FWIW I got the following from them by email on the 19th about scheduled maintenance for today (21st).<p>-------------------------------<p>We’re writing to inform you about a scheduled maintenance window we have this weekend to perform several important upgrades to the Namecheap site and associated services.<p>During this upgrade, we will be installing a new storage platform to serve the Namecheap site. This upgrade will allow us to better cope with high demand during promotions and also accommodate for our growth.<p>The nature of this upgrade means several pieces of hardware need to be taken offline and thus, the following will not be available:<p><pre><code> namecheap.com
manage.namecheap.com
Namecheap API
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Maintenence window:
00:00 EST Monday 21st April until 07:00 EST Monday 21st April (04:00-11:00 UTC)<p>SSL Certificate Activations, Renewal Activations and Reissues will be also affected. We suggest performing these functions before or after the scheduled maintenance<p>Existing DNS records, Email and URL forwarding features will work normally. However, new entries cannot be added during the downtime.<p>DNS, Email Services and Hosting (shared servers, reseller services, dedicated servers and VPS) will all remain operational. Our support team will be available via chat and ticket systems.<p>Thank you for your understanding,
Namecheap Engineering