# Weekend maintenance - Infrastructure migration
**URL:** https://talkingsober.com/t/weekend-maintenance-infrastructure-migration/210494
**Category:** Announcements
**Created:** [September 19, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/weekend-maintenance-infrastructure-migration/210494 "2026-09-19T11:00:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Robin](https://talkingsober.com/u/Robin)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/weekend-maintenance-infrastructure-migration/210494/1 "2026-09-19T11:00:19Z")
Hello community,
I’ll be doing some maintenance on Talking Sober this weekend.
We’re migrating to new infrastructure (not just upgrading the current). It’s a more complex operation than usual, so there will be some downtime required.
Later today I will put Talking Sober into read-only mode. That means no new posts or messages can be made, but you can still view and browse. I will then transfer all of Talking Sober to the new infrastructure. Once the transfer is complete and I have verified that everything is running smoothly, I will change the DNS settings so that [talkingsober.com](http://talkingsober.com) now points to that new infrastructure. I’ll remove read-only from the new instance while the old instance will remain read-only.
What to expect:
- During maintenance the site will be intermittently unavailable
- It will eventually go into read-only as explained above
- Your internet provider should pick up the new instance in about an hour and will then start directing you to it. You will know you’re on the new one if it’s not read-only anymore. You can refresh your page throughout the day to check
- Everything should operate as usual on the new instance and there’s nothing you should do
- You should remain logged in, but if you are logged out for whatever reason, just log back in
Why the migration:
- We’re moving the physical location of the server hosting Talking Sober. It’s currently in Canada. Most of our users are in the US so the server is also moving to the US.
- Being physically closer to the server will mean less latency, slightly faster load times and a more responsive site
- I wanted to upgrade the server’s resources anyway, so I might as well do both at the same time. The system’s memory is improving by about 50%, so things should be snappier even during high traffic times.
If you need any help during this time, reach me on email since you won’t be able to send me a message: [support@sociosoftware.com](mailto:support@sociosoftware.com)
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### Author:  [@Robin](https://talkingsober.com/u/Robin)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/weekend-maintenance-infrastructure-migration/210494/2 "2026-09-19T11:00:43Z")
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### Author:  [@Robin](https://talkingsober.com/u/Robin)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/weekend-maintenance-infrastructure-migration/210494/3 "2026-09-19T19:08:41Z")
The migration and upgrade is complete. If you’re seeing this message - you’re on the new (and correct) instance. You can carry on like normal 🙂
Slight note:
While the new system has more resources and will be faster, everything is still a bit “cold” so the site may be a bit sluggish today. It will eventually fix itself.
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### Author:  [@GOKU\_SS4](https://talkingsober.com/u/GOKU_SS4)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/weekend-maintenance-infrastructure-migration/210494/4 "2026-09-19T19:52:50Z")
Ty, sir. 🇺🇸
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### Author:  [@apes2020](https://talkingsober.com/u/apes2020)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/weekend-maintenance-infrastructure-migration/210494/5 "2026-09-20T04:22:43Z")
> [@Robin](#):
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> You can carry on like normal
Pun not intended lol @Robin the storey of our lives are trying be carrying on as normal humans lmao 🤣 I thought that was funny so I had to msg it to you lol.
Congratulations on the new exciting upgrades and improvements, I can only imagine how stressful it may be.
But congrats it’s running perfectly 🥳
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### Author:  [@Starlight14](https://talkingsober.com/u/Starlight14)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2026, 7:56am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/weekend-maintenance-infrastructure-migration/210494/6 "2026-09-20T07:56:15Z")
Mine is running perfectly here in the UK, thank you so much @Robin for all you do 😊
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### Author:  [@Robin](https://talkingsober.com/u/Robin)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2026, 8:35am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/weekend-maintenance-infrastructure-migration/210494/7 "2026-09-23T08:35:18Z")
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### Author:  [@Lisa07](https://talkingsober.com/u/Lisa07)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/weekend-maintenance-infrastructure-migration/210494/8 "2026-09-23T12:54:50Z")
@Robin Something changed causing the latest and new topics to be the same number. I cleared them all thinking it would fix but that didn’t work. I like the ability to see new topics to either help a newcomer or someone in immediate need. I also use it for moderator purposes.
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### Author:  [@Robin](https://talkingsober.com/u/Robin)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/weekend-maintenance-infrastructure-migration/210494/9 "2026-09-23T17:22:22Z")
Looks like a bug in the latest Discourse version. It’s happening to me too, but only on mobile view. I’ll upgrade our Discourse installation.