# Fact: The pre-announcement was published at 19:30 UTC on 20 October

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The pre-announcement was published at 19:30 UTC on 20 October Who says it, its status (disputed), its sources, and its timeline from publication to this site.

Fact · timing · disputed

# The pre-announcement was published at 19:30 UTC on 20 October

**Who says it:** PHP Foundation · **Sources:** [PHP Foundation](../../sources/php-foundation-blog-security-release/index.html) [oss-security](../../sources/openwall-oss-security-2026-10-20-34/index.html) [php.net](../../sources/php-net-advisory/index.html)

The php.net feed says 20:32 UTC; oss-security relayed it at 20:22:51 UTC, so it was public by then.

## Fact-check

**A2** Reported●●○○○○ disputed · Event · verdict: **holds**

Only the PHP Foundation states 19:30 UTC, and the same post later says 'pre-announcement around 20:00 UTC'. The oss-security relay of the php.net text (Date 13:22:51 -0700 = 20:22:51Z) bounds it from above, and the feed's 20:32:00Z is later than that relay, so the feed time cannot be the publication time. One party's self-report, A2; 'disputed' fits.

| Capture checked | Result | What it says | sha256 of the text read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [php-foundation-blog-security-release](../../sources/php-foundation-blog-security-release/index.html) | carries | *In response, the PHP project brought its pre-announcement forward and published it at 19:30 UTC.* | a1be057adc1c5bfa |
| [php-foundation-blog-security-release](../../sources/php-foundation-blog-security-release/index.html) | partial | *As a result of the leak and pre-announcement around 20:00 UTC, Calif, one of the security firms* | a1be057adc1c5bfa |
| [openwall-oss-security-2026-10-20-34](../../sources/openwall-oss-security-2026-10-20-34/index.html) | partial | *Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:22:51 -0700* | 57b273733e7d5fe6 |
| [php-net-advisory](../../sources/php-net-advisory/index.html) | partial | *
2026-10-20T20:32:00+00:00* | 79c12996a433f66b | | [php-net-advisory](../../sources/php-net-advisory/index.html) | absent | *nothing that carries it* | df0b1bba3deae282 | Open tickets: [Finding-40](../../factcheck/index.html#Finding-40), [Finding-92](../../factcheck/index.html#Finding-92).

Graded in Run-1, resting on captures up to 2026-10-22 08:14 UTC. The scale is on [the fact-check page](../../factcheck/index.html#ladder).

## This fact over time
- 2026-10-20 20:22 UTCoss-security publishes [Upcoming Critical PHP Security Release](../../sources/openwall-oss-security-2026-10-20-34/index.html)
- 2026-10-21PHP Foundation publishes [Today's PHP Security Release, and How We're Strengthening PHP Security](../../sources/php-foundation-blog-security-release/index.html)
- 2026-10-21php.net publishes [Security advisory: Critical remote code execution vulnerabilities, update now](../../sources/php-net-advisory/index.html)
- 2026-10-22 08:09 UTCSaved into the evidence vault: PHP Foundation
- 2026-10-22 08:09 UTCSaved into the evidence vault: php.net
- 2026-10-22 08:14 UTCSaved into the evidence vault: oss-security
- 2026-10-22Enters this site as disputed in v0.1.0 (reconstructed from git)

Published: when the source says it was published. Saved: the first capture into the evidence vault. The rest are this site: the release in which the fact first appeared and every release that changed its wording, sources or status.

## What it rests on

## Where this fact appears

In the briefings for:
TTaylorProject or programme managerRRowanJournalistBBlakeAnalyst or policy advisorAAveryCTO
And on [every claim](../../claims/index.html#preannounce-time).

## Every version of this fact
v1 · site v0.1.0 · 22 October 2026 · disputed
```
The pre-announcement was published at 19:30 UTC on 20 October
Who says it: PHP Foundation
Status: disputed
Topic: timing
Sources: php-foundation-blog-security-release, openwall-oss-security-2026-10-20-34, php-net-advisory
```


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