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[Done] Pictrs Migration- Between NOW and 1700 UTC Image Upload Disabled (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by lwadmin@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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Hi all, We will be attempting to migrate Pict-rs tomorrow starting at 1700 UTC. Between now and 1700, image uploads will be disabled to try and avoid any data loss. You will still be able to like, comment and post until then. During the upgrade window, Pict-rs will be offline, so viewing images might not work. In theory CloudFlares CDN cache should cover us during the window, but YMMV. Hopefully everything should go smooth, but we do our best to make sure we have backups!

You can monitor our site health at https://dash.lemmy.world and https://status.lemmy.world

We will post updates to https://mastodon.world/@LemmyWorld as well.

Cheers, LW Infra Team 💗

Update This change is done. Images are now hosted on S3 storage and uploads are re-enabled.

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[-] ruud@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

Actually 2 reasons why. First and most important, this was needed so we can use tooling to detect and remove CSAM material. Secondly, it's because this is more cheap and scalable than having it on disk.