[gtld-tech] .gov zone file downloads stale since November 16?

[Joe Wein]

I am getting strange results where if I download a zone file from the 
browser after logging into the ICANN acount, I get yesterday's version 
as expected, yet the scripted downloads pick up a .gz that when 
extracted has a file dated November 16 and a serial in the vicinity of 
that date's epoch count:
1700092762 (2023-11-15 23:59:22)

I did a browser download three days ago and it gave me:
1702261500 (2023-12-11 02:25:00)

Today's download via the browser gives me:

1702520700 (2023-12-14 02:25:00)

That raises a few questions:
1) Why is the regular download stuck in November?
2) Why is the website download unaffected?
3) Recent downloads give me a consistent time stamp for the time of day 
which is different from the stuck version, which is just before 
midnight. What changed there?

Is it just me or can anybody else confirm this observation?

Can we please fix this *and* add robust monitoring so that broken 
updates generate an alert!

Joe
SURBL