21st May – System Maintenance Notice
On Thursday 21st May, we will be conducting critical maintenance to apply critical security patches. These updates are necessary to address common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) identified in a recent security advisory.
Timings:
- 09:00 – 11:00 BST (UTC+1) – for gTLD systems
- 13:00 – 15:00 BST (UTC+1 – for .UK systems
Why this matters:
The patches resolve several high-severity security issues that could impact system integrity and user access. Applying these updates is essential to maintain the security, stability, and compliance of our services.
The patching does not require downtime, but users may experience connection resets to our customer facing applications. Users may need to reload the application to restore their service in this time frame. Please see below the table of systems impacted:
| 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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