# Downtime on Saturday 8 August 2026

**URL:** <https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/downtime-on-saturday-8-august-2026/6879>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [7 August 2026 08:59 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/downtime-on-saturday-8-august-2026/6879 "2026-08-07T08:59:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\
**Post date:** [7 August 2026 08:59 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/downtime-on-saturday-8-august-2026/6879/1 "2026-08-07T08:59:02Z")

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The site will be unavailable from 2026-08-08T08:00:00Z for kernel upgrades and a Discourse rebuild. I estimate that this may take up to half an hour. As always, check [https://status.firedrake.org/](https://status.firedrake.org/) for updates.

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**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\
**Post date:** [7 August 2026 08:59 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/downtime-on-saturday-8-august-2026/6879/2 "2026-08-07T08:59:10Z")

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**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\
**Post date:** [7 August 2026 08:59 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/downtime-on-saturday-8-august-2026/6879/3 "2026-08-07T08:59:13Z")

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**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\
**Post date:** [8 August 2026 08:36 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/downtime-on-saturday-8-august-2026/6879/4 "2026-08-08T08:36:57Z")

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**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\
**Post date:** [8 August 2026 08:38 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/downtime-on-saturday-8-august-2026/6879/5 "2026-08-08T08:38:11Z")

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This work has been completed successfuilly - but there was an unclear problem with the dice roller plugin which was preventing the forum from starting. Therefore **I have disabled it for the moment,** and I’ll try to work out what’s going on using my toy Discourse installation at home. In my copious free time…