LVFS Scheduled Downtime: 26th August, 2pm to 5pm UTC

Hi all,

The LVFS will be unavailable for a period of scheduled downtime -- we're up=
grading the RDS PostgreSQL version and to do so means backing up, stopping,=
 upgrading and then re-starting the upgraded instance.

We've reserved a 3h downtime window for vendors, and for the majority of th=
at time the database will be read-only -- so clients can continue to downlo=
ad firmware. During that time, users (or robots of vendors) will not be abl=
e to upload new firmware, move firmware from different remotes or modify th=
e firmware in any way. Any action requiring an ACL will be met with a "perm=
ission denied" error as all user ACLs will be suspended automatically. Addi=
tionally the workers will be inhibited and so any scheduled tasks will not =
run. There also will be a visible warning message on the user-dashboard inf=
orming users that the server is in a scheduled maintenance window.

For less than 10 minutes of that 3 hour window user downloads will also be =
unavailable.

We've tested the upgrade of the database on a snapshot of production and we=
're fairly confident that everything will go smoothly, but we've allocated =
enough time just in case the upgraded database instance has problems and we=
 have to roll back to the old version. I'll send another email when the out=
age is complete.

Please distribute to ODMs and partners as required. Thanks.

Richard.