Downtime Update!

February 25, 2026 11:06 am

👋 Hey Folks!

Last night the site went down for our quickly-scheduled maintenance, and unfortunately I wasn't able to complete the migration in time (even with a few extra hours of downtime!).

What happened: The database got stuck migrating the item_instances table — that's where we store all of your wardrobe items. Turns out you've all collected a lot of items over the years. You should be proud! But it also means this table takes a very long time to run migrations over.

What this means: We'll be living with the current lag and some strange bugs (like random hair) for a few more days while I investigate whether we can migrate this table slowly in the background without stressing the site. I'll have an update soon.

Cron was down: While the site was down, our "cron" system (the magical timer ⏲️) got turned off, which stopped zombie progression and other site progression. It wasn't able to restore itself until around 10AM Subeta time. Unfortunately, I can't step back in time and re-run everything that should have happened, so progression starts fresh from there. That means some folks' Zombie strains will need a little extra time, we gave Survival some extra runway because we knew there might be complications like this. I'll keep an eye on it, and we can extend it if needed, or reduce timers.

The bigger picture: I know this sucks. We're between two sites right now and features aren't working 100%, and some people are seeing weird hair on their avatars they didn't put there. I know everyone wants everything to just work. We're a very small team now, doing our best to get us there.

I'll keep you updated. Thanks for sticking with us! 💙

February 28, 2026, 4:56 pm by

I absolutely hate the new website it’s frustrating and it makes me want to leave if we just would of stayed with what we already had it would be better than this

February 27, 2026, 10:42 am by

Been trying to post on the survival forms for 2 hours and all I get is error messages… frustrating

February 27, 2026, 8:46 am by

Kumos is down. 503 service unavailable

February 26, 2026, 7:49 am by

Thank you so much for all the work. UPDATE: regression works! At long last, stage 7 Love Bug! 😍

February 26, 2026, 12:11 am by

Appreciate the transparency and all the effort keeping things running. Wouldn't be a Survival without some road bumps

February 25, 2026, 9:55 pm by

Just wanna signal boost Nogami & Bobbins’ sentiments + express thanks for holding up under both this Sisyphean task and sporadic tomato flinging from players. 🍅🛡️

February 25, 2026, 9:24 pm by

What's going on? The infection I had ended, I got the skin and the message notification, removed it in the wardrobe, but I can't get another infection. Every time I try it says he can't help me because my virus is still developing! How do I get a new infection?

February 25, 2026, 8:44 pm by

Thanks for all you're doing! <3

February 25, 2026, 8:42 pm by

I have random eyes that showed up on my HA and have no idea how to delete them using the Kumos website

February 25, 2026, 8:29 pm by

i feel like it wouldn't be a subeta event without something like this happening lol. thanks for the updates, and for working so hard to keep this site trucking along!

i don't want to give a big speech but i do think it's important to keep in mind that subeta is only alive because keith cares about the site, and what it means to people, so much. most people would have let subeta die out by now. this news post already says that extensions may happen/timers may be adjusted if needed due to things being rough, so i'm not too concerned. i just hope that things go well with trying to fix the issues; with how annoying it is just for us, i can't imagine the frustration of having to fix everything.

February 25, 2026, 8:23 pm by

Thank you for all your hard work and for letting us know how things are going!

February 25, 2026, 7:55 pm by

Thank you for all your hard work!

February 25, 2026, 7:53 pm by

Appreciate all the effort you put into keeping this site running. Some hiccups are really no big deal.

February 25, 2026, 7:46 pm by

Thanks for your efforts. <3

February 25, 2026, 7:26 pm by

subeta has been so formative to me during the 18ish years I've played. can't thank you enough, , for your hard work, and keeping subeta's lights on. 💖

February 25, 2026, 7:24 pm by

My new Cozy skin fully developed so I went to my wardrobe to remove it so I could get another new skin but I got this message Your zombie virus has fully matured! You've unlocked a new skin - check your wardrobe to equip it!

February 25, 2026, 6:45 pm by

I think the problem with waiting for the site move to be fully finished before having any more events is that Keith has limited time to be able to work on all of this, and he's pretty much working by himself. So if we waited until it was all done, that could be potentially several years of no events or new content, people would eventually get bored and leave, and then there might be no more Subeta in the end. I know this all kind of sucks, I've been frustrated my fair share as well, but Idk I feel like something is better than nothing. And with how patched together the legacy site really seems to be, I'm impressed that we are even able to get these slightly broken version of events in the first place.

