiest fix is:
1. Cancel your recurring contribution
2. Restart the recurring contribution
After that, payments should resume as normal. If you run into any problems or need help, please let us know. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your continued support!