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WoW Forever status and notices
Maintenance, restarts, outages, single fixes and forum notices from Blizzard, newest first. Each is a sentence or two in our own words, with a link to Blizzard's post, which is the authority.
KaivaxWoW Forever Stress Test October 21
Blizzard moved the WoW Forever Stress Test to 21 October, two days later than first announced. The Beta goes offline first, then the game opens on the regional hardware it will use at launch. Any player with a WoW account can join without an active subscription. When it ends after a few hours, all characters, including names, are wiped and the Beta reopens.
KaivaxDatamined in the Latest Beta Build
Blizzard said the art assets recently datamined from the latest WoW Forever Beta build are not intended for this version of World of Warcraft.
KaivaxDruid cat form quest
A Beta hotfix on 16 October fixed the bug that stopped
Druids from looting the relics needed for the 
Cat Form quest.
KaivaxBeta Realm Maintenance - October 15
On 15 October Blizzard took the Beta down at 1:15 p.m. PDT to deploy and test a new build with many changes and fixes. A follow-up on 16 October said realms were back and that players not on client 70425 should update through the Blizzard app.
KaivaxBeta Maintenance - October 14
On 14 October Blizzard took the Beta offline at 8:00 a.m. PDT for maintenance and internal tests, expected to take a couple of hours. A follow-up said the Beta was coming back online.
KaivaxBeta Realm Maintenance - October 8
Blizzard took the Beta down on 8 October at 9:00 a.m. PDT, earlier than previous Thursdays, to deploy behind-the-scenes fixes plus bug fixes and gameplay changes. It said that for a live game, it would expect realms back by 3:00 p.m. PDT. The realm returned later that day, with updated Development Notes and Known Issues to follow.
KaivaxBrief Beta Realm Maintenance - October 6
On 6 October Blizzard restarted Beta realms at 3:00 p.m. PDT to deploy priority fixes. These included a fix for quests where restocked chest items had gone missing, a fix for disconnects while riding elevators or transports, and a fix for an error when joining or leaving a guild.
KaivaxBrief Realm Maintenance - October 5
On 5 October Blizzard announced brief realm restarts to apply fixes for service quality. Players in game would see countdown messages, and the Beta would reopen a few minutes after going offline.
KaivaxGnomeregan, Who broke it?!
On 4 October Blizzard said an issue affecting Gnomeregan had been fixed that afternoon.
KaivaxDialog Bug for Australian Testers -- fixed
Blizzard acknowledged a bug in the new Beta build that showed Australian testers a login dialog saying social features were locked down, which was incorrect. It was reported fixed on 3 October.
KaivaxBeta Service Issue - October 1
On 2 October Blizzard said it knew of an issue preventing testers from logging into the Beta and was working on a fix.
KaivaxAfter WoW:F Podcast, I'm feeling a ton of confidence in this dev team
In a thread about the podcast, Blizzard pointed players to where the first two episodes of the official WoW Forever podcast can be found, with links to the forum posts for episodes 1 and 2.
KaivaxBeta Update Maintenance - October 1
On 1 October Blizzard said the Beta would go offline the next morning PDT for maintenance. It would return several hours later with a new build, fixes and the level cap raised to 30. A later post said the shutdown was about 45 minutes away.
KaivaxCan we put the Kyle Questline back into Mulgore?
A player asked for the Kyle questline to return to Mulgore. Blizzard replied on 28 September that it is working on it and to stay tuned.
KaivaxRealm is full
On 27 September Blizzard replied to a report of players getting a login queue after a disconnect. It found and fixed the problem that was filling the queue.
KaivaxBeta Realm Restarts Incoming - Sept. 25
On 25 September Blizzard announced it would shut down and restart the Beta within minutes to apply stability fixes. The maintenance was expected to be short.
What insights would you like to see in a future episode of the WoW: Forever Podcast?
Blizzard said the first official WoW Forever podcast episode was well received. Episode 2 was announced to focus on class design with systems designers. The team asked players which other topics they want developers to discuss in later episodes.
KaivaxGame is unplayable today
Blizzard said on 25 September it was tracking server problems affecting some beta testers and that the fix would almost certainly mean restarting servers that day.
KaivaxBeta Realm Maintenance is Underway - September 24
Blizzard took the beta offline on 24 September for maintenance and to deploy a new build, expecting at least a couple of hours of downtime. Development notes and an updated known issues list were promised afterwards.
KaivaxIncreased Weather Effects
Blizzard said on 23 September that increased weather effects were coming soon to the beta.
KaivaxAuto-shoot Bug and Fix Incoming
Blizzard acknowledged a beta bug where the 0.5-second cast before a
Hunter's 
Auto Shot or a wand shot was much shorter than intended, so players did not need to stand still as long. A fix was expected in an upcoming beta build, hopefully the following week.
Kaivax[Mac] 8 different graphics bugs, each isolated to one setting — with repro steps for each
Replying to a detailed player report of eight Mac graphics bugs, each tied to one setting, Blizzard thanked the reporter and said several analyses and possible fixes for Mac issues were already in progress.
Kaivax"Character with that name already exists"
Blizzard asked players locked out of a beta character with a 'name already exists' message to report the character name and the last time they played it successfully, to help narrow log searches. A Senior Game Producer wanted to restart beta realms that day, and Blizzard said it was gathering information to be sure of the cause and fix.
KaivaxA Firm Response unable to progress
Blizzard confirmed a fix for a stuck event in the quest A Firm Response, which blocked
Windshaper Skyborne on Zephras Isle after Lorthuna spawned near the Shrine of Akir. An earlier fix did not work, but the 21 September fix did, and testers were seen completing the quest.
KaivaxUnable to launch WoW Forever
In a thread about being unable to launch WoW Forever, Blizzard pointed out that the WoW Forever discussion forum is open to everyone with an active WoW subscription, not only beta testers.
KaivaxWe can't install World of Warcraft: Forever because your operating system doesn't meet the minimum specs to run
For players told their operating system does not meet the minimum specs to install WoW Forever, Blizzard pointed to its GPU requirements article. At launch, GPUs based on certain older architectures far below the minimum hardware requirements will no longer be supported.
KaivaxNo WoW Account Selector for Multiple Licenses—Second Login Disconnects First Player
A player reported that two WoW accounts under one Blizzard account could not both log in: the second login disconnects the first and no account selector appears. Blizzard asked whether adding a separate test-region account would bring up a choice of account at login.
KaivaxBeta Discussion Forum Right This Way
Blizzard opened a separate forum for WoW Forever beta discussion on 17 September.
KaivaxAlmost there!
On 17 September Blizzard said many players were waiting to get into the beta and that a few last issues remained before opening. A second post said the opening was happening gradually rather than all at once.
KaivaxWelcome to WoW: Forever Community Connections!
A forum was opened on 12 September for players to post about their communities in WoW Forever and to look for friends and former guildmates.
KaivaxWelcome to the WoW: Forever General Discussion Forum. Please read this--
Blizzard opened the General Discussion forum for WoW Forever on 12 September and asked posters to follow the Code of Conduct and a set of courtesy guidelines. Off-topic threads, misleading titles, thread bumping and petition or vote-style threads can be removed. Feedback about Blizzard staff posts goes by email rather than the forum.