Maintenance/Network Software Update July 2 2019

Maintenance Details
A major network software update will be performed on all servers on the Xertion network on July 2nd, 2019.

 When: July 2nd, 2019 from 10:00 AM CDT - 1:00 PM CDT (3:00 PM GMT - 6:00 PM GMT) What: Major software update Affected services/servers: All network servers Predicted downtime: Variable, see below for details 

We will be upgrading the IRC server software on all Xertion servers to the next major version. This will involve a series of significant configuration changes as new configuration directives are added and others removed. The Routing Manager/Dev Lead is currently analyzing the new version and the changes contained within, and will update this page with the changes applicable to users. There will be a few significant changes to the user side of things, including a few removed and/or changed commands and a significant change to our user cloaking system that might affect existing channel bans/exceptions.

We will try to perform this upgrade in such a way that the disruption to each user is minimal, at most one disconnect per user as each server is upgraded and subsequently restarted to the new version. We will outline details of this process once it is finalized with network staff.