# Maintenance of download.slicer.org, slicer.kitware.com and slicer-packages.kitware.com planned for June 27th 2023 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm ET

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-download-slicer-org-slicer-kitware-com-and-slicer-packages-kitware-com-planned-for-june-27th-2023-2-00pm-to-4-00pm-et/30250>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** maintenance\
**Created:** [June 27, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-download-slicer-org-slicer-kitware-com-and-slicer-packages-kitware-com-planned-for-june-27th-2023-2-00pm-to-4-00pm-et/30250 "2023-06-27T02:53:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![jcfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jcfr/32/17825_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-download-slicer-org-slicer-kitware-com-and-slicer-packages-kitware-com-planned-for-june-27th-2023-2-00pm-to-4-00pm-et/30250/1 "2023-06-27T02:53:42Z")

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The following system will be temporarily unavailable while system updates are deployed on the corresponding virtual machines.

| Server | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `download.slicer.org` | Site allowing to download preview and stable application packages |
| `download-staging.slicer.org` | Testing server to help with development of the download site |
| `slicer-packages.kitware.com` | Slicer packages backend implementing REST API service (built on Girder) for managing Slicer application and extension packages |
| `slicer.kitware.com` | Slicer extensions legacy web application to allow older Slicer releases to install extensions through the extensions manager |

If you have any question, or a critical task to perform at this specific time that would require postponing this update, please reach out.

> **Web Infrastructure Maintenance**
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> **Starts:** June 27, 2023, 2:00pm (America/New\_York)\
> **Ends:** June 27, 2023, 4:00pm (America/New\_York)

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**Author:** ![jcfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jcfr/32/17825_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-download-slicer-org-slicer-kitware-com-and-slicer-packages-kitware-com-planned-for-june-27th-2023-2-00pm-to-4-00pm-et/30250/2 "2023-06-27T18:05:08Z")

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Maintenance process has been started. Download of Slicer application and extension packages will not be available for the next 2 hours.

A maintenance page associated with `download.slicer.org` is being deployed.

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**Author:** ![jcfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jcfr/32/17825_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-download-slicer-org-slicer-kitware-com-and-slicer-packages-kitware-com-planned-for-june-27th-2023-2-00pm-to-4-00pm-et/30250/3 "2023-06-27T19:58:22Z")

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Maintenance has been completed ✅

Thanks for your patience 🙏

For reference, a screenshot of the maintenance page was copied below:

| During | After |
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| ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/5/5/558fc530c2a9c3468b266b9486f4bfe7cd44a416.png) | ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/b/3/b3fa45922d921e1386b15f5759bf04b71b92f465.png) |