Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Posted Dec 10, 2024 - 21:00 UTC
Scheduled
Dear Registrar,
PIR has scheduled maintenance to the PIR Production and OTE Environment.
Environment: OT&E Date: November 25th, 2024 Maintenance Window: 20:00 - 22:00 UTC Expected Duration: 120 minutes Environment: Production Date: December 10th, 2024 Maintenance Window: 21:00 - 23:00 UTC Expected Duration: 120 minutes Status of Services during this time: EPP (epp.publicinterestregistry.org): Down Registrar Portal (https://registrar.publicinterestregistry.org/): Down WHOIS (whois.publicinterestregistry.org): Down RDAP (rdap.publicinterestregistry.org): Down DNS: Not Impacted, names will continue to resolve normally Please note the following changes after the conclusion of the maintenance: Domain Check Command will be supported in the Dropzone. Support of optional Charge extension: This Charge Extension may be used to retrieve the fees associated with creating a domain in the Dropzone. Note that PIR does not charge a separate fee for registering domains in the Dropzone. Therefore, a command with the Charge extension will return a “0” in the response. Additional details are below. Updates to Dropzone reports. Updated EPP Commands. Enhanced Errors for requests in Dropzone. Change to pricing table on the Registrar Portal: The Dropzone Create column will no longer be displayed in the pricing table on the TLD Standard Pricing page on the Registrar portal. The Dropzone create price will remain as $0. Support for ICANN Primary, ICANN Secondary, ICANN TEAC and ICANN Transfer contact information to be displayed in the portal. These contacts can also be added as notification contacts. Updated requirements for maintaining Notification Contacts in the Registrar Portal. Updated Bulk Domain Create function to enable creating 250 domains in the Registrar Portal at a time. For questions or more information, please email techsupport@pir.org.
The December 2024 Release Notes below contains information on the updates to the OT&E and Production environments.
For more specific information on the changes to DropZone, please consult the updated DropZone Registrar Guide. A full list of TLDs included in Dropzone can be found in the TLD Highlights section of the PIR Registrar Guide.
For more information regarding notification contact management, please consult the updated PIR Registrar Portal Guide.
Reporting changes will be applied from the next report generation period.