Unique uploads per month (not total uploads)
2026-11	2,393 / 46,650 est.
2026-10	45,525
2026-09	46,288
2026-08	50,558
2026-07	53,448
2026-06	46,184
2026-05	54,481
2026-04	55,283
2026-03	59,398
2026-02	54,943
2026-01	59,851
2025-12	57,476
2025-11	64,180
2025-10	72,424
2025-09	68,252
2025-08	66,086
2025-07	77,547
2025-06	75,722

System Updates

System Maintenance

Regular system maintenance is scheduled for every Saturday morning, from 8am to noon America/Denver (GMT-07:00). Typically, there should be no outages. But if we replace hardware, change network settings, or patch/update the operating system, then the service may be temporarily offline.

The last 25 maintenance updates:

Date	Planned	Outcome
2026-11-02	No planned outages
2026-10-17	System patching and maintenance.	No unexpected problems, total downtime about 3 minutes.
2026-09-13	System patching and maintenance.	No unexpected problems, total downtime about 5 minutes.
2026-08-15	System patching and maintenance.	No unexpected problems, total downtime about 5 minutes.
2026-07-19	System patching and maintenance.	No unexpected problems, total downtime about 5 minutes.
2026-06-20	System patching and maintenance.	No unexpected problems, total downtime about 5 minutes.
2026-05-23	System patching and maintenance.	Small problem with updating the PHP daemon, quick fix. Total downtime about 5 minutes.
2026-05-09	System patching and maintenance.	No unexpected problems, total downtime about 2 minutes.
2026-03-07	System patching and maintenance.	No unexpected problems, total downtime about 2 minutes.
2026-01-31	System patching and maintenance.	No unexpected problems, total downtime about 2 minutes.
2025-12-25	Major server hardware upgrade. Updated production hardware.	Allocated 3 hours, but only needed 1 hour 22 minutes. Upgrade is complete. Performed late at night during a holiday -- a time with very little traffic on the site.
2025-12-22	Major server hardware upgrade. Migrated to backup server.	10 minutes of downtime, in 2-3 minute blocks.
2025-10-05	Continuing server upgrade process.	There should be no impact to this server.
2025-10-04	Beginning test-run for large server upgrade. Starting with upgrading the minor systems. If successful, I'll update the internal documentation for the process and then prepare for the major system updates later this month.	There should be no impact to FotoForensics, Hacker Factor, RootAbout, or Hintfo.
2025-08-30	System patching and maintenance.	No unexpected problems, total downtime about 5 minutes.
2025-07-05	System patching and maintenance.	No unexpected problems, total downtime about 5 minutes.
2025-06-07	System patching and maintenance.	No unexpected problems, total downtime about 5 minutes.
2025-05-11	Testing alternate power.	Woo hoo! Running off 100% batteries and not tripping any circuit breakers! Zero downtime. Currently benchmarking battery charging time and use time.
2025-05-10	System patching and maintenance.	No unexpected problems. Total about 5 minutes. Also testing new power system later today; should be no problems.
2025-04-26	Testing new power system.	Test was successful. No problems detected.
2025-04-12	System patching and maintenance.	No unexpected problems, total downtime about 5 minutes.
2025-03-15	System patching and maintenance.	No unexpected problems, total downtime about 1 minute.
2025-03-01	FotoForensics update.	Major code update. No problems and no downtime.
2025-02-08	System patching and maintenance.	No unexpected problems, total downtime about 5 minutes.
2025-01-11	System patching and maintenance.	No unexpected problems, total downtime about 5 minutes.

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