CS Network Status

This page lists both active and recently closed CS network alerts. If you would like more information about an alert, or if you have an issue you would like to report, send email to helpdesk [-at-] cs [dot] umd [dot] edu or call extension 52720.

Current Active Alerts

1 current active alerts

Updated Issue Summary Impact
02.09.2025 09:58 Gitlab upgrade Sunday Feb 9 from 10am to 11 am.

GitLab will undergo software updates on Sunday, February 9, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM. During this time, the server may be intermittently unavailable. We appreciate your understanding as we work to improve our services.

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Past Alerts

Updated Issue Summary Impact
03.22.2018 14:08 VPN Maintenance Planned - Sun. 3/18 9-10AM

Disruption of service to the CSD VPN. There will be one brief disruption of your VPN connection during this window of time. From 10am - Noon new connections to VPN will be impacted by work on our authentication system.

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01.15.2018 14:26 Planned IMAP server/Webmail outage at 2pm

We will turn off the CS IMAP email service at 2pm to install software updates on the IMAP server. IMAP email will not be accessible during this time. CS Webmail uses the IMAP server and will not be able to access email during this time. Individuals who only use CS GMail, campus mail, or another mail service will not be affected.

The process of updating software is expected to take no longer than 30 minutes.

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12.11.2017 09:12 Tues. 11/21 @ 4a-6a:Campus phone & net(wireless) outage in AVW, CSIC

For more info, see campus announcement: https://umd.service-now.com/itsc?id=announcement&table=incident_alert&sy...

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10.02.2017 16:56 Sat. 9/30, 6am - 6pm Sun. 10/1: AVW Wings 3 & 4 Power Outage

AV Williams Bldg. Wings 3 & 4, i.e., room number like x3xx, x4xx will be impacted by a power outage that was planned and announced by campus. If your office is managed by CS IT staff and you have a machine that you would like us to power up on Monday morning, please email us.

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09.03.2017 14:05 Sun. 9/3 1pm-2:00pm database maintenance

Some CS web pages, including the main page, will be unavailable. Some webapps and other database (mysql) tools will be unavailable.

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09.03.2017 13:55 Sun. 9/3 1pm-2:00pm network maintenance

Users will experience network disruptions when connecting to and from campus during this period.

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08.29.2017 11:51 Sun. 8/27 1pm-2:30pm Mediawiki updates

Owners of wikis should refrain from editing wiki during this period, as any changes made during this time will be lost.

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08.29.2017 11:51 Sun. 8/27 1pm-2:30pm: network maintenance

Windows users, Laptop users with wired connection, any others with non-Internet facing CSD IP address may notice some network delays during
this period.

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08.16.2017 09:33 Sun. 8/6 6PM-7PM: CSD Windows Maintenance

Please remember to power off your CSD windows machines prior to 5:00 pm on Sunday, August 6th. During this period, one of the windows storage servers will be replaced with a new server.

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08.04.2017 15:29 Mon. 06/19 6AM-7AM: CSD System Maintenance

During this period, CS websites and SVN will be unavailable.

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