Beta & PTR Realms are currently down for maintenance. I'll be updating this thread with information and time estimates as I receive them.

The initial time estimate is between 5 and 7 hours from this post. I understand that there has been a lot of downtime and that can be frustrating but we appreciate your patience.

As usual I keep this thread open and relaxed but please keep the discussion respectful and constructive.

Edit: (8:52pm PST) We've run into some issues with getting the realms back up, they should be back soon.

Mostly bug fixes with this push. Resolving some issues with realm sharing.

08/09/2012 03:07 PMPosted by Xenzzulie

sapper please post update!

Still about 3-4 hours out. Things are progressing normally.

About an hour from this posting.

08/09/2012 04:19 PMPosted by Skithirix

Does this mean everything will be back up in an our or you will be providing another update in an hour?

They should be up in about an hour, though we may have hit a minor delay so I'd revise that to 1-2 hours.

The issues with "Unleash Hell" should be resolved with this upcoming build.

JFYI, I know a couple of you have asked.

Should be less than an hour.

We're working on it now, sorry we're in bit of a holding pattern.

08/09/2012 06:19 PMPosted by Navix

If you can get in, someone please tell me Unleash Hell quest is fixed!

It should be, and if it's not we'll make sure it it gets fixed. We're very aware of the issues with it.

Apologies for the radio silence (I'm all about the aeronautic metaphors)

Yes there's an issue with the patch and we're actively working on it to get the Beta back up as soon as possible. I can't really give a great time estimate right now but my next update will probably be when it's 10-15 minutes away.

Whoa, nuh-uh, no political or theological arguments up in here. Take it outside.

08/09/2012 08:33 PMPosted by Gatewayz

Would this downtime have anything to do with the security breach?

No, nothing to do with that.

Though you should still read this if you haven't yet:

http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/securityupdate.html

I feel this one has kinda gotten out of control. Hopefully things should be up in the next few hours..