Incidents reported on status page for Ottawa Mastodon https://status.ottawa.place/ en https://status.ottawa.place/ Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:07:59 +0000 https://status.ottawa.place/#2beae80f656022c08435c1a50c800a37eca53cacd8d1f937262f93e5fe153f61 blog.ottawa.place recovered https://status.ottawa.place/ Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:05:03 +0000 https://status.ottawa.place/#2beae80f656022c08435c1a50c800a37eca53cacd8d1f937262f93e5fe153f61 blog.ottawa.place went down https://status.ottawa.place/incident/451636 Mon, 28 Oct 2024 06:52:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/451636#fa16cfec6ee2c6e6a5d943736822985a04866b1fd7962777555ccfd7812b7639 The issue resolved itself early this morning; further details to come in a post on the instance. https://status.ottawa.place/incident/451636 Mon, 28 Oct 2024 05:03:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/451636#f0dd897a52e932651e3bdf7b0091085d5d670c2c8af01e3921344d5cf1e935ee The IPMI and remote rescue system don't appear to work, which indicates that either the underlying hardware is toast or (like last time) there's a networking issue. We're going to stand down and check in first thing tomorrow morning; sorry for the inconvenience, folks! https://status.ottawa.place/incident/451636 Mon, 28 Oct 2024 04:26:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/451636#bc267d032f1bb43bd794d5ee689fa735c8dfdaeec75b057b5524a16135fa83c5 The instance is currently unavailable; we're troubleshooting the issue now. https://status.ottawa.place/incident/393643 Thu, 04 Jul 2024 18:00:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/393643#8c7b29b7e1cb468a36b976c1c227ea43000a19aaad4808f4166b09480227bbd7 Maintenance completed https://status.ottawa.place/incident/393643 Thu, 04 Jul 2024 16:00:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/393643#dc9bcbdbad37aeb48aa6330138ad140b00c7665f528c2a4803cb55de0660dfc0 We are going to be updating the instance to the latest version of Mastodon in order to apply security updates. We'll update here with more details! https://status.ottawa.place/incident/393643 Thu, 04 Jul 2024 16:00:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/393643#dc9bcbdbad37aeb48aa6330138ad140b00c7665f528c2a4803cb55de0660dfc0 We are going to be updating the instance to the latest version of Mastodon in order to apply security updates. We'll update here with more details! https://status.ottawa.place/incident/393643 Thu, 04 Jul 2024 16:00:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/393643#dc9bcbdbad37aeb48aa6330138ad140b00c7665f528c2a4803cb55de0660dfc0 We are going to be updating the instance to the latest version of Mastodon in order to apply security updates. We'll update here with more details! https://status.ottawa.place/incident/393643 Thu, 04 Jul 2024 16:00:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/393643#dc9bcbdbad37aeb48aa6330138ad140b00c7665f528c2a4803cb55de0660dfc0 We are going to be updating the instance to the latest version of Mastodon in order to apply security updates. We'll update here with more details! https://status.ottawa.place/incident/327015 Thu, 15 Feb 2024 02:58:14 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/327015#41a3030d1926b661f12f80b518289aa884d488918bd87a2b677e2e7568019261 Maintenance completed https://status.ottawa.place/incident/327015 Thu, 15 Feb 2024 02:30:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/327015#04a4e4e4b476aef97279d1a43420d7f8605017332f352176e37de1d666e391da The instance will be down for a few minutes as we upgrade Mastodon to version 4.0.14 (Hometown) to apply some security patches. https://status.ottawa.place/incident/327015 Thu, 15 Feb 2024 02:30:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/327015#04a4e4e4b476aef97279d1a43420d7f8605017332f352176e37de1d666e391da The instance will be down for a few minutes as we upgrade Mastodon to version 4.0.14 (Hometown) to apply some security patches. https://status.ottawa.place/incident/320939 Thu, 01 Feb 2024 17:00:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/320939#ae47a8a04dd32ce03459d0a94258b2d0512aa6094c6966f4cf171ad841b31a22 Maintenance completed https://status.ottawa.place/incident/320939 Thu, 01 Feb 2024 16:00:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/320939#adb0c4c69595e99109ca86b663d9496b78988c00103bbb4bc1d33f5b78a9b0a4 The instance will experience a brief (20-30 minute) outage as we restart Mastodon to apply the security updates for CVE-2024-23832. https://status.ottawa.place/incident/289199 Sun, 19 Nov 2023 04:34:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/289199#65e67d99410295555ec1d2262d41c084130d71c54e247d27b4eeb32925ea8a00 The instance appears to be back up after OVH's intervention. Further updates to come in the morning! https://status.ottawa.place/incident/289199 Sun, 19 Nov 2023 04:07:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/289199#2f2438233210f0d44afec597a1751d57a42efe536ea75b3e1da56f821c62bbe2 As of now, the server has been down for about an hour; we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. We're in a holding pattern until OVH provides more information about what's happening, or manages to restore network connectivity to the server. Since it's 11pm here on the East Coast, we're going to provide further detail only as we learn more, or otherwise at 9am tomorrow (2023-11-19) if we haven't heard from OVH at that point. Additionally, please make sure you're following us at our backup account: https://mstdn.ca/@OttawaPlaceAdmin https://status.ottawa.place/incident/289199 Sun, 19 Nov 2023 03:35:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/289199#41422506fa85c8788afc79b389f416834e93aaef04e67ade71a5ccd9d1387853 