FWIW I got the following from them by email on the 19th about scheduled maintenance for today (21st).
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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.
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.
The nature of this upgrade means several pieces of hardware need to be taken offline and thus, the following will not be available:
namecheap.com
manage.namecheap.com
Namecheap API
Maintenence window:
00:00 EST Monday 21st April until 07:00 EST Monday 21st April (04:00-11:00 UTC)
SSL Certificate Activations, Renewal Activations and Reissues will be also affected. We suggest performing these functions before or after the scheduled maintenance
Existing DNS records, Email and URL forwarding features will work normally. However, new entries cannot be added during the downtime.
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.
Thank you for your understanding,
Namecheap Engineering
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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.
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.
The nature of this upgrade means several pieces of hardware need to be taken offline and thus, the following will not be available:
Maintenence window: 00:00 EST Monday 21st April until 07:00 EST Monday 21st April (04:00-11:00 UTC)SSL Certificate Activations, Renewal Activations and Reissues will be also affected. We suggest performing these functions before or after the scheduled maintenance
Existing DNS records, Email and URL forwarding features will work normally. However, new entries cannot be added during the downtime.
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.
Thank you for your understanding, Namecheap Engineering