This has just been updated:
Connection issues affecting Whois, Domains, and API
Incident resolved
We are happy to report the system has been in a steady state with no problems. The issue is now resolved.
Time posted
Feb 8, 17:23 UTC
Components Affected
Domain Services - Core gTLDs, Domain Services - Core ccTLDs, Domain Services - Other gTLDs, Domain Services - Other ccTLDs, Domain Services - WHOIS and 4 more components.
It has come to our attention that there are issues with OpenSRS who are the largest wholesaler of domains and we use for .com and .co.uk domains.
At present this is the issue:
Connection issues affecting API
This incident affects: Domain Services (Core gTLDs, Core ccTLDs, Other gTLDs, Other ccTLDs, WHOIS) and APIs (OpenSRS API, OpenHRS API, Email API, Test Environment API)
Until this is resolved it will not less us update the status of domains, renew or register new domains.
We will update this as soon as it has been resolved.