# \#maintenance

**URL:** https://discourse.slicer.org/tag/maintenance/452.md

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## [Maintenance of macOS dashboard in progress - upgrading from Ventura to Sequoia](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-macos-dashboard-in-progress-upgrading-from-ventura-to-sequoia/44950)

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**Author:** [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 5:28am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-macos-dashboard-in-progress-upgrading-from-ventura-to-sequoia/44950 "2025-11-08T05:28:20Z")

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The macOS system named “computron” has been upgraded from 13.7.5 (Ventura) to 15.7.1 (Sequoia). While we finish updating the build tools and Qt dependencies , macOS builds of Slicer and extensions are temporarily unavai…

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## [Maintenance of Windows dashboard planned for August 26th](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-windows-dashboard-planned-for-august-26th/44210)

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**Author:** [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-windows-dashboard-planned-for-august-26th/44210 "2025-08-26T21:06:28Z")

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The Windows dashboard server (bluestreak) will be temporarily unavailable this afternoon for a scheduled system upgrade by the Kitware team. We expect the system to be back online later this evening. However, please not…

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## [Maintenance of Linux dashboard planned for June 30th to July 1st](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-linux-dashboard-planned-for-june-30th-to-july-1st/43462)

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**Author:** [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 5:34am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-linux-dashboard-planned-for-june-30th-to-july-1st/43462 "2025-07-22T05:34:24Z")

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The Linux dashboard server (metroplex) will be temporarily unavailable from June 30 through July 1 due to a scheduled system upgrade by the Kitware team. As a result, the latest Preview Slicer application and extension …

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## [2024.08.02 to 2024.08.06: latest macOS packages will \*not\* be built while machine is relocated](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2024-08-02-to-2024-08-06-latest-macos-packages-will-not-be-built-while-machine-is-relocated/37610)

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**Author:** [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2024-08-02-to-2024-08-06-latest-macos-packages-will-not-be-built-while-machine-is-relocated/37610 "2024-08-12T21:29:26Z")

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The macOS system named “computron” will be temporarily unavailable from 2024-08-02T21:00:00Z (UTC)→2024-08-07T16:00:00Z (UTC) due to its physical relocation to a different Kitware location. Implications for users Dur…

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

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**Author:** [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [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 "2024-03-28T20:21:11Z")

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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 a…

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

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**Author:** [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [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 "2023-06-27T19:58:22Z")

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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 a…

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## [Maintenance of slicer-packages.kitware.com: Removed preview packages older than r30811 (v5.0.0)](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-slicer-packages-kitware-com-removed-preview-packages-older-than-r30811-v5-0-0/29407)

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**Author:** [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-slicer-packages-kitware-com-removed-preview-packages-older-than-r30811-v5-0-0/29407 "2023-05-11T21:44:24Z")

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Preview application and extension packages older than r30811 (v5.0.0) have been removed from the slicer-packages.kitware.com server. 254 preview (aka draft) release folders removed. Before After List o…

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## [Windows preview build delayed & Visual Studio 2022 updates](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/windows-preview-build-delayed-visual-studio-2022-updates/29045)

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**Author:** [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/windows-preview-build-delayed-visual-studio-2022-updates/29045 "2023-04-21T11:52:06Z")

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Impact Slicer Preview application and extension packages of 2023-04-21T03:00:00Z (UTC) for Windows will be available later than expected. Update Details Installed components for UWP/ARM64 development To support the deve…

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## [Maintenance of discourse forum planned today (March 20th) at 6pm ET (~15 min of read-only time)](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-discourse-forum-planned-today-march-20th-at-6pm-et-15-min-of-read-only-time/28482)

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**Author:** [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-discourse-forum-planned-today-march-20th-at-6pm-et-15-min-of-read-only-time/28482 "2023-03-21T02:29:25Z")

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To better support our growing community (+200k page views / month), we are upgrading our subscription. As part of the upgrade, our current instance will have to be read-only for ~15min starting 6pm ET (22 UTC). @Sam\_…

