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Launchpad read-only 08.00 UTC 7th October 2010

Wednesday, October 6th, 2010

Launchpad’s web interface will be read-only, with other aspects offline, for less than 15 minutes from 08.00 UTC on Thursday the 7th of October. During this time we’ll be completing our upgrades to Launchpad’s database servers.

Starts: 08.00 UTC 7th October 2010
Expected back before: 08.15 UTC 7th October 2010

This completes our current run of database server maintenance.

Launchpad read-only 08.00 UTC 6th October 2010

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

Launchpad’s web interface will be read-only, with other aspects offline, for less than 15 minutes from 08.00 UTC on Wednesday the 6th of October. During this time we’ll be making upgrades to Launchpad’s database servers.

Starts: 08.00 UTC 6th October 2010
Expected back before: 08.15 UTC 6th October 2010

Roughly 24 hours after this read-only time there’ll be another short period where Launchpad is read-only. This will enable us to complete the upgrade work and we’ll announce the exact times separately.

Code hosting/browsing unavailable 14.00 UTC 23rd September 2010

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

Launchpad’s code hosting and browsing will be offline for 15 minutes today for emergency hardware maintenance.

Going offline: 14.00 UTC 23rd September 2010
Expected back: 14.15 UTC 23rd September 2010

We’re sorry for the short notice of this downtime.

Launchpad unavailable 9th September 2010 08.00 UTC

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

On Thursday the 9th of September we’re rolling out the latest Launchpad code to our servers. At the same time we’re taking the opportunity to carry out some server maintenance.

This work will take around three hours from 08.00 UTC and will include a 90 minute period of complete downtime, followed by 90 minutes of Launchpad in a read-only* state.

Downtime starts: 08.00 UTC 9th September 2010
Launchpad returns in read-only mode: 09.30 UTC 9th September 2010
Launchpad expected to return to normal: 11.00 UTC 9th September 2010.

We’re sorry for the relatively short notice of this service disruption.

* In read-only mode, Launchpad’s web interface is available for browsing. Other aspects of Launchpad, such as uploading to PPAs and pushing to code branches, are offline.

Code hosting maintenance Friday, September 3

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Launchpad code hosting will be offline Friday between 8.00 and 9.30 UTC for unexpected hardware maintenance. This means you won’t be able to browse, push to, pull from or otherwise access code hosted on Launchpad.

Going offline: 8.00 UTC 3rd September 2010

Expected back: 9.30 UTC 3rd September 2010

Launchpad read-only 08.00-09.30 UTC 12th August

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Launchpad’s web interface will be read-only (most other aspects will be offline) for 90 minutes on August 12th while we roll-out the latest code.

Going offline: 08.00 UTC 12th August 2010
Expected back: 09.30 UTC 12th August 2010

For up to the minute Launchpad status information, visit our status feed.

UPDATED: Launchpad read-only 23.00 UTC 6th July

Monday, June 28th, 2010

This replaces the previously announced period of unavailability for the 1st of July.

Launchpad’s web interface will be read-only, with other aspects offline, for around 90 minutes from 23.00 UTC on the 6th of July 2010.

This is to allow for the release of the latest Launchpad code.

Starts: 23.00 UTC 6th July 2010
Expected back online: 00.30 UTC 7th July 2010

Change to 2nd June Launchpad read-only/down-time

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

We’ve had to alter the times between which Launchpad’s web interface will be read-only, while everything else is offline, for the release of Launchpad 10.05.

New start time: 11.00 UTC 2nd June 2010
New end time: 14.00 UTC 2nd June 2010

UPDATED: Launchpad read-only 08.00-11.00 UTC 2nd June 2010

Monday, May 31st, 2010

See our new post on this.

Launchpad read-only 09.00-11.00 UTC 4th May 2010

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Launchpad’s web interface will be read-only (other aspects such as PPAs, the email interface and the API will be offline) for two hours from 09.00 UTC on Tuesday the 4th May 2010.

Going offline: 09.00 UTC 4th May 2010
Expected back: 11.00 UTC 4th May 2010

This is for the roll-out of our Launchpad 10.04 code. Details of the release will be available on this blog following the roll-out!