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Rage of Bahamut Ends Eight-Day PHP Maintenance
Cygames ended the emergency maintenance on Rage of Bahamut on October 29 at 20:00, eight days after it began on October 21.
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Why it matters
Where other titles shut down rather than patch the PHP vulnerability, Cygames put work into a 2011 browser game with no new scenarios or cards being added and kept its servers running.
Key Facts
- Cygames ended emergency maintenance on Rage of Bahamut on October 29 at 20:00, eight days after it began on October 21.
- The maintenance addressed a vulnerability in the PHP programming language.
- The PHP update was a major version upgrade spanning multiple generations, requiring program changes and checks across the whole game.
- Cygames distributed 5,000 radiant gems as an apology for the long maintenance.
- Rage of Bahamut has been distributed by Cygames since September 2011, and new scenarios and cards stopped in 2022.
The work addressed a vulnerability in the PHP programming language and required updating PHP across multiple major versions, which meant extensive changes to the game's program and checks across the whole game. Cygames handed out 5,000 radiant gems as an apology.
The maintenance started at 22:00 on October 21, and Cygames announced the next day that it would run long. PHP had served as the system's foundation for years, and the version update spanned multiple generations, so the program needed extensive modification and the whole game needed testing before it could come back up.
Rage of Bahamut has run since September 2011, and Cygames changed its operating structure in 2022, stopping new scenarios and cards while keeping events and campaigns going. Characters from the game have appeared in Shadowverse and Granblue Fantasy. The game is available for browsers, Android, and other platforms.
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