27th August 2025 – planned System Maintenance
On Wednesday 27th August from 04:00 – 08:00 UTC+1 (BST) essential maintenance will be taking place. All registry systems including OT&E and Testbed will be unavailable during this time, please see the full list of services impacted below:
| System | TLDs | Status |
|---|---|---|
| APIs | .UK ccTLD | unavailable |
| DNS | .UK ccTLD | available |
| gTLDs | available | |
| Domain Availability Checker (DAC) | .UK ccTLD | unavailable |
| Dragon | gTLDs | unavailable |
| EPP | .UK ccTLD | unavailable |
| gTLDs | unavailable | |
| Online Services | .UK ccTLD | unavailable |
| gTLDs | unavailable | |
| Operational Test & Evaluation (OT&E) | .UK ccTLD | unavailable |
| gTLDs | unavailable | |
| RDAP | .UK ccTLD | unavailable |
| gTLDs | unavailable | |
| Searchable WHOIS | .UK ccTLD | unavailable |
| gTLDs | unavailable | |
| Testbed | .UK ccTLD | unavailable |
| gTLDs | unavailable | |
| Web Domain Manager | .UK ccTLD | unavailable |
| gTLDs | unavailable | |
| WHOIS | .UK ccTLD | unavailable |
Registry functionality remains unchanged. This maintenance is part of our broader platform refresh aimed at enhancing resiliency, security, and performance.
Please note: After services are fully restored, you may initially experience slower performance on registry systems
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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