Try asking on infra.chat (Apache INFRA's hipchat). I was in that room earlier today, and they were working on the ongoing JIRA spam.
On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Xiao Chen <x...@cloudera.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm not sure if common-dev is the right contact list, please redirect me if > not. > > It seems the jira lock down is somehow being more strict? > I was able to comment on an HDFS jira > < > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-4210?focusedCommentId=15282111&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-15282111 > > > at around 14:45 PDT today, but now I cannot. > > The banner still says: > > Jira is in Temporary Lockdown mode as a spam countermeasure. Only logged-in > users with active roles (committer, contributor, PMC, etc.) will be able to > create issues or comments during this time. Lockdown period from 11 May > 2300 UTC to estimated 12 May 2300 UTC. > > > But with a quick check with Yongjun and Yufei, contributors are locked down > as well. > > Thanks, > -Xiao >