Curtis Bray5d ago
Howdy! #PNWZone will be offline tomorrow, May 30th starting at 6am PT to perform a required database upgrade. We should be back online after about an hour.
Curtis BrayMar 28

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/116296392095869320

In a few weeks, #PNWZone should be able to upgrade to Mastodon 4.6 to get these new profile updates!

Curtis BrayFeb 22
I’ve implemented new security rules to block requests from systems that seem to be scraping media from #PNWZone. Please let me know if you encounter any errors while using the site, as I don’t want to block legitimate users.
Curtis BrayJan 31

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115989801184595302

Hey #PNWZone community! We’ve submitted interest in this new program to allow new Mastodon users learn about our instance during their signup process. I’ll keep everyone posted on any progress we make on this.

Curtis BrayNov 25, 2025

#PNWZone has updated https://elk.pnw.zone/ to Elk v0.17.2

https://m.webtoo.ls/@elk/115599598262632849

Elk

A nimble Mastodon web client

Elk
Curtis BrayNov 20, 2025
Happy Birthday to #PNWZone! This server launched 3 years ago today in the hopes of building a #PNW community on the Fediverse! Thanks to all that have come along for the ride! Watch for some upcoming conversations about how you can help continue to support this community.
Curtis BrayNov 18, 2025

#PNWZone was impacted by the #Cloudflare outage between 5:05am and 6:30am PT today. Our servers quickly caught up on the backlog of posts that were queued up during the outage and all systems appear to be operating normally now.

https://noc.social/@cloudflare/115570742400692713

Cloudflare (@[email protected])

Cloudflare is aware of, and investigating an issue which potentially impacts multiple customers. Further detail will be provided as more information becomes available. Follow our updates here: https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/8gmgl950y3h7

Noc.Social
Show threadCurtis BrayNov 9, 2025
Alright gang! Have fun with Mastodon 4.5 on #PNWZone!
Show threadCurtis BrayNov 9, 2025
Ok. Claude helped me determine that 3 out the 64 4.4 DB migrations scripts were not completed in July (had no impact - just left some cruft in the DB that prevented the 4.5 DB migration scripts from running). Those are now cleaned up and I'll be starting the 4.5.0 migration now. No downtime is anticipated. #PNWZone
Show threadCurtis BrayNov 9, 2025
I've finished patching the backend servers, but the actual Mastodon 4.5.0 upgrade is running into a couple issues, so we're up and running fine with 4.4.8 for the time being. I'll continue to debug the 4.5.0 migration scripts. #PNWZone