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:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc:

I have reviewed the upgrade procedure for Mastodon version 4.3.0 and I will be performing the server upgrade this Friday/Saturday, depending on where you live.

This is a major change that will require a database migration, so I will be taking the servers offline to take full snapshots prior to starting the upgrade. You should expect the site to be down for approximately 30 minutes while I take these snapshots.

The maintenance window will begin at 3 AM UTC on 10/19 and continue until 6 AM. If you are in the Western Hemisphere, that's from 11 PM EDT on 10/18 until 2 AM on 10/19.

The only downtime I'm anticipating is the 30 minutes it will take to make the server snapshots, but as always, please be prepared for the site to go down at any time during the maintenance window.

Thanks, and Beige-Bless 🇧🇧