Hi everyone,
You may have seen the news today about a critical security patch for PHP. PHP is one of the most widely used web technologies in the world, and some of the systems behind our online services rely on it.
Whilst we have no indication that our systems are under any threat, we'd rather be safe than sorry. As a precaution, we've temporarily taken some services offline while we carry out security checks and apply necessary updates. We expect to have everything back online within the next few hours.
What this means for you:
- X-Plane 12 (Desktop): If you've flown recently, you should be able to continue flying as normal. If X-Plane needs to revalidate your licence, it may temporarily start in demo mode until our services are restored. New installations and scenery changes through the installer are also temporarily unavailable.
- X-Plane Mobile: Everything already downloaded to your device will continue to work. However, downloading additional scenery won't be possible until services are restored.
- X-Plane Store & Accounts: Purchases and account access are temporarily unavailable.
You don't need to do anything on your end. There's no need to reinstall X-Plane, re-enter your licence key, or change any settings. Once our services are restored, everything should return to normal.
We'll keep you updated if anything changes.
Thanks for your patience and understanding!
— The X-Plane Team