All systems are operational
Maintenance
Scheduled network maintenance for opal3 and opal8

On 20 August 2026 between 11:00am and 4:00pm PDT (UTC-7) our data center team will be upgrading the racks that host the following servers:

  • opal3.opalstack.com
  • opal8.opalstack.com

During the 5-hour maintenance window, network connectivity to the affected servers will be interrupted for up to 1 hour during which websites and other services hosted on the servers will be unavailable.

Email and DNS services will not be affected.

The hosting control panel will remain online, but will be unable to apply changes to your services until connectivity to the server is restored.

Affected customers who would like have their services relocated to a different server prior to 20 August 2026 should contact the Opalstack support team to make the necessary arrangements.

Scheduled US IMAP email server downtime

On 26 August 2026 at between 11:00 am and 4:00 pm US/Pacific time our network team will be performing infrastructure maintenance. During this 5-hour window, network connectivity to one of our US IMAP/POP3 email servers will be interrupted for up to 1 hour.

As a result, some customer mailboxes will be unavailable for up to 1 hour during the network interruption. Customers who will be impacted by the interruption have been emailed directly.

No incoming mail will be lost during the interruption. Mail that arrives during the interruption will be deferred and delivered once connectivity to the mail server is restored.

Email forwarding and SMTP services will not be affected, however messages sent via SMTP during the interruption will not be stored as sent mail in IMAP folders on the server.

We'll update our status page at http://status.opalstack.com/ at the beginning of the maintenance window. To be informed of system status updates automatically please subscribe at https://status.opalstack.com/subscribe.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this maintenance then please contact the Opalstack support team.

Past Incidents

17th October 2022

No incidents reported

16th October 2022

No incidents reported

15th October 2022

No incidents reported

14th October 2022

Email: USA Delays in US mail forwarding to @yahoo.com addresses

An abusive network was sending a very high volume of messages to a @yahoo.com forwarding address hosted on Opalstack's US mail system. The high volume of mail has caused Yahoo to temporarily defer messages resulting in delayed delivery.

We've blocked the abusive network and expect that Yahoo will begin to accept the deferred messages over the next few hours as their systems register the overall message volume decrease.

  • Yahoo are no longer deferring mail forwarded from our US MX servers.

  • Yahoo have begun to accept some mail forwarded from our US MX servers. We'll continue to monitor.

  • 13th October 2022

    Web: Washington D.C. opal10 not responding

    Opal10 (Washington DC shared hosting) is currently not responding, we're investigating at this time.

  • The cause of the unexpected reboot was a power cable fault. The cable has been been replaced and the server is operating normally at this time.

  • Opal10 is back online after an unexpected reboot, we'll continue to investigate.

  • 12th October 2022

    No incidents reported

    11th October 2022

    No incidents reported