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The file.garden domain is currently down. The website (filegarden.com) and all files are fine, but direct links are inaccessible. The issue seems to be on Cloudflare's end (our domain provider). I contacted them and will post as soon as they reply. Unfortunately the average response time is 3 days.

Cloudflare has confirmed they blocked the domain intentionally, and they did not notify me of this or provide any explanation. I submitted a request to get it unblocked and asked for further details. More updates to come.

No response yet, but I completed a domain transfer from Cloudflare to Porkbun and can now begin restoring the domain's functionality. We relied on Cloudflare for some of our infrastructure, so replacing that may take some time. Rest assured that all will be restored. Thank you for your support. :)

The domain is still inaccessible on Porkbun's DNS, so Cloudflare likely misunderstood the situation and was wrong to take blame (fortunately). The issue is likely on the .garden registry's end instead (unfortunately), which is owned by GoDaddy. I contacted GoDaddy and Porkbun and will update you.

GoDaddy confirmed they blocked file.garden for violating TLD community guidelines. This is the first I'm hearing of this, and they aren't clarifying how their guidelines were violated. They say our registrar Porkbun is responsible for appealing the block, so I'm in contact with them now.

As a temporary workaround, you can now replace "file.garden" with "temporary-file-garden.link" in URLs! This is temporary, so only some people will find it useful, but it's the most we can do for now. Porkbun's admin team is still looking into the case, and they won't be as active over the weekend.

I wrote a Tampermonkey script that lets file.garden keep working in just your own browser by requesting its files through the temporary domain! It's not perfect, but it usually works. 1. Install Tampermonkey: www.tampermonkey.net 2. Visit temporary-file-garden.link/fixer.user.js 3. Click "Install"

Okay, but does this mean the appeal has failed?