[PLANNED] AFNIC Registry Scheduled Maintenance on January 15, 2026

Dear Customers,

This is to let you know that AFNIC, the registry of .FR and .PARIS domains will be processing a scheduled maintenance on January 15, 2026.

The time frame for the maintenance is as follows:

 10:00 AM – 02:00 PM EST | 15:00 – 19:00 UTC

Whois services, domain availability checks, registrations, renewals, and update requests may not be possible throughout the maintenance window or may be processed with a delay. DNS will continue to operate normally.

Please allow time for the maintenance to finish, and then feel free to modify your existing .FR and .PARIS domains or register new ones.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

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Kind regards,
Namecheap Support Team