This was a confusingly titled post that had me briefly concerned for all of my useless little apps that run on Webfaction. Once I realized what it actually was, it's actually a nice little write-up that I'll probably implement one of these days, so thanks!
Just avoid starting things with "<service> fail." to save future heart attacks.
True, but I couldn't find a better title, especially since it's so closely linked to fail-over... It did start as a webfaction fail after the two rather extensive downtime periods. Luckily it turned out for the best!