Tech/Server switch/sco
Yer will will be in raed-anerly suin
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The Wikimedie Foondation will be switchin the traffec atween its data centres. Iss will mak shuir that Wikipaedia an the ither Wikimedie wiki kin stey onwab e'en efter a muckle mishanterin. Tae mak tent that athing is wirkin, the Wikimedie Technology depairment needs tae dae ae plannt test. Iss test will shaw gin thay kin switch fae ae data centre til the ither athoot issue. It requires mony teams tae prepare fur the test an tae be reidy tae mend ony unexpectit problems.
Aw traffec will switch on 20 September. The test will stert at 14:00 UTC.
Unfortunate, acause o some leemits in MedieWiki, aw editin maun stap whiles the switch is maed. We apologise fur iss disruption, an we ar wirkin tae minimise it in futur.
Ye will be able tae raed, but nae edit, aa wikis fur ae smaa period o time.
- Ye willnae be able tae edit fur up til ae oor on Wadensday 20 September 2023.
- If ye try tae edit or hain durin thir times, ye will be gien ae error message. We howp that nae edits will gang astray durin the meenits but we canna mak shuir o'it. Gin ye see the error message, then please wait til athing is back tae normal. Then ye sud be able tae mak hain o yer edit. But, we recommend that ye mak a copy o yer chynges aforehaund, juist in case.
Ither effecks:
- Backgroond tasks will be slaw an some micht drap. Reid airtins minna be updatit as quick as normal. Gin ye mak ae airticle that is awreidy airtint elsewyes, the airtin will remain reid fur langer nor uisual. Some lang-rinnin scripts will hae tae stap.
- We expect the code deployments tae happen as wi ony ither week. Houaniver, some case-by-case code freezes cud happen gin the operation needs thaim efterwarts.
- GitLab willnae be available fur aboot 90 meenits.