[STARTED] SCHEDULED SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE ON NAMECHEAP VPS AND DEDICATED SERVERS RUNNING ON AlmaLinux 8 AND Ubuntu 24 | MAY 13, 2026

Dear Customers,

Please be informed that the maintenance will take place on Wednesday, May 13, at 3:00 PM EDT | 19:00 UTC. The main purpose of the maintenance is to ensure that the servers continue to deliver optimum performance.

During the maintenance, we are going to patch managed servers running on AlmaLinux 8 and Ubuntu 24 with the latest kernel and reboot the servers due to a known vulnerability: https://support.cpanel.net/hc/en-us/articles/40313772552727-Dirty-Frag-vulnerability-reported-for-Linux-kernel

Maintenance window: 4 hours;
Expected downtime: up to 5 minutes per server;
Affected servers: VPS and Dedicated Servers running on AlmaLinux 8 and Ubuntu 24.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and understanding in this matter.

Kind regards,
Namecheap Support Team

Update @ 3:00 PM EDT | 19:00 UTC
The maintenance has been started.