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Ask HN: Is Signal down?

20 points by thsowers 8y ago

Can't send texts, colleagues reporting same thing

sempron64 8y ago
Mildly related, I found that Signal no longer allows exporting the message database, so I cannot escape. I have many important and cherished messages in there and I'd like to export them. Does anyone know of a solution?
- markovbot 8y ago
  settings -> chats and media -> chat backup and here's an open source project to decrypt them: https://github.com/xeals/signal-back https://github.com/xeals/signal-back
  - sempron64 8y ago
    Thank you!
- BLKNSLVR 8y ago
  May I ask what constitutes and important or cherished message? I switch devices (phones / computers) every couple of years, and I like "starting fresh". I backup photos and videos but that's it. I tend to consider messages as ephemeral. a text message about the birth of a child or the death of a relative matters in the moment, but the real keepsakes are the experiences and memories in meatspace. I've had bosses that wanted their text messages restored to their new phone because there was great joke someone texted them three years ago. FFS. Business reasons / legal requirements OK, but these weren't. (Not saying you're wrong - I tend to work differently to my peers - just looking for context)
  - PerfectElement 8y ago
    Not the parent, but I still have the text messages from when I was starting to date my now wife, 10 years ago. It's fun to look at those every few years.
jackweirdy 8y ago
US East 1: https://status.aws.amazon.com/ https://status.aws.amazon.com/
scrollaway 8y ago
AWS us-east-1 is having serious EC2 issues. So many sites are having problems.
- atmosx 8y ago
  Must be region us-east-1c having issues, it's not clear from the communique. They talk about 1 AZ but don't mention which one.
  - jackweirdy 8y ago
    The az’s letters are assigned differently in each account. Your C may not be someone else’s C
    - atmosx 8y ago
      Interesting, I had no idea.
- adreamingsoul 8y ago
  Parts of Virginia are under a flash flood warning. Related?
Thriptic 8y ago
God damnit, I uninstalled and tried to reinstall assuming it was just me. Now I have I to re-check keys with everyone :(
sudofail 8y ago
Down for me too
mayneack 8y ago
https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/7869 https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/7869
thsowers 8y ago
If you ping textsecure-service.whispersystems.org, it points to localhost 127.0.0.1 Wonder if this is a misconfig / related to AWS error / legal action
tonyztan 8y ago
Looks like it's back. If it still doesn't work, try stopping the app and clearing your DNS cache (or restarting the device).
WindowsFon4life 8y ago
https://outage.report/signal https://outage.report/signal

20 points by thsowers 8y ago

Can't send texts, colleagues reporting same thing

Mildly related, I found that Signal no longer allows exporting the message database, so I cannot escape. I have many important and cherished messages in there and I'd like to export them. Does anyone know of a solution?

markovbot 8y ago
settings -> chats and media -> chat backup and here's an open source project to decrypt them: https://github.com/xeals/signal-back https://github.com/xeals/signal-back
- sempron64 8y ago
  Thank you!
BLKNSLVR 8y ago
May I ask what constitutes and important or cherished message? I switch devices (phones / computers) every couple of years, and I like "starting fresh". I backup photos and videos but that's it. I tend to consider messages as ephemeral. a text message about the birth of a child or the death of a relative matters in the moment, but the real keepsakes are the experiences and memories in meatspace. I've had bosses that wanted their text messages restored to their new phone because there was great joke someone texted them three years ago. FFS. Business reasons / legal requirements OK, but these weren't. (Not saying you're wrong - I tend to work differently to my peers - just looking for context)
- PerfectElement 8y ago
  Not the parent, but I still have the text messages from when I was starting to date my now wife, 10 years ago. It's fun to look at those every few years.

jackweirdy 8y ago

US East 1: https://status.aws.amazon.com/ https://status.aws.amazon.com/

scrollaway 8y ago

AWS us-east-1 is having serious EC2 issues. So many sites are having problems.

atmosx 8y ago
Must be region us-east-1c having issues, it's not clear from the communique. They talk about 1 AZ but don't mention which one.
- jackweirdy 8y ago
  The az’s letters are assigned differently in each account. Your C may not be someone else’s C
  - atmosx 8y ago
    Interesting, I had no idea.
adreamingsoul 8y ago
Parts of Virginia are under a flash flood warning. Related?

Thriptic 8y ago

God damnit, I uninstalled and tried to reinstall assuming it was just me. Now I have I to re-check keys with everyone :(

sudofail 8y ago

Down for me too

mayneack 8y ago

https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/7869 https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/7869

thsowers 8y ago

If you ping textsecure-service.whispersystems.org, it points to localhost 127.0.0.1 Wonder if this is a misconfig / related to AWS error / legal action

tonyztan 8y ago

Looks like it's back. If it still doesn't work, try stopping the app and clearing your DNS cache (or restarting the device).

WindowsFon4life 8y ago

https://outage.report/signal https://outage.report/signal