Renewal History
openarchives.org
openarchives.org has been renewed 10 times, usually 1 year at a time, about 4 weeks before expiry. The longest single renewal was 5 years, around 2016, out to 2016. No near-death on record.
Every renewal, newest first
- 2025between Oct 9, 2025 and Oct 25, 2025+1 yearexpiry Nov 10, 2025 → Nov 10, 2026Early2 to 5 weeks before expiryRegistry confirmed an explicit renewal
- 2024between Sep 17, 2024 and Oct 23, 2024+1 yearexpiry Nov 10, 2024 → Nov 10, 2025Early3 to 8 weeks before expiryRegistry confirmed an explicit renewal
- 2023between Aug 26, 2023 and Oct 28, 2023+1 yearexpiry Nov 10, 2023 → Nov 10, 2024Earlyup to 2 months before expiryRegistry confirmed an explicit renewal
- 2022between Aug 24, 2022 and Oct 28, 2022+1 yearexpiry Nov 10, 2022 → Nov 10, 2023Earlyup to 3 months before expiryRegistry confirmed an explicit renewal
- 2021between Oct 9, 2021 and Nov 14, 2021+1 yearexpiry Nov 10, 2021 → Nov 10, 2022Around expirysnapshots too far apart to say how early
- 2020between Oct 5, 2020 and Dec 16, 2020+1 yearexpiry Nov 10, 2020 → Nov 10, 2021Around expirysnapshots too far apart to say how early
- 2019between Oct 13, 2019 and Dec 16, 2019+1 yearexpiry Nov 10, 2019 → Nov 10, 2020Around expirysnapshots too far apart to say how early
- 2019between Sep 23, 2018 and Feb 25, 2019+1 yearexpiry Nov 10, 2018 → Nov 10, 2019Around expirysnapshots too far apart to say how early
- 2018between Oct 11, 2016 and Sep 23, 2018+2 yearsexpiry Nov 10, 2016 → Nov 10, 2018Around expirysnapshots too far apart to say how early
- 2016between Oct 14, 2011 and Oct 11, 2016+5 yearsexpiry Nov 10, 2011 → Nov 10, 2016Around expirysnapshots too far apart to say how earlyTransferred: DSTR Acquisition PA I, LLC dba DomainBank.com (R28-LROR) → Domain.com, LLC
How this is worked out. Each renewal is a forward jump in the registry’s expiry date between two WHOIS or RDAP snapshots. The size of the jump is the number of years paid for. The renewal happened somewhere between the two snapshot dates, so how early or late it was is a range; when the snapshots are far apart, it is not stated.
For .com and .net the registry itself extends the expiry on the day it lapses and gives the registrar 45 days to pay or delete, so a jump right at expiry is not proof the owner paid. The ledger marks renewals the registry flagged as explicit, and near-deaths where it later showed a redemption or pending-delete status.
Source: 64 snapshots of openarchives.org from the who.is WHOIS/RDAP archive, 2011-07-15 to 2026-05-05. Ledger built 2026-09-27.