Creating a Maintenance Window
This article explains how to schedule a one-time planned outage to suppress alerts during a maintenance period.
Prerequisites: You must be a team Owner, Admin, or Member to create maintenance windows.
Steps
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In the left sidebar, click Maintenance.
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Click New Planned Outage.
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Fill in the form:
Title
A name that describes the maintenance (e.g., "Database Migration — Production", "Weekly Deploy Window").
Description (optional)
Additional context about what the maintenance involves.
Start Time
Select the date and time the window begins. The time picker uses your local timezone (shown as a label below the field).
End Time
Select the date and time the window ends.
Affected Monitors
Select one or more monitors to suppress during this window. Only the selected monitors are affected — other monitors continue normal detection.
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Leave Recurrence as One-time.
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Click Create Planned Outage.
Timezone Note
Start and end times are interpreted in your local timezone as configured in your profile settings. The timezone is displayed next to the time fields so you can confirm which timezone is active.
If you're scheduling maintenance for a server in a different timezone, convert to your local time before entering it.
After Creating the Window
The planned outage appears on the Maintenance page with a status of Upcoming until the start time, then Active, then Past after it ends.
If you need to adjust the timing after creation, see Editing and Canceling a Maintenance Window.
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