Riga zone (closed 2024)

We ran a trial zone in Riga from May 2023 to September 2024, then retired it. This page stays up because people still find old links to it, and because how a zone closes matters.

What happened

We opened Riga as a trial, unsure of the demand. It never found enough steady use to justify a full zone, and a near-empty zone is harder to keep healthy than a busy one. In August 2024 we decided to close it.

How we handled the data

• We told every Riga account by the only channel we have to them: a notice in the workspace, six weeks ahead.
• Export stayed open until 30 September 2024. Anyone could download their whole account as a zip at any time in that window.
• After the window, the zone was retired and its storage wiped. We kept nothing.

If you have an old reference

• A bookmark to riga.velravio.com no longer resolves to a zone.
• An /api/v1 call against the Riga host will not reach an account; create a new account in another zone.
• If you exported in 2024 and want to come back, just sign up in the zone nearest you and upload your export.

We are sorry to the handful of people who liked having their files in Riga. Closing it was the honest call, and doing it with a long export window was the least we owed you.