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Lichess: Post-Mortem of Our Longest Downtime
From 14:54 UTC on the 12th September until 01:33 UTC on the 13th September, Lichess experienced the longest downtime in its history.
Illia — streaming for Lichess solo for the first time — handled the situation exceptionally professionally, and continued his excellent commentary almost seamlessly. Thibault, Lucas, and by now several other developers and systems administrators, were now discussing increasingly outlandish (and exceptionally expensive) ideas to get Lichess temporarily back online. This is not shared to excuse us, but to highlight that the skills and resources we already rely on are often stretched thin, with other obligations — and that these individuals have all contributed their time because they play on Lichess and like the site.
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