So thank you for at least trying your best staff. It's annoying for everyone, but I appreciate the efforts at least. <3

February 25, 2026, 6:19 pm by

I have a problem with my HA. I can't get the Crack Head skin off it and it is not progressing! I should be at stage 5 of Fresh right now. Please help.....

February 25, 2026, 6:00 pm by

Got hit by a pang of nostalgia last night and logged in after a decade hiatus. 😅 So nice to see this site still getting so much love. Thank you for keeping this going!

February 25, 2026, 5:41 pm by

I think people are being pretty harsh given the resources y'all have to work with - honestly after the first day of lag (that always happens bc a buncha users are on the site, no matter the state of it) the kumos site is working really, really well. I do with some stuff was a little less clunky like clearing events on the sidebar, but thanks for keeping us updated and for the new features that make it way, way less of a hassle to get event currency.

February 25, 2026, 5:14 pm by

I can see both sides of it... it sounds like just putting a hold on events until the site move is finished would be a good idea considering how much strain events cause. Lighten the load a little. But then there'd be very little to do on the site, so not good for keeping people coming back. I know for me personally, since I mostly just collect items and work on profiles, my activity on the site would likely go down if we stopped events altogether.

Mostly I just wish Kumos was more like the legacy site but with up-to-date coding etc (I don't know the exact terminology but hopefully you get what I mean here), instead of being SO different. It feels like most of the stuff that's moved over to Kumos is changed very drastically in the process and I think that's a big reason why so many of us don't feel very friendly towards Kumos :s

Anyway... thanks for the updates and for keeping us in the loop, I know this post might sound a bit whingy but please understand it's coming from a place of love for the site :)

February 25, 2026, 4:45 pm by

thank you for the info! i couldn't find anything in the forums so i was trying to get the kumos forums to load and was having trouble.

February 25, 2026, 4:41 pm by

Keith is working on it. There seems to be an issue with final progression. I reported it about an hour ago.

Feedback doesn't always sound kind, but it's necessary to effect change. I think I've done my part over the past four years to monetarily support Subeta's staff. Hopefully the negative feedback can help steer Kumos in a positive direction.

February 25, 2026, 4:34 pm by

uh, what just happened to my virus? i had pleasure earlier and got infected right after the event started. I have nothing now and the vip is telling me i can be infected. i should be on the latest stage, 6th.

February 25, 2026, 4:22 pm by

This is what makes Subeta, Subeta. It's all good and we love ya! (thankyou for still giving a damn!)

February 25, 2026, 4:20 pm by

If anyone can access Kumos and needs to see their strain stage it's still accessible at the Healer~.

February 25, 2026, 3:52 pm by

not to be that guy but if you want this to go faster, be more seamless... pay for csc. get a gold account. the biggest reason they can't just do this as efficiently is possible is that it's a smaller team of folks that are (hopefully) getting paid to do the best they can. this is not a huge corporate entity.

i've seen real actual businesses do worse than this. like losing tens of thousands a dollar a day kind of worse, just so they could save a few bucks. that's not what's happening here. be kind.

February 25, 2026, 3:24 pm by

I have to agree with[user= DarkPrince] for most everything in that comment, except maybe some of the wording. We run into this every single time anymore there's a user heavy event. It's a little tiresome at this point and I try to be patient, I really do.

I'd just like my hair back please.

February 25, 2026, 3:21 pm by

This will be unpopular but I don't care. There should be no events until the change is finished. Just get the migration over and done with before having events that never work properly. Personally I can't stand the new site. But yes if I don't like it I don't have to be here, and it's definately looking that way. I come on here to get away from st things in life so it's no fun when this is st too. I don't see the point in being all nicey nicey.

February 25, 2026, 3:20 pm by

I appreciate everything you all do to make Subeta a wonderful place for us! 💖

February 25, 2026, 3:08 pm by

I don't believe it's possible to have a seamless, fast browsing experience on Kumos. I wish I was joking. It has never, in over a year, been a smooth, seamless experience. I hope I'm proved wrong, but I just don't think Kumos' building blocks allow for it. It's too...heavy in each page, too bogged down. I'm afraid it would take a complete re-work to experience the fast, seamless experience we've come to know, and expect, both on Legacy and the world wide web. While I appreciate the effort, I will never be able to enjoy a slow, clunky experience.

