Emergency maintenance MySQL 8 server

Emergency maintenance MySQL 8 server

Urgency: Urgent
Affected services:
– Shared MySQL8 server
Expected impact:
– The MySQL 8 server will be unavailable for a short period of time
– Some websites on shared hosting will not function due to their missing database
Customer intervention required: No
Reference number: 208264

Summary:

Two days ago, due to an incident, the MySQL 8 server was switched over to the standby server. To resume normal operations, a fallback needs to be performed.

Details:

Two days ago, due to an incident, the MySQL 8 server was switched over to the standby server. To resume normal operations, a fallback needs to be performed. During this fallback, the MySQL 8 server is expected to be unreachable for several minutes. As a result, some websites on the shared hosting platform will not function correctly for a short period of time.

Update placed at 30/10/2026, 00:27

This maintenance was completed successfully at 00:22 hrs. If you have any questions regarding this maintenance, please contact the Customer Care department by phone on +31 (0)318 648 688 or by email on support@bit.nl.