Can't access GPSTC on my phone

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John340
John340
QLD
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22 Oct 2026 5:58pm
Is GPSTC website down or is there something wrong with my phone?
powersloshin
powersloshin
NSW
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NSW, 1868 posts
22 Oct 2026 7:42pm
Probably the php security urgent updates
Dylan72
Dylan72
QLD
710 posts
QLD, 710 posts
22 Oct 2026 9:08pm
It's down. Server error. I'm sure they are working on getting it up again.

Dylan72
Dylan72
QLD
710 posts
QLD, 710 posts
22 Oct 2026 11:41pm
FWIW, there has been a major security flaw announced in PHP so worldwide a large number of PHP based websites have been taken down as a precaution until they can be patched. I can only assume gpstc is one of these, as its PHP version is quite old.

I've looked at what's involved and it's definitely doable (I'm running a patched version of the current GPSTC website right now having applied the patch myself) but I expect the site will be offline for at least a day or two to get it sorted out. And I would not be surprised if Ben is working on other sites that have the same issue.

Give them some space to work it out, there are a vast number of affected websites around the world, and I am sure that free-to-use ones are lower on a lot of people's priority list.

(The good news is that a new non-PHP version of GPSTC is just about ready to go, so watch this space.)
decrepit
decrepit
WA
12924 posts
WA, 12924 posts
23 Oct 2026 11:43am
Thanks Dylan,
Great work!
I guess we have until a week after the end of the month to log this month's data so that's 7/11/26.
As long as it's back by then, nothing lost all though the site will be quite busy.
GPSTC Admin
GPSTC Admin
WA
24 posts
WA, 24 posts
24 Oct 2026 9:54am
There has been much activity behind the scenes and we are expecting teamchallenge to be available from around 9pm AEDST Saturday.
This unplanned outage has allowed us to move the site to a new host, so we are looking forward to announcing some changes very shortly.

Currently it is not possible to email teamchallenge directly. However the contact form is working or you can message on seabreeze.
GPSTC Admin
GPSTC Admin
WA
24 posts
WA, 24 posts
24 Oct 2026 6:29pm
We are back online!! Huge thanks to Dylan Tusler who has put in a huge amount of work with the site rebuild, and sorting out new hosting. We couldn't have done it without you.
In other news, we are now fully compliant against the latest PHP vulnerability (PHP2Shell) which has decimated the internet this week.
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MobZ
MobZ
NSW
597 posts
NSW, 597 posts
25 Oct 2026 7:15am
Super work crew. However KA for me is still not sending sessions to GPSTC like it was before this. Using Apple and tried both phone and desktop.
Dylan72
Dylan72
QLD
710 posts
QLD, 710 posts
25 Oct 2026 7:29am
There was a bug with the back link but it should be fixed now. Please let me know if you still can't post.
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