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<b>From: </b>arin-tech-discuss <arin-tech-discuss-bounces@arin.net> on behalf of Darron Mason <dmason@arin.net><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, September 14, 2026 at 10:45 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>arin-tech-discuss@arin.net <arin-tech-discuss@arin.net><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[arin-tech-discuss] Operational Testing and Evaluation Monthly Maintenance September 2026<br>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This message serves as a notification that the Operational Testing and Evaluation environment will soon begin its monthly maintenance for a code and data refresh
today.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Scheduled Work:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The OT&E whois and other application servers will now update to code matching production versions with refreshed database data.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Querying
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not respond until this maintenance has completed.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Expected Duration:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">6 hours</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Following the scheduled maintenance there will be a follow up message indicating completion.</span></p>
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<span style="text-transform: none;">~Darron Mason, ARIN Sr. SRE</span></div>
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