February 25, 2026, 2:57 pm by

A little lag would be o.k., but there are constant cloudflare errors 504 on both sites now. I took this week off, to be able to finally get my Throwback Fights in and can't even finish my dailies, let alone battle!

And it doesn't astonish me, that Kumos is so slow, when it constantly refreshes each page and each tab - I want to click back fast, but no, I have to wait, till the back tab loads afresh - that's also hard on our bandwidth! Apart from the fact, that I can never check back, what was on the last page (items, prices, sP,...) because it doesn't exist anymore. THAT is annoying!

February 25, 2026, 2:51 pm by

Sorry, just reread the post and saw CRON wasn't back up until 10 am.

February 25, 2026, 2:41 pm by

Has anyone had any progression at all since before the downtime? I know said the timer reset but I am still at the stage I was at last night before the downtime. It has been over 8 hours since it ended, right?

February 25, 2026, 2:02 pm by

Thanks for your work, Keith! Always appreciate your transparency with getting Kumos going <3

February 25, 2026, 1:58 pm by

All good. We believe in you!

February 25, 2026, 1:30 pm by

Weird hair is a daily reality for me in real life…. No big deal here. Though I am suffering some bloated wardrobe guilt right now. Sorry about that.

February 25, 2026, 1:27 pm by

Sure wish it could have waited 1 hour because I was only 1/2 way through with quests. Odd that they chose the start of a complicated timed event to do this migration. I cannot use the kumos site until they return my book marks on the right side since I use those constantly. And I gave up on quests on kumos as they are not worthwhile. Lost SPs doing Wiz quests and didn't get a single token. Hope things get worked out soon.

February 25, 2026, 1:24 pm by

I'm super nosy so here is an screenshot of all the viruses stages so far (click) (the next stage will be the final skin)

And links for name voting: [Pleasure] [Fresh] [Cozy] [Hearty]

February 25, 2026, 12:59 pm by

I appreciate the time and effort being put into making subeta great again. I want to mention a problem I'm having- I cannot access any forum posts. So, I'm not able to report the bug! I've not been able to track the zombie procession this year so it's put me off choosing a strain. I hope I'll be able to access the forums soon, as I'm also unable to vote on strain names ;0; Good luck Keith and staff!

February 25, 2026, 12:54 pm by

Don't sweat it! I understand this is a big thing with a lotta moving parts.

February 25, 2026, 12:51 pm by

thank you for everything that you and the team do Keith, genuinely. i appreciate the love and care that y'all still put into this site.

February 25, 2026, 12:37 pm by

The main things that put me off using Kumos all the time is 1: the lag (especially since there seems to be some kind of auto-reload feature that doesn't actually refresh anything so I have to reload manually again to see new things and the lag makes it a pain) and 2: it's hard to navigate on mobile. But I imagine those will be dealt with eventually. I'm sure it will be better when more and more features have been migrated over.

(Also could do without the directory search filters resetting in legacy frame mode, I hope when that gets brought over it doesn't do that)

February 25, 2026, 12:30 pm by

Thank you so much for all the work you're putting into this Keith! I really appreciate the communication as well. No harm in a few downtimes if it means the game will run smother. <3 I'm extra excited to see the kumos wardrobe working properly.

February 25, 2026, 12:29 pm by

Personally, not even fazed. Is it a Subeta Holiday without some kinks? <3 :D

February 25, 2026, 12:25 pm by

Thanks for the update! It's been super exciting to see everything get modernized on Kumos so far, can't wait to see more :D

February 25, 2026, 12:19 pm by

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha, gee, I wonder what "like random hair" might be referring to! I feel so seen hehe. 💙 And plus side - I do still adore this bright green color.

Thank you for doing your best! Here's hopingthe background idea works out.

February 25, 2026, 12:10 pm by

Thank you so much for all your hard work! Survival's theme is surviving, and here we all are doing! Giving the site's backend a big kiss for it doing its best <3

February 25, 2026, 12:08 pm by

it's all PHP 😭 i am stuck in PHP for the rest of my life

February 25, 2026, 12:05 pm by

Thank you!

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