[AfrICANN-discuss] TAS Interruption - Update (16 April 2012)

[Anne-Rachel Inné]

TAS Interruption - Update (16 April 2012)
Statement by Akram Atallah, COO
16 April 2012

The TLD application system, or TAS, was taken offline on Thursday, 12
April due to a technical issue.

We believe that we have fixed the glitch, and we are testing it to make sure.

ICANN is committed to reopening the application system as soon as we
can confirm that the problem has been resolved and we have had proper
time for testing.

We also want to inform all applicants, before we reopen, whether they
have been affected by the glitch. We are still gathering information
so we can do that.

Accordingly, the application system will not reopen tomorrow.

We will provide an update on the timing of the reopening no later than
Friday, 20 April at 23.59 UTC.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.