Announcements

Find the latest announcements about server maintenance, product updates, new products and features, and more.

PHP 8.5

Published: 2025-12-03

PHP version 8.5 is now available to all StormWeb clients. Prior to upgrading, we recommending checking that any software you're running on your web...


Vancouver Core Router Maintenance Window - Nov 29, 2025 - 1:00am to 6:00am EST

Published: 2025-11-25

We will be performing an upgrade of some core routers at our Vancouver point of presence. We expect to maintain redundant network connections to...


cPanel & Plesk Price Changes for 2026

Published: 2025-10-14

This announcement affects users running cPanel or Plesk on any of our VPS hosting plans. Beginning January 2026, WebPros, the company that...


Service outage - Oct 5, 2024 - 3:30am EDT

Published: 2025-10-05

October 5, 2025 between 3:30-9:30 am EDT
Web and email services for some shared hosting clients was unavailable due to an issue related to a...


Encrypted Connections Now Required for Sending Email

Published: 2025-04-24

To enhance the security and privacy of our email services, we are no longer allowing unencrypted connections to our SMTP server for sending email....


April 23, 2024 - 9:40am Eastern - IMAP and POP3 Email Service Disruption

Published: 2025-04-23

UPDATE - April 23, 2024 - 10:05am Eastern Time - Email service has been restored to affected users.

April 23, 2024 - 9:40am Eastern Time - A...


PHP 8.4

Published: 2024-11-27

PHP version 8.4 is now available to all StormWeb clients. Prior to upgrading, we recommending checking that any software you're running on your web...


Server maintenance - Oct 4, 2024 - 1:00am EDT

Published: 2024-10-04

UPDATE 4:00am EDT The upgrade has been completed and services are operating normally.
We will be performing a hardware upgrade on the da2 server...


Server maintenance - Oct 3, 2024 - 1:00am EDT

Published: 2024-10-03

UPDATE 4:15am EDT The upgrade has been completed and services are operating normally.
We will be performing a hardware upgrade on the da1 server...


Control panel license error - September 14, 2024 - 6:00am EDT

Published: 2024-09-14

UPDATE DirectAdmin has corrected the licensing issue. All services are back to normal.
Some users may be unable to access their control panels due...


Price changes for October 2024

Published: 2024-08-22

We’re making some adjustments to the price of some of our hosting plans this year so that we can continue to invest in our network and offer...


PHP 8.3

Published: 2024-08-04

PHP version 8.3 is now available to all StormWeb clients. Prior to upgrading, we recommending checking that any software you're running on your web...


Price changes for October 2023

Published: 2023-09-05

We’re increasing the price of some of our hosting plans so that we can continue to invest in and innovate on our product offerings and features,...


Server maintenance - Jun 13, 2022 - 2:00am EDT

Published: 2023-06-11

UPDATE 3:10am EDT Maintenance has been completed. Services are operating normally.
We will be performing a hardware upgrade on the...


PHP 8.2

Published: 2022-12-08

PHP version 8.2 is now available to all StormWeb clients. Prior to upgrading, we recommending checking that any software you're running on your web...


PayPal no longer accepted

Published: 2022-10-25

As of December 1st, 2022, we will no longer be accepting PayPal as a payment method. The payment options we’ll accept going forward include:...


Server maintenance - Oct 23, 2022 - 1:00am EDT

Published: 2022-10-21

UPDATE 4:28am EDT Maintenance has been completed. Services are operating normally.
UPDATE 3:10am EDT The maintenance window has been extended by...


Server issue - Oct 13, 2022 - 7:00am EDT

Published: 2022-10-13

8:25am EST
Service has returned to normal. Our apologies for any inconveniences this issue caused.

8:00am EST
Technicians have located the...


Server issue - Sept 8, 2022 - 12:30pm EDT

Published: 2022-09-08

12:50pm EST
The problem has been corrected and all services are back to normal.

12:30pm EST
We are currently experience an issue affecting web...


PHP 8.1

Published: 2021-11-25

PHP version 8.1 is now available to all StormWeb clients. Prior to upgrading, we recommending checking that any software you're running on your web...