Editing and Canceling a Maintenance Window

Editing and Canceling a Maintenance Window

This article explains how to update an upcoming maintenance window's timing or affected monitors, and how to cancel one.


Editing an Upcoming Window

  1. In the left sidebar, click Maintenance.
  2. Find the window you want to edit in the list. It must have Upcoming status — you cannot edit a window that's already active or past.
  3. Click the window to open it.
  4. Click Edit.
  5. Update the Title, Start Time, End Time, Affected Monitors, or Recurrence as needed.
  6. Click Save.

Note: You can only edit windows with Upcoming status. If the window has already started (status is Active), you can still delete/cancel it but cannot change its start time.


Editing a Currently Active Window

If a maintenance window is currently active and you need to end it early:

  1. Open the active window.
  2. Click End Now to immediately end suppression and return to normal incident detection.

Canceling (Deleting) a Window

To cancel an upcoming maintenance window:

  1. Open the window.
  2. Click the ... menu → Delete (or Cancel).
  3. Confirm the deletion.

The window is removed and incident detection returns to normal for the affected monitors immediately (if the window was active) or the window simply won't run (if it was upcoming).


For Recurring Windows

When editing or deleting a recurring window, you'll be asked:

  • This occurrence only — affects only the instance you selected
  • This and all future occurrences — updates or removes all instances from this point forward

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