Unable to update insync on linux due to insync.io domain expiry [FIXED]

The insync.io domain is no longer resolving, resulting in failures to update.

2025-08-08 18:00:57 - WARNING - Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'insync':
  - Curl error (6): Could not resolve hostname for http://yum.insync.io/fedora/42/repodata/repomd.xml [Could not resolve host: yum.insync.io]
2025-08-08 18:00:57 - ERROR - An unexpected error occurred: Failed to download metadata for repo 'insync': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried

The domain expired on Aug 8, 2025 and dnschecker.org can’t resolve it from anywhere.
www.whois.com/whois/insync.io

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Also experiencing an issue on Ubuntu 22.04 when trying to run sudo apt update

$ sudo apt update
...<snip>...
Ign:1 http://apt.insync.io/ubuntu noble InRelease
Ign:1 http://apt.insync.io/ubuntu noble InRelease
Ign:1 http://apt.insync.io/ubuntu noble InRelease
Err:1 http://apt.insync.io/ubuntu noble InRelease                                                                                                            
  Could not resolve 'apt.insync.io'
Fetched 9,436 B in 7s (1,294 B/s)                                                                                                                            
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
1 package can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see it.
W: Failed to fetch http://apt.insync.io/ubuntu/dists/noble/InRelease  Could not resolve 'apt.insync.io'
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
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Yes same on a 22.04 system, trying to update the apt repository.

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We sincerely apologize for the trouble! I have escalated this issue to our Linux Team and will let you know as soon as it has been resolved.

Hello, everyone! Thank you for your continued support.

We have resolved this issue and it should not happen moving forward. :slight_smile:

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