[2020] [COMPLETED] Extended Downtime Notification - 8 May 2020

Hi everyone,

There will be an extended downtime on Friday, 8 May 2020 commencing at the usual time of 11:00 UTC.

Our engineering teams have been hard at work mitigating the recent DDoS and we are implementing some upgrades to further harden the cluster against attack.

This is a complex process and the downtime may last for up to 4 hours, however if the task is completed earlier we will return Tranquility to service just as soon as it’s ready. We will keep you updated on the progress in this thread and via EVE_Status Twitter. For information about the DDoS, please visit the main forum thread.

Please make sure you’ve made in-game preparations for this extended downtime should it affect your gameplay plans.

Thank you!

UPDATES:

12:22
Tranquility is back online accepting connections.

11:42
We are starting TQ in VIP mode but there are several tests that need to be performed before we will start accepting connections.

11:32
Our engineers continue working on the necessary upgrades. Things are going well.

11:00
The extended downtime has started. We will give you regular updates on the progress and estimated duration. Sorry for any inconvenience.

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The longer reinforce timers will be unaffected. The shorter repair timers will reset back to the start iirc.

Greetings,

The extended downtime has started. We will give you regular updates on the progress and estimated duration. Sorry for any inconvenience.

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Our engineers continue working on the necessary upgrades. Things are going well.

We are starting TQ in VIP mode but there are several tests that need to be performed before we will start accepting connections.

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That is a mode that lets our developers and testers log in to the Tranquility server and perform various checks and tests on a live server before we open the gates and let everyone log in to EVE.