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## [Maintenance of download.slicer.org, slicer.kitware.com and slicer-packages.kitware.com planned for March 9th 2023 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm ET](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-download-slicer-org-slicer-kitware-com-and-slicer-packages-kitware-com-planned-for-march-9th-2023-6-00pm-to-7-00pm-et/28224)

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**Author:** [@David\_Owens](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/David_Owens)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 11:26pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-download-slicer-org-slicer-kitware-com-and-slicer-packages-kitware-com-planned-for-march-9th-2023-6-00pm-to-7-00pm-et/28224 "2023-03-09T23:26:19Z")

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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 a…

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## [Maintenance of slicer.cdash.org planned for Friday Jan 27th 2023 - 9am to 12pm ET](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-slicer-cdash-org-planned-for-friday-jan-27th-2023-9am-to-12pm-et/27466)

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**Author:** [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-slicer-cdash-org-planned-for-friday-jan-27th-2023-9am-to-12pm-et/27466 "2023-01-27T22:04:14Z")

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The quality dashboard system (CDash) will be temporarily unavailable while system updates are performed. The CDash instances will be unavailable during most of this time. The total upgrade is expected to take between 1-…

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

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**Author:** [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [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 "2022-10-07T17:22:31Z")

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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 a…

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## [Maintenance of download.slicer.org, slicer.kitware.com and slicer-packages.kitware.com planned for July 15th 2022 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm ET](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-download-slicer-org-slicer-kitware-com-and-slicer-packages-kitware-com-planned-for-july-15th-2022-12-00pm-to-1-30pm-et/24333)

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**Author:** [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-download-slicer-org-slicer-kitware-com-and-slicer-packages-kitware-com-planned-for-july-15th-2022-12-00pm-to-1-30pm-et/24333 "2022-07-15T19:58:12Z")

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The following system will be temporarily unavailable while system updates are deployed on the corresponding virtual machines. We anticipate the disruption time to be minimal. Server Description download.slicer.…

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## [Maintenance of download.slicer.org, slicer.kitware.com and slicer-packages.kitware.com planned for June 3rd 2022 - 12:00pm to 13:30pm ET](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-download-slicer-org-slicer-kitware-com-and-slicer-packages-kitware-com-planned-for-june-3rd-2022-12-00pm-to-13-30pm-et/23687)

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**Author:** [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2022, 8:08am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-download-slicer-org-slicer-kitware-com-and-slicer-packages-kitware-com-planned-for-june-3rd-2022-12-00pm-to-13-30pm-et/23687 "2022-06-14T08:08:14Z")

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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 a…

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## [Maintenance of download.slicer.org, slicer.kitware.com and slicer-packages.kitware.com planned for February 3rd 2022 - 10:30am to 12:30pm ET](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-download-slicer-org-slicer-kitware-com-and-slicer-packages-kitware-com-planned-for-february-3rd-2022-10-30am-to-12-30pm-et/21522)

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**Author:** [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-download-slicer-org-slicer-kitware-com-and-slicer-packages-kitware-com-planned-for-february-3rd-2022-10-30am-to-12-30pm-et/21522 "2022-02-03T17:35:09Z")

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The following system will be temporarily unavailable while system updates are deployed on the corresponding virtual machines. implementing REST API service (built on Girder) for managing Slicer application and extension…

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## [2020.06.09: macOS packages will \*not\* be available until build machine is updated to macOS 10.13.6](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2020-06-09-macos-packages-will-not-be-available-until-build-machine-is-updated-to-macos-10-13-6/11935)

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**Author:** [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2020-06-09-macos-packages-will-not-be-available-until-build-machine-is-updated-to-macos-10-13-6/11935 "2020-06-20T02:48:38Z")

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Tomorrow, we plan to initiate the update the build machine responsible to build: Slicer macOS application installer distributed on https://download.slicer.org corresponding Slicer extensions Implications for users Pr…