The site runs several maintenance tasks overnight, they will often cause a short disconnect (500 errors), but we opt to leave the site accessible versus taking it down for the periods in question. This is typically the times (Eastern) and duration:
- 3am for about 1 minute
- 5:30am possible 500 while preparing for 5:40 actions
- 5:40am main tasks are completed and run for about 5 minutes
The big one is 5:40am which everyone who is on will notice. The best thing to do is know it will last 5 mins and go get a coffee or cry while the window is closed. Often time the window is smaller and is completed in less time, but 5 minutes is a good estimate on how long it takes to complete.