I realize that we are now going on a very extended period of high support wait times. I have brought on additional staffing to help alleviate the issue effective immediately. I also want you all to know that we take this incredibly seriously, and we are not ignoring you by any means. We have been hit by an unforeseen wave of critical updates in the first 3 weeks of January. We have also made it clear to our vendors that we need to be better made prepared for these types of things going forward.
Through all of this though, I realize most importantly that you all have businesses to run, and so I will continue to move things around to ensure we get this backlog cleared as quickly and as effectively as possible. As always, our management feedback e-mail is up and running to address your concerns (this is not used for escalations) at mgmt-feedback ]at] hostek.com.
Please help us as well by NOT opening duplicate tickets for the same issue. While you may hope this will get you noticed quicker, I promise you it does just the opposite. We have the ticket system setup very well now to ensure we handle things in the order of longest waiting tickets, and appreciate your cooperation while we get things normalized.
Thank you all for your continued patience. Sincerely, Joshua Brown Managing Director Hostek.com
Jan 31, 2026 - 01:23 UTC
Identified - We are aware of a complication affecting our ability to take payments using PayPal. We're in discussions with our vendor, in the mean time you can make payment by selecting "pay by card" using our Stripe provider.
We do apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please contact our billing team using billing@hostek.com if you have any questions.
Jan 21, 2026 - 15:47 UTC
Resolved -
This incident has been resolved.
Jan 30, 15:44 UTC
Monitoring -
The issue is resolved, we are continuing to monitor
Jan 30, 12:14 UTC
Investigating -
We are aware of an issue affecting some parts of the STL (St Louis) network. Our team are investigating and further updates will be provided
Jan 30, 11:58 UTC
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Jan 24, 09:00 UTC
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Jan 24, 01:00 UTC
Scheduled -
Shared MSSQL server SQL1-P4STL will be undergoing maintenance during this time. Databases will be placed in to read-only mode for the majority of the maintenance.
Jan 24, 00:34 UTC
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Jan 24, 08:30 UTC
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Jan 24, 01:30 UTC
Scheduled -
Shared MSSQL server SQL11-STL will be undergoing maintenance during this time. Databases will be placed in to read-only mode for the majority of the maintenance.
Jan 24, 00:35 UTC
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Jan 23, 06:30 UTC
Verifying -
Verification is currently underway for the maintenance items.
Jan 23, 04:37 UTC
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Jan 23, 01:30 UTC
Scheduled -
The shared MSSQL server SQL6-STL will be undergoing maintenance during this time. Databases will be placed into read-only mode for most of this time and there will be brief periods of downtime
Jan 23, 00:40 UTC
Resolved -
This incident has been resolved.
Jan 22, 07:34 UTC
Investigating -
The scheduled maintenance on SQL11-STL is taking longer than anticipated. We are working to complete this work as quickly as possible.
Jan 22, 07:11 UTC
Resolved -
The underlying issue and the unplanned maintenance to address ongoing stability has been completed earlier than expected. The server Mail-19 is now back under normal operation, although we will continue to monitor it closely.
Jan 20, 19:39 UTC
Identified -
The issue affecting Mail-19 has been identified. The server has been running normally for a short time. We now need to proceed with unplanned maintenance in order to keep the service stable and performant moving forward.
We anticipate the maintenance to take no more than 2 hours to complete. During this time service access will be intermittent. Expected time of completion: 3pm CST // 9pm UTC.
Jan 20, 19:04 UTC
Investigating -
We are aware shared mail server "MAIL-19" is currently offline. We are investigating the cause and will provide updates shortly.
Jan 20, 15:48 UTC