Category: Past Event

2:15 PM PDT: The previously identified attack has subsided and service levels have returned to normal. We will continue to monitor the situation for any indications of further trouble.

1:30 PM PDT: Issue is still ongoing and has been identified as a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. DDoS protection services are in place and responding, which is keep services up and available, although performance is still severely impacted.

12:30 PM PDT: We have been alerted to an internet connectivity disruption with one of our upstream providers. This disruption is causing degradation across many of our services. Engineers are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

This post will be updated as more information becomes available.

This is a notice to inform our web hosting customers with services hosted on 209.15.37.29, 209.15.37.30, 209.15.37.21, 209.15.37.34 and 209.15.37.9 that upgrades to our website hosting infrastructure will be performed during the following maintenance window:

Start: 8:00 PM PT Thursday, March 12th (11:00 PM ET)

End: 9:00 PM PT Thursday, March 12th (12:00 AM ET)

Status: During this maintenance window, websites will be offline for up to 10 minutes.

Affected customers have also been emailed a notice directly. This maintenance is in accordance with our policy to ensure the continued reliability of Webnames.ca’s systems.

Please note that we will be performing security-related maintenance on our website at 5:00 PM PDT Wednesday, March 11th

• Start: 5:00 PM PDT Wednesday, March 11th
• End: 5:15 PM PDT Wednesday, March 11th

During this maintenance window, many of the functions of our website will be impacted, including the following:

• Domain search and WHOIS lookup
• All transactions, including domain registrations, renewals and transfers
• Updates and configuration changes to existing products and services

Transactions which are affected by this maintenance will be identified and reprocessed by Webnames. No action is required by customers.

For all other actions which fail during the maintenance period, we ask that customers re-perform those actions once maintenance has been completed.

This is a notice to inform our web hosting customers with services hosted on 209.15.37.16, 209.15.37.23, 209.15.37.27 and 209.15.37.28 that upgrades to our website hosting infrastructure will be performed during the following maintenance window:

Start: 8:00 PM PT Tuesday, March 10th (11:00 PM ET)

End: 9:00 PM PT Tuesday, March 10th (12:00 AM ET)

Status: During this maintenance window, websites will be offline for up to 10 minutes.

Affected customers have also been emailed a notice directly. This maintenance is in accordance with our policy to ensure the continued reliability of Webnames.ca’s systems.

12:30 PM PT: All mail is flowing normally.

11:00 AM PT: Previously sent emails, which were backlogged and queued for delivery, are gradually being accepted by Outlook, Hotmail, and other Microsoft-hosted services.

10:00 AM PT: Newly sent emails are now being successfully delivered via secondary mail server infrastructure. Previously sent email are still queued and backlogged on our primary mail server infrastructure. We are working to get these delivered as soon as possible.

8:00 AM PT: For any customers experiencing difficulty emailing Outlook, Hotmail, or other Microsoft-hosted email accounts, we have identified the problem and are working with our Microsoft partners to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. In the meantime, do not make any configuration changes to your email program. Thank you.

Additional updates will be posted here as the become available.

On Monday February 23rd, 2026, registry maintenance is being performed that will affect a number of different domain name registries.

In order to successfully complete the maintenance there will be a 9 hour maintenance window from 12:00 AM PT to 9:00 AM PT February 23rd. During this time, certain change-related transactions will be be unsuccessful, including new registrations, renewals, transfers, contact updates and nameserver updates. It is requested that users refrain from performing these types of transactions on any affected domain name during the maintenance window.

Please note that regular operations of of associated domain names from the list below will not be impacted by this maintenance. For further removal of doubt, associated domain names will continue to function normally throughout the maintenance period.

Affected domain extensions:

Questions? Please contact Customer Support at 1-866-221-7878 or support@webnames.ca

On Saturday February 21st, 2026 the registry maintenance is being performed that will affect a number of different domain name registries.

In order to successfully complete the maintenance there will be a 45 minute maintenance window from 5:00 PM PT to 5:45 PM PT on February 21st. During this time, certain change-related transactions will be be unsuccessful, including new registrations, renewals, transfers, contact updates and nameserver updates. It is requested that users refrain from performing these types of transactions on any affected domain name during the maintenance window.

Please note that regular operations of of associated domain names from the list below will not be impacted by this maintenance. For further removal of doubt, associated domain names will continue to function normally throughout the maintenance period.

Affected domain extensions:

Questions? Please contact Customer Support at 1-866-221-7878 or support@webnames.ca

This is a notice to inform our web hosting customers with services hosted on 209.15.37.61 and 209.15.37.71 that upgrades to our website hosting infrastructure will be performed during the following maintenance window:

Start: 8:00 PM PT Thursday, Feb 12th (11:00 PM ET)

End: 9:00 PM PT Thursday, Feb 12th (12:00 AM ET)

Status: During this maintenance window, websites will be offline for up to 60 minutes.

Affected customers have also been emailed a notice directly. This maintenance is in accordance with our policy to ensure the continued reliability of Webnames.ca’s systems.

On Tuesday, February 10th, 2026 the registry maintenance is being performed that will affect a number of different domain name registries.

In order to successfully complete the maintenance there will be a 120 minute maintenance window from 10:00 AM PT to 12:00 PM PT on Feb 10th . During this time, certain change-related transactions will be be unsuccessful, including new registrations, renewals, transfers, contact updates and nameserver updates. It is requested that users refrain from performing these types of transactions on any affected domain name during the maintenance window.

Please note that regular operations of of associated domain names from the list below will not be impacted by this maintenance. For further removal of doubt, associated domain names will continue to function normally throughout the maintenance period.

Affected domain extensions:

Questions? Please contact Customer Support at 1-866-221-7878 or support@webnames.ca

This is a notice to inform our web hosting customers with services hosted on 209.15.37.35 and 209.15.37.36 that upgrades to our website hosting infrastructure will be performed during the following maintenance window:

Start: 8:00 PM PT Monday, Feb 9th (11:00 PM ET)

End: 9:00 PM PT Monday, Feb 9th (12:00 AM ET)

Status: During this maintenance window, websites will be offline for up to 60 minutes.

Affected customers have also been emailed a notice directly. This maintenance is in accordance with our policy to ensure the continued reliability of Webnames.ca’s systems.