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Re: Slack is down

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Post by seanjregan » Mon, Nov 23, 2015, 8:46 PM UTC

cuonic wrote: post #37

For the few people that managed to get to their status page it appears that they're also having problems there: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUhbPDOW4AA35Y-.png:large

ouch status page is down too

Re: Slack is down

#52

Post by tedmiston » Mon, Nov 23, 2015, 8:52 PM UTC

That's an interesting decimal truncation convention.

http://i.imgur.com/FiJ4G4i.png

"Let's only show precision that makes us look good."

Re: Slack is down

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Post by dillonykyang » Mon, Nov 23, 2015, 8:54 PM UTC

Hipchat is always down.

Re: Slack is down

#54

Post by swagv » Mon, Nov 23, 2015, 8:55 PM UTC

Or not. Is this really news?

Re: Slack is down

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Post by _virtu » Mon, Nov 23, 2015, 8:57 PM UTC

Yeah but http://chatroom.horse/ isn't.

Re: Slack is down

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Post by SanDimasFootbal » Mon, Nov 23, 2015, 8:59 PM UTC

nodesocket wrote: post #11

leesalminen wrote: post #2

I can't even get to status.slack.com ... I really hope that isn't on production infrastructure! GET https://slack.com/favicon.ico 503 Service Unavailable: Back-end server is at capacity

Wow, that is a fail hosting your status page in the same datacenter/environment as production. Honestly, a bit surprised, since Slack has always seemed on top of things.

jeebus

Re: Slack is down

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Post by baby » Mon, Nov 23, 2015, 9:00 PM UTC

Sanddancer wrote: post #40

Albright wrote: post #7

Huh, Freenode is still working YEAH I WENT THERE.

That is until the next netsplit. Decentralized servers mean partition events can and do happen.

I just see opportunities for netsplit parties.

Re: Slack is down

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Post by SanDimasFootbal » Mon, Nov 23, 2015, 9:00 PM UTC

At some point Group chat is crossing into tier1 messaging infrastructure and all the sexy things that go along with it, especially when you start charging money.

Re: Slack is down

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Post by lewisl9029 » Mon, Nov 23, 2015, 9:04 PM UTC

So this makes me wonder... Why hasn't Slack made a self-hosted version yet?

Having a self-hosted option would make them viable to businesses that would never consider having their team communications archived and dependent on external servers outside their control. I imagine there are plenty of those out there.

Re: Slack is down

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Post by baby » Mon, Nov 23, 2015, 9:04 PM UTC

nodesocket wrote: post #34

npizzolato wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you can't get to the status page, it's probably a good indication the service is down :)

You're missing the point. It is for communication to your customers. Give them an outline of what is happening and an estimated eta to being back up.

Usually companies do that with twitter/facebook nowadays. Status page has always been a stopgap. That's why we had http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/