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the status page no longer lives on our servers

Fri, 13 Nov 2026 16:00:00 +0000

a status page has one job: to say what works exactly when something does not. if it lives on the same server as everything else, it disappears at the worst moment too. so status.voidhosting.org is now served by a CDN (Bunny), and our servers only put two data files there.

two views

the first is our monitoring. once a minute it checks the website, the account panel, the API, the bot, the server nodes, the proxy, web hosting, domain registration and balance top-up. it counts an outage after three bad checks in a row, about three minutes: one or two failed checks also happen when the network next to the checker stumbles.

the second is a probe on another host and another network. once a minute it opens what a customer opens: the website, the account panel, the API and the sites on web hosting. its answer can only soften ours, never make it worse:

ours	outside	on the page
works	anything	works
unstable or down	works	works
unstable or down	unstable	unstable
down	down	down
anything	nothing fresh	as we see it

why. on 13 November our server lost its direct path to the hosting, while customers' sites opened all along. for a few hours the page said «unstable» although everything worked for customers. now the view from outside gives the right answer in such a case.

when our monitoring is silent

if our monitoring's file has not been updated for more than three minutes and the probe outside is fresh, the page says so: «our monitoring is not answering». under it, what is seen from outside: whether the website, the account panel, the API and the hosted sites open. the rest honestly says «no data».

how the page looks when our monitoring is silent. the picture was taken on test data

if both files are old, the page says «the data is out of date» and when the last check was. it never shows a green «everything works» without fresh data.

whether a domain is free, right on the website

Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000

the «domains» section of voidhosting.org now has a search field. type a name — void — or a name with its zone — void.dev. the search looks at up to eight names: the zone first, if you gave one, then the first zones of the catalogue. the prices are the same as in the account panel, with the renewal price beside them.

where the answer comes from

whether a name is free is said by the registries: DNS delegation, RDAP and whois. the search on the website does not ask the reseller at all — its bulk call is slow and answers unevenly.

each name gets one of three answers:

free — go straight to registering it in the account panel, the name already filled in;
taken;
could not check — the registry did not answer in time. this is not «free»: such a name can be checked in the account panel, where the check is complete.

registries are slow at times, so a search can take a few seconds — the page says so instead of freezing.

before a purchase the account panel checks the name again, in full. if the price has risen in the meantime, it asks you to confirm the new one.

the account panel on the website, and a code from an app at sign-in

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 18:00:00 +0000

the account panel lives at voidhosting.org/account. it is the same account as in the bot: sign in with the account key (VOID-…) or through Telegram, or make a new account right on the website, without Telegram.

what is in it

servers: ordering, upgrades and reinstalls, load, a console in the browser, the proxy, SSH keys, deletion;
domains: Cloudflare and DNS, where a domain points;
web hosting: sites, databases, mail, plan, password;
API keys and webhooks;
support: tickets right in the panel. Nova answers first, then an operator.

two-factor protection is optional and is turned on in the account settings. you need an authenticator app: it shows a six-digit code that changes every 30 seconds. when you turn it on, the panel gives you 10 recovery codes — each works once, for when the phone is not at hand.

with the protection on, the code is asked:

at sign-in, with the key and through Telegram alike;
when a new Telegram is bound to the account with its key;
before anything that deletes, creates or shows credentials, and before changing where a domain points. a code entered in the last 10 minutes is not asked again.

no code is needed to pay, renew or upgrade. Telegram accounts already bound, the Mini App and API keys are not affected.

five wrong codes in a row close the check for 10 minutes. when the protection is turned on or off, or a recovery code is used, the bot writes to every Telegram of the account.

if both the phone and the recovery codes are lost, write to support. only an operator can take the protection off, and first they make sure it is the owner writing.