# Maintenance of download.slicer.org, slicer.kitware.com and slicer-packages.kitware.com planned for March 28th 2024 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm ET

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-download-slicer-org-slicer-kitware-com-and-slicer-packages-kitware-com-planned-for-march-28th-2024-3-30pm-to-5-00pm-et/35155>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** maintenance\
**Created:** [March 28, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-download-slicer-org-slicer-kitware-com-and-slicer-packages-kitware-com-planned-for-march-28th-2024-3-30pm-to-5-00pm-et/35155 "2024-03-28T16:03:08Z")\
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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:** [March 28, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-download-slicer-org-slicer-kitware-com-and-slicer-packages-kitware-com-planned-for-march-28th-2024-3-30pm-to-5-00pm-et/35155/1 "2024-03-28T16:03:08Z")

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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:** March 28, 2024, 3:30pm (America/New\_York)\
> **Ends:** March 28, 2024, 5:00pm (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:** [March 28, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-download-slicer-org-slicer-kitware-com-and-slicer-packages-kitware-com-planned-for-march-28th-2024-3-30pm-to-5-00pm-et/35155/2 "2024-03-28T20:03:35Z")

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Maintenance process has been started. Download of Slicer application and extension packages will not be available for the next 1.5 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:** [March 28, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-download-slicer-org-slicer-kitware-com-and-slicer-packages-kitware-com-planned-for-march-28th-2024-3-30pm-to-5-00pm-et/35155/3 "2024-03-28T20:21:11Z")

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Maintenance has been completed ✅

Thanks for your patience 🙏