Brief outage on web11 server March 20, 2019 (resolved)

There was a brief interruption of service for customer websites on the “web11” server this morning (March 20, 2019) between 7:24 AM and 7:34 AM Pacific time.  (Other servers were not affected.)

This problem was caused by a bug in a script that resulted in a configuration error. The bug has been fixed so that it will not recur.

We apologize for the trouble this caused customers who were affected.

IPv6 enabled for new sites by default (and eventually for older sites, too)

We’ve supported IPv6 on customer websites for many years, but it didn’t default to “on”: customers had to explicitly enable it in our account management control panel.

Starting today, IPv6 is on by default for all new accounts signed up with us (although you can turn it off if you want).

In addition, we’re beginning a gradual process of slowly enabling IPv6 for existing sites if they haven’t chosen to disable it. If you don’t want IPv6 to be enabled for your site in the future, you should use our control panel to disable it.

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PHP 7.1.27, 7.2.16 and 7.3.3

The PHP developers recently released versions 7.1.27, 7.2.16 and 7.3.3 that fix several bugs. We’ve upgraded the PHP 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 series on our servers as a result.

These changes should not be noticeable, but as always, don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any trouble.