We've received confirmation from our hosting provider (OVH) that they will be performing maintenance our server at 10:48pm Eastern. We'll post an additional status update after that with our next steps. https://status.ottawa.place/incident/289199 Sun, 19 Nov 2023 03:27:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/289199#8dd62cbc0d2e0fdbce4d63a0e3244b5c8c915d3cc17f4650d18ec5511516f4d3 We're still investigating the issue; it appears to be a networking issue. We're prepared to launch a replacement server if necessary. https://status.ottawa.place/incident/289199 Sun, 19 Nov 2023 03:07:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/289199#a3f35401181713a26f69ccfd9c16c5630f1feb90e9bf4d84a67da1eed6e6e043 The instance is currently unavailable (again...); we are investigating https://status.ottawa.place/incident/288723 Fri, 17 Nov 2023 20:48:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/288723#de43c6152b184879473749e9993c1bebfc1e1c0240afe03cfe78db50e7601134 The issue has been resolved and the instance is available again https://status.ottawa.place/incident/288723 Fri, 17 Nov 2023 20:44:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/288723#21761683191c855943c5db55194ee30c67b4835cc8e3c3a9795f4201b5785199 The instance was unavailable due to an issue at hour hosting provider https://status.ottawa.place/incident/261656 Wed, 20 Sep 2023 03:59:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/261656#9dc8f167b74d7dfc3f66423959eb4598651b70078afc550da3f186cba84cd6cc Maintenance completed https://status.ottawa.place/incident/261656 Wed, 20 Sep 2023 03:45:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/261656#79ae4720d1e86c26610136c59aca95d4100677b4188e9f61f1898e27d0b36706 We're updating the server to apply the latest security updates; back soon! https://status.ottawa.place/incident/229728 Fri, 07 Jul 2023 02:15:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/229728#1393084a601fa356e1071e8e9150353cfc3a9519117ae4b29f0de93b1c083104 Maintenance completed https://status.ottawa.place/incident/229728 Fri, 07 Jul 2023 01:52:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/229728#871e8b9e614411bd2cda33eafd597006d0a28d5527a3e96ada82a418972de519 We're updating to the latest version of Mastodon https://status.ottawa.place/incident/217727 Tue, 13 Jun 2023 02:00:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/217727#971d01efd3284a015e466e106aa4e294bf16f916e2aef05a035352011c0048a2 Maintenance completed https://status.ottawa.place/incident/217727 Tue, 13 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/217727#4adcf8a45f76e23191e5286249fc6edf47e02db204839932fcef0fc1a5fc2721 Our server host OVH is planning on replacing some network equipment from Jun 13, 00:00 - 02:00 UTC, which is June 12th from 8-10pm Ottawa time. This might result in some downtime for this instance. https://bare-metal-servers.status-ovhcloud.com/incidents/6r661b6c4tl5 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/214922 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 23:31:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/214922#626c9510fdb15a92e2740c15ba4d86799e1b9f47c9095b1b79be7206810abc89 The instance appears to be available again. https://status.ottawa.place/incident/214922 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 23:18:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/214922#5e410839048904c91ba9d75be492e2f7d9ad41f3078619809be0ddb5d61fd4e7 The datacenter that ottawa.place runs in, the OVH BHS datacenter, is currently experiencing an incident per the [OVH status page](https://bare-metal-servers.status-ovhcloud.com/). We'll update with further details once we have them. https://status.ottawa.place/incident/164288 Sat, 14 Jan 2023 02:04:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/164288#8a8af338eb9308f8de12f8a7a1e470935f9c564986240d37142f89472cb0d4d7 Maintenance completed https://status.ottawa.place/incident/164288 Sat, 14 Jan 2023 02:00:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/164288#324e543a8a2930cca666b9499d14ce7e269c03dde6c2ecd58969cb1c96171991 We're going to be applying a quick Hometown security update at 9pm Eastern; we'll be back shortly! https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown/releases/tag/v4.0.2%2Bhometown-1.1.1 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/151493 Mon, 09 Jan 2023 02:21:27 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/151493#1d01bc40dda232aaacbf5bb5b448ee966e6834b443ec29e638b0b29da220a04d Maintenance completed https://status.ottawa.place/incident/151493 Mon, 09 Jan 2023 02:00:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/151493#4b6d601c590721ad61b8af02591879c3a08c6545d542183cf9552ee4b91321ad We're planning on upgrading ottawa.place to Hometown 4.0.2, which will involve between 30 minutes and 2 hours of downtime. We'll update the status page here with additional information as the upgrade goes along, and we've set up a backup Mastodon account at https://mstdn.ca/@OttawaPlaceAdmin which we'll also keep up-to-date and use for communication if anything goes wrong. https://status.ottawa.place/incident/151493 Mon, 09 Jan 2023 02:00:00 -0000 https://status.ottawa.place/incident/151493#4b6d601c590721ad61b8af02591879c3a08c6545d542183cf9552ee4b91321ad We're planning on upgrading ottawa.place to Hometown 4.0.2, which will involve between 30 minutes and 2 hours of downtime. We'll update the status page here with additional information as the upgrade goes along, and we've set up a backup Mastodon account at https://mstdn.ca/@OttawaPlaceAdmin which we'll also keep up-to-date and use for communication if anything goes wrong.