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Well, first of all, that was an announced time frame for maintenance, not an outage. There has been no announced time frame for the outage. Second, I have a bit more faith in LL than that. LL is not perfect. Sometimes they get things wrong. And, yes, sometimes things like maintenance take longer than expected. But by and large they do really well at keeping up a product that uses old infrastructure to support all manner of custom designed product created by a bunch of people who are, mostly, not pros. I think that's pretty amazing. I'm confident that they will get this fixed and I won't be a bit surprised if it is sooner than expected. Sometimes they do that too. And with that, I am off to get some sleep. Thank you, @Tommy Linden, @Grumpity Linden, and @Wulf Linden for participating in this thread and thank you to all for the entertaining comments. If I end up laying in bed staring at my ipad I'll probably end up looking at this thread. Otherwise, see everyone tomorrow.

I need my 20 hours a day, darn it.

Sadly, I will have to go pretty soon and sleep myself. I'm a snow leopard. A cat. I've only been getting 18 hours of sleep a day lately! I'm sure you can imagine how that feels!

The announced maintenance period was 4 days, the 13-16 (13, 14, 15, 16). That doesn't mean this outage will last all four days.

Well, we know there has been a lot of work going on behind the scenes related to moving into the cloud. I am not a tech wizard, but that sounds to me like some pretty big work that is likely to involve some downtime. And maybe what's happening now is part of that?

I think you made a typo when you meant to ask if the snow leopard would keep you for a pet. No, I will not be your pet. . . Uhhhh . . . I mean my friend won't be your pet.

So, hypothetically . . . if a snow leopard were sitting on the servers and started shedding heavily because, you know, it's a move to a far warmer climate . . . would the shedding into the servers have this effect? Asking for a friend.

I still can't login. I get a logins are disabled message. But see discussion about the login progress bar. Now that mine is full, I'm sure I will be able to login any minute!

We shall pass on the news of this glorious thread and the honored grid status website. (Right, everybody? We're gonna be helpful while we watch our cat videos, right?) I guess I'll ask the obvious question. I'm sure you don't know when things will be back up. But can you give a rough idea? Are talking about an hour or two? Or, more realistically, tomorrow? Or longer? Or just no idea?

The bar is full now! But still can't login! Any minute now . . . .

What I want to know is how the lag is for them.

I'm sure we all appreciate the hard work and understand that this a complex product that is subject to hiccups. Thank you for your hard work on this. We look forward to finding out what kinds of nifty coolness await once it's all over. In the meantime, maybe there are things we users can do. I did see a thread started by someone who must have been relatively new who had uninstalled and reinstalled Firestorm because of being unable to login. Maybe while we are all entertaining ourselves on this thread while we wait for SL to come back, we could also keep an eye out for people like that and help them out by letting them know what's going on? Anything else useful we can do, Lindens please let us know. In the meantime, I'm going to be amused by looking at the profile image under a Linden and seeing "newbie." 🙂

It's actually kinda fun, actually. I'm a total information sponge. I am enjoying taking in info from here and a bazillion other sources at the same time about what's going on. Of course, I'd rather it be up and working, but there are alternate forums of fun. Like catnip. Or chasing deer, ibex, rabbits, and many other critters. Or knocking things off of edges.

The little bar keeps getting longer and longer every time I try to login. Look! I can almost login!

Nope. We do it because we are evil.

282 people logged in per my Firestorm. I wonder how the lag is.

Yes, well, one time I was bar tending in world and I said to the room "If I can get you a drink, just let me know. I will fill up your drink and then knock it off the bar." The owner's response was "Hmmmmm.... maybe cats do not make the best bartenders." I was sad. I never got to tend bar again. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh . . . bittersweet memories of SL. I remember it well.

Well, in fairness, it has been a long time since the entire grid went down. . . . although my firestorm shows 283 people login so I guess maybe saying the *entire* grid is down is a bit much.

The entire grid is down right now. Scroll down on the link moirakathleen gave and you can see the list of what is out.

Let it be known that Linden Lab has just confirmed that it was not because a cat knocked the grid off the edge of something. In other words . . . IT IS NOT MY FAULT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂

Word from a Linden. Services being brought back and should be up soon.

I hear reports that some people in Linden homes have started being able to login.

www.secondlife.com is back up

Full list of all that is down here: https://status.secondlifegrid.net/ Scroll down a bit to near the bottom. Basically it's most things that are down. However, you can still buy Lindens! That part works!

It seems pretty clear that security orbs pose some challenges. I think in the future they will face some more concrete limitations than they do now. Part of the issue probably stems from the fact that right now they send messages to users that can often be downright hostile. I was thinking that one way to make them a little less annoying would be to find ways of making them funny! And, if nothing else, discussing that might be a way to have a fun laugh. It seems to me that they would be funnier if they comply with LL policy than if they don’t, and that includes the requirement to give an adequate warning. I’m thinking maybe the Darth Vader security orb, for example. Warning message: “You have entered space controlled by the Empire, rebel scum. If you do not leave in 60 seconds, we shall remove you. Don’t underestimate the power of the dark side of The Force!” Ejection message: “*FORCE PUSH* All too easy.” Possibly the secure government facility security orb (with thanks to those who have suggested the concept of an air defense security orb). Warning message: “You have entered a secure government facility. Use of deadly force is permitted in this area. You will come under attack from our security forces if you do not leave in 60 seconds.” Ejection message: “Security forces commence fire!” Maybe the Magrathean security orb? Warning message: “We are pleased by your interest in our services. We assure you that when this location is opened for business, announcements shall be made in all of the most fashionable travel magazines. Until then, this location is closed. Please leave. Within 60 seconds.” Ejection message: “It is most gratifying that your enthusiasm for our services continues unabated. And so, we would like to assure you that the guided missiles currently ejecting you from this location are part of a special service we extend to all of our most enthusiastic clients. The fully armed nuclear warheads are, of course, merely a courtesy detail. We look forward to your custom in future lives. Thank you.” What else? Hmmmmm.... to create or not to create.