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
01.14.2026 15:04 gitlab.cs.umd.edu maintenance: All Sundays 10AM to 3PM in January

The CS IT staff will perform maintenance on gitlab.cs.umd.edu between 10am - 3pm each Sunday in January through the first Sunday of February 02/01/2026.

During these times you will not have access to the GitLab website, API, repositories, runners, or other GitLab services.

Moderate

Past Alerts

Updated Issue Summary Impact
01.13.2026 17:05 Submit Maintenance Windows on 01/12/2026

Submit will be unavailable on 01/12/2026 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm EST due to maintenance actions.

Light
11.27.2025 10:21 11/27/25 9:00 12:00 NFS server maintenance

The NFS server will be upgraded.
During the maintenance, the following services will be disrupted:
      -CSD web sites (no access to content) - www.cs and all other sites served by CS web servers

     -  "junkfood" home directory

     - Personal web pages, /fs/wwwusers

     - Class and Project directories, e.g. class web pages. fs/instruct & /fs/proj

Heavy
09.14.2025 13:08 Maintenance work on our AVW datacenter firewall on 09/14/2025 from 10am to 12pm

Users may see a very short IPv4 connectivity disruption to AVW datacenter and a few minutes of IPv6 downtime.

Light
08.20.2025 21:53 Maintenance work on our AVW datacenter firewall on 08/20/2025 from 9pm to 10pm

Users may see a short IPv4 connectivity disruption to AVW datacenter and a few minutes of IPv6 downtime.

Light
08.20.2025 14:03 Maintenance work on our AVW datacenter firewall on 08/19/2025 from 9pm to 10pm

Users may see a short IPv4 connectivity disruption to AVW datacenter and a few minutes of IPv6 downtime.

Light
08.13.2025 21:02 Maintenance work on our AVW datacenter firewall on 08/12/2025 from 9pm to 10pm

Users may see a very short IPv4 connectivity disruption to AVW datacenter and a few minutes of IPv6 downtime.

Light
08.10.2025 23:51 Gitlab upgrade on 08/10/2025 from 9am to 10am

GitLab will undergo software updates on  08/10/2025 Sunday from 9am to 10am . During this time, the server may be intermittently unavailable. We appreciate your understanding as we work to improve our services.

Light
07.24.2025 22:33 Maintenance work on our AVW datacenter firewall on 07/24/2025 from 10pm to 11pm

All users of CS IT services housed in our datacenter may notice two network outages lasting fewer than 5 minutes each.

Moderate
07.07.2025 11:24 Maintenance work on our AVW datacenter firewall on 07/06/2025 from 10am to 12pm

All users of CS IT services housed in our datacenter may notice two network outages lasting fewer than 5 minutes each.

Moderate
07.02.2025 15:36 Maintenance work on our AVW datacenter firewall on 06/15/2025 from 10am to 11am

All users of CS IT services with private IP addresses housed in our datacenter may notice up to 2 network outages lasting fewer than 5 minutes each.

Light