Fire - Server Upgrades – Maintenance details

All systems operational

Server Upgrades

Completed
Scheduled for January 19, 2026 at 10:00 AM – 12:44 PMUTC

Affects

Bot

Under maintenance from 10:00 AM to 12:44 PM

Website

Under maintenance from 10:00 AM to 12:44 PM

Backend

Under maintenance from 10:00 AM to 12:44 PM

Aether

Under maintenance from 10:00 AM to 12:44 PM

Updates
  • Completed
    January 19, 2026 at 12:44 PMUTC
    Completed
    January 19, 2026 at 12:44 PMUTC

    Maintenance has completed successfully.... almost.

    During the upgrades, Fire's postgres installation got completely removed along with all the data. Fortunately, I have backups, but only for the main bot. Fire Beta has had its database recreated from scratch so no previous data will be present there so if you were relying on that, you shouldn't have!

    Aside from that, everything looks to be in working order. NodeJS has been updated to the latest LTS release, nginx has been updated to the latest release, postgres has been updated to the latest release and internal tooling (e.g. Grafana, Telegraf) has also been updated

    I'll be keeping a close eye on things throughout today to ensure things continue running smoothly. If you encounter any issues, let me know in the Fire Discord (discord.gg/firebot)

  • Update
    January 19, 2026 at 10:49 AMUTC
    Update
    January 19, 2026 at 10:49 AMUTC

    The snapshot has been taken and the software side of the upgrades is now in progress

  • Update
    January 19, 2026 at 10:17 AMUTC
    Update
    January 19, 2026 at 10:17 AMUTC

    The hardware of the server has been upgraded slightly (more vCPUs, more RAM & more storage) and I am now taking a snapshot of the server that I hopefully won't have to use but is there just in case anything goes wrong

  • Update
    January 19, 2026 at 10:07 AMUTC
    Update
    January 19, 2026 at 10:07 AMUTC

    Redirects have now been put in place to redirect any traffic to Fire's web services towards a dedicated maintenance page. I will now be turning off all services to start the upgrades

  • In progress
    January 19, 2026 at 10:00 AMUTC
    In progress
    January 19, 2026 at 10:00 AMUTC
    Maintenance is now in progress
  • Planned
    January 19, 2026 at 10:00 AMUTC
    Planned
    January 19, 2026 at 10:00 AMUTC

    During this time, several upgrades (both hardware & software) will be performed on Fire's VPS which will result in some lengthy downtime of ALL SERVICES.

    This downtime is unfortunate but necessary to ensure stability, security and open the door for new features that require newer software versions

    During this time, I will be keeping an eye on the Fire Discord (discord.gg/firebot) to answer any questions and let people know the current status of the upgrades.

    I'll also be around for the next while to answer questions about this maintenance if you have any so feel free to join the Discord server and ask in the #fire-help channel