Edit: Turned out to be scheduled maintenance, which is now complete.<p>--<p>Also the case for .IO and .AC as well as most TLDs managed by Identity Digital (Donuts).<p>List at <a href="https://identity.digital/our-domains/" rel="nofollow">https://identity.digital/our-domains/</a>
<a href="http://whois.donuts.co/" rel="nofollow">http://whois.donuts.co/</a> says “Maintenance in progress please check again later!”<p>EDIT: It’s up again.
Wild that we've kinda just let these random companies handle such a vital part of our global infrastructure<p>Edit: Made this comment when it was thought that the entire TLD was unresponsive. The point still stands IMO but that's the original context.
SERVICE NOTICE: Scheduled Production Maintenance Registry Donuts Inc.<p>Type: Scheduled Production Maintenance<p>Origin: Registry Donuts Inc.<p>Planned Start Date: 2023-02-13 22:00:00 UTC<p>Planned End Date: 2023-02-13 23:30:00 UTC<p>Implications: Total Outage<p>Affected Environments: Production Environment