Tuesday morning downtime
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Tuesday morning downtime is a period between 5am and 11am PST/PDT on a Tuesday morning when Blizzard Entertainment takes down all of the North American and Oceanic World of Warcraft realms for weekly maintenance. As a result, no one can play World of Warcraft during that period upon the servers hosted in North America. This also affects the Oceanic servers, especially as this downtime window cuts into the Tuesday evening for New Zealand, Australian and Asian players.
When Blizzard deems it necessary the weekly maintenance may also be extended, often for preparing for patches. For a period of time from late 2006 onwards, Blizzard had also trialled Live Maintenance, whereby updates had been applied without requiring extended downtime.
See also
- Wednesday morning downtime (Europe downtime)
Previous maintenance
| Date | Type | Times | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 June 2008 | Extended (selected realms) | 5:00 - 6:00 am PDT, 5:00 - 11:00 am for selected realms | Most servers have a 1 hour downtime scheduled. The following servers have extended maintenance: Aegwynn, Agamaggan, Akama, Alexstrasza, Alleria, Aman'Thul, Azshara, Baelgun, Balnazzar, Barthilas, Blackhand, Blackrock, Caelestrasz, Cho'gall, Chromaggus, Dark Iron, Dath'Remar, Destromath, Dethecus, Detheroc, Draka, Drak'thul, Dreadmaul, Eitrigg, Emerald Dream, Frostmourne, Frostwolf, Garithos, Garona, Gorgonnash, Greymane, Gul'dan, Hakkar, Hellscream, Illidan, Jubei'Thos, Kael'thas, Kalecgos, Khaz Modan, Khaz'goroth, Kil'Jaeden, Kilrogg, Kirin Tor, Korgath, Kul Tiras, Lightninghoof, Maelstrom, Malfurion, Malorne, Moonrunner, Mug'thol, Muradin, Nagrand, Nazjatar, Ner'zhul, Proudmoore, Ravencrest, Rexxar, Runetotem, Sen'Jin, Silver Hand, Spinebreaker, Staghelm, Stormreaver, Thaurissan, Thorium Brotherhood, Tichondrius, Twisting Nether, Ursin, Vek'nilash, Whisperwind and Wildhammer |
| 27 May 2008 | Extended | 3:00 - 11 am PDT | All servers. The following servers then had their maintenance extended till 1pm PDT: Aegwynn, Akama, Aman'Thul, Arathor, Barthilas, Blackrock, Bonechewer, Caelestrasz, Chromaggus, Dath'Remar, Dragonmaw, Drak'thul, Draka, Dreadmaul, Eitrigg, Eldre'Thalas, Firetree, Frostmane, Frostmourne, Frostwolf, Garithos, Gurubashi, Hakkar, Jubei'Thos, Khaz Modan, Khaz'goroth, Kil'Jaeden, Kilrogg, Korgath, Kul Tiras, Malorne, Mug'thol, Muradin, Nagrand, Nathrezim, Ner'zhul, Proudmoore, Rexxar, Runetotem, Scarlet Crusade, Sen'jin, Shadow Council, Shadowsong, Silver Hand, Silvermoon, Skywall, Smolderthorn, Spirestone, Terenas, Thaurissan, Thorium Brotherhood, Tichondrius, Vek'nilash, Windrunner. |
| 20 May 2008 | Rolling Restarts | 5:00 - 7:00 am PDT (non-Oceanic), 12:00PM PDT/5:00AM AEST Oceanic | Two hour maintenance on Agamaggan, Azshara, Baelgun, Dark Iron, Detheroc, Emerald Dream, Greymane, Kalecgos, Lightninghoof, Maelstrom, Malfurion, Moonrunner, Nazjatar, Sargeras, Staghelm, Twisting Nether, Ursin and Wildhammer. Rolling restarts on all others. Oceanic realms restarts delayed by 7 hours. |
| 13 May 2008 | Extended | 3:00 - 11:00 am PDT | All servers. Patch 2.4.2 released. |
| 6 May 2008 | Extended | 3:00 - 11:00 am PDT | All servers |
| 29 Apr 2008 | Extended | 3:00 - 11:00 am PDT | All servers |
| 22 Apr 2008 | Limited Realms | 5:00 - 7:00 am PDT | Downtime for Agamaggon, Azshara, Baelgun, Dark Iron, Detheroc, Emerald Dream, Greymane, Kalecgos, Lightninghoof, Maelstrom, Malfurion, Moonrunner, Nazjatar, Sargeras, Staghelm, Twisting Nether, Ursin, WildHammer, and both Tournament Servers. Rolling restarts all others. |
| 15 Apr 2008 | Normal? | 5:00 - 11:00 am PDT | All servers |
| 8 Apr 2008 | Rolling Restarts | 5:00 am PDT | All servers |
| 1 Apr 2008 | Extended | 3:00 - 11:00 am PDT | All servers. Patch 2.4.1 released. |
| 25 Mar 2008 | Extended | 3:00 - 11:00 am PDT | All servers. Patch 2.4.0 released. |
| 18 Mar 2008 | |||
| 11 Mar 2008 | Normal | 5:00 - 11:00 am PST | All servers. |
| 4 Mar 2008 | |||
| 26 Feb 2008 | Normal | 5:00 - 11:00 am PST | All servers. |
External links
- 0.Live Maintenance - 1/30/07 | 2007-01-30 00:06 by Drysc
- 0. Reoccurring Weekly Scheduled Maintenance | 2006-08-28 18:23 by Vythe:
- Scheduled maintenance is performed with a schedule that occurs every Tuesday, beginning at 5 AM and ending at 11 AM pacific time. This allows us the window of time needed to perform the necessary maintenance tasks to our infrastructure as part of our continued efforts in improving realm stability and performance. We realize that this is inconvenient, yet we believe that it will result in an overall improvement for our player base.
