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.

Past Incidents

18th February 2024

No incidents reported

17th February 2024

No incidents reported

16th February 2024

No incidents reported

15th February 2024

Email: Germany EU mail system blocked by Hotmail

Part of our EU mail infrastructure was blocked by Hotmail. The affected servers were:

  • smtp2.de.opalstack.com (outgoing mail)
  • mx1.de.opalstack.com (incoming mail and forwarding)

We've already dealt with the issue and Microsoft have confirmed that the servers have been unblocked, but it may take a few more hours to take full effect.

We'll update this post when we've confirmed that mail is no longer being blocked.

  • All blocks have been lifted.

  • mx2.de.opalstack.com was added to the block list as well, we have submitted the delisting request and are awaiting action from Microsoft.

  • 14th February 2024

    No incidents reported

    13th February 2024

    No incidents reported

    12th February 2024

    No incidents reported