12th and 30th November 2026 – Planned System Maintenance
We’re carrying out two planned maintenance activities in November to strengthen the security and resilience of our registry services. Here’s when the work will take place, how it may affect you, and how to prepare.
Thursday 12th November – Completed
Maintenance will be taking place between 14:00 – 16:00 UTC on Thursday 12th November. During this maintenance window you may experience a brief connection interruption, as connections switch over on the following:
| System | TLDs | Status |
|---|---|---|
| APIs | .UK ccTLD | available |
| DNS | .UK ccTLD | available |
| gTLDs | available | |
| Domain Availability Checker (DAC) | .UK ccTLD | available |
| Dragon | gTLDs | available |
| EPP | .UK ccTLD | available |
| gTLDs | available | |
| Online Services | .UK ccTLD | available |
| gTLDs | available | |
| Operational Test & Evaluation (OT&E) | .UK ccTLD | available |
| gTLDs | available | |
| RDAP | .UK ccTLD | available |
| gTLDs | available | |
| Searchable WHOIS | .UK ccTLD | available |
| gTLDs | available | |
| Testbed | .UK ccTLD | available |
| gTLDs | available | |
| Web Domain Manager | .UK ccTLD | available |
| gTLDs | available | |
| WHOIS | .UK ccTLD | available |
| gTLDs | available |
Monday 30th November
On Monday 30th November between 04:00 – 08:00 UTC, all registry systems, including OT&E and Testbed environments will be temporarily unavailable:
| System | TLDs | Status |
|---|---|---|
| APIs | .UK ccTLD | available |
| DNS | .UK ccTLD | available |
| gTLDs | available | |
| Domain Availability Checker (DAC) | .UK ccTLD | available |
| Dragon | gTLDs | available |
| EPP | .UK ccTLD | available |
| gTLDs | available | |
| Online Services | .UK ccTLD | available |
| gTLDs | available | |
| Operational Test & Evaluation (OT&E) | .UK ccTLD | available |
| gTLDs | available | |
| RDAP | .UK ccTLD | available |
| gTLDs | available | |
| Searchable WHOIS | .UK ccTLD | available |
| gTLDs | available | |
| Testbed | .UK ccTLD | available |
| gTLDs | available | |
| Web Domain Manager | .UK ccTLD | available |
| gTLDs | available | |
| WHOIS | .UK ccTLD | available |
| gTLDs | available |
If you experience any unusual behaviour following this maintenance this should be reported to our customer support team via +44 (0)330 236 9480 or via [email protected].
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