# Maintenance of download.slicer.org, slicer.kitware.com and slicer-packages.kitware.com planned for October 7th 2022 - 12:00pm to 13:30pm ET

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-download-slicer-org-slicer-kitware-com-and-slicer-packages-kitware-com-planned-for-october-7th-2022-12-00pm-to-13-30pm-et/25585>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** maintenance\
**Created:** [October 7, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-download-slicer-org-slicer-kitware-com-and-slicer-packages-kitware-com-planned-for-october-7th-2022-12-00pm-to-13-30pm-et/25585 "2022-10-07T03:44:56Z")\
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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:** [October 7, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-download-slicer-org-slicer-kitware-com-and-slicer-packages-kitware-com-planned-for-october-7th-2022-12-00pm-to-13-30pm-et/25585/1 "2022-10-07T03:44:56Z")

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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.

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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:** [October 7, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-download-slicer-org-slicer-kitware-com-and-slicer-packages-kitware-com-planned-for-october-7th-2022-12-00pm-to-13-30pm-et/25585/2 "2022-10-07T17:22:31Z")

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Around 12:50pm, the maintenance has been completed (including kernel updates) and system rebooted.

Let us know if you notice anything out of the ordinary.