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Notion seems to be inaccessible due to a DNS problem.

   nslookup notion.so
   Server:  1.1.1.1
   Address: 1.1.1.1#53

   ** server can't find notion.so: NXDOMAIN

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It looks like some sort of dispute or contractual issue between Notion and and the .so registry, or a complete messup by the registry.

From a whois of notion.so:

Updated Date: 2021-02-12T12:54:35.982Z

Creation Date: 2015-03-31T00:00:00.0Z

Registry Expiry Date: 2021-03-31T00:00:00.0Z

Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2021-03-31T00:00:00.0Z

Domain Status: clientHold https://icann.org/epp#clientHold

From Notion's Twitter: "Do any users have a contact at http://name.com?" [0]

[0] https://twitter.com/NotionStatus/status/1360231247570554880

yeah, all DNS records are gone.

dig notion.so

  ; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> notion.so
  ;; global options: +cmd
  ;; Got answer:
  ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 17971
  ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

  ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
  ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
  ;; QUESTION SECTION:
  ;notion.so.   IN A

  ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
  so.   1098 IN SOA d.nic.so. hostmaster.nic.so. 2021021213 21600 3600 604800 1200

  ;; Query time: 303 msec
  ;; SERVER: 2a02:168:519b:0:5d0a:c6a1:b908:a391#53(2a02:168:519b:0:5d0a:c6a1:b908:a391)
  ;; WHEN: Fri Feb 12 14:25:11 CET 2021
  ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 91

> We're experiencing a DNS issue, causing the site to not resolve for many users. We are actively looking into this issue.

— https://twitter.com/NotionStatus/status/1360220589743480838

https://status.notion.so/

https://twitter.com/NotionStatus/

The "funny" thing, is that even the status page is not accessible.

It won't be for most people [1] I am not sure why they are saying the problem is resolved, though I have no idea what notion.so is.

[1] - https://www.whatsmydns.net/#NS/notion.so

Notion is currently down....(Feb 12, 2021) https://youtu.be/_lEORC9-XcA via

#NotionisDown #SaveNotion #SaveOurData

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