We will be upgrading the /2 Shang cluster code base to version 2.3 this Friday, September 13th at 20:00 Pacific time. An overview of new features is available here.

This new code base involves a large reorganization of database tables and will require a more lengthy downtime than usual for an upgrade.

We estimate between 4 and 8 hours of service unavailability and have reserved a 12 hour window for the task. During this time the OpenTopic™ service will be unavailable and your users will see a message page about the upgrade.

No member or message information will be lost and the system team is standing by to make sure the process is as speedy as possible. We appreciate your patience during this process and ask you to let your community know in advance about this upgrade.

NOTE: This affects ONLY OpenTopic™ clusters with /2/OpenTopic? in the URL.

All other OpenTopic™ and UBB.x services will be operating normally.

Michael Farris
OpenTopic/UBB.x Product Manager