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[SUCCESS, mostly] SmokersHelpline.ca Outage Notice: Evening of November 5, 2018 Cancel

1. kyle @ smokers helpline

   

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   10 Oct 2018

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   Hello everyone,
   
   Due to a mandatory infrastructure upgrade from Microsoft, SmokersHelpline.ca will be offline for several hours beginning around 9pm Eastern Time on Monday, November 5. We have been told to expect a roughly 12 hour outage, though it may be less.
   
   We apologize for this disruption, and thank you for your patience.
   
   As always, if you experience any odd behaviour from the site before or after the upgrade, please let us know ASAP.
   
   Thanks,
   
   -Kyle and the SmokersHelpline.ca team
   
   EDITED: 9PM, not 3PM
   EDIT 2: Rescheduled to Oct. 26th
   EDIT 3: Rescheduled again. Seriously. Nov. 2nd
   EDIT 4: Rescheduled AGAIN. Nov. 5th

   Last modified on 05 Nov 2018 14:37 by kyle @ smokers helpline
2. kyle @ smokers helpline

   

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   13 Oct 2018

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   Hey everyone,
   
   We're back and a quick test on our end shows everything fully operational.
   
   If you are experiencing anything odd, please let us know ASAP.
   
   Thanks for your patience and understanding.
   
   -Kyle-
3. kyle @ smokers helpline

   

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   15 Oct 2018

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   Hello again,
   
   Now that everyone is back in the office, I've been told that while the site returned from the outage successfully, Microsoft was unable to successfully upgrade our infrastructure. We are following up with them to better understand the issue, and have rescheduled the upgrade for the evening of October 26th. I have edited the top post to reflect this change. 
   
   Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience.
   
   -Kyle-
4. kyle @ smokers helpline

   

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   31 Oct 2018

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   Well, here's hoping the third time is the charm, because Microsoft failed to upgrade successfully again, so one more reschedule to work it out manually, step by step this Friday. Again, sorry for the outage and let us know if the site flips upside-down on Saturday.
   
   -Kyle-
5. kyle @ smokers helpline

   

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   So much for the third time charm thing. Microsoft is now committed to deploying the update TONIGHT, so keep your fingers crossed. Again, sorry. 
   
   -Kyle-
6. kyle @ smokers helpline

   

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   06 Nov 2018

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   FINALLY, our upgrade has completed successfully. We are chasing down bugs with Google and Microsoft social logins, and I will update as soon as they're squashed. Otherwise, all seems to be functioning normally.
   
   If you see anything acting oddly, please let us know.
   
   -Kyle-
7. shazzan

   

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   06 Nov 2018 in reply to kyle @ smokers helpline

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   Hi. I am new to forums and not all that computer savvy. I found "new threads" at the top of a page but it would not post. Is it me or the site?
   
8. shazzan

   

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   06 Nov 2018 in reply to shazzan

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   ok. i figured out how to make a thread. It was me not your site.