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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.26.2022 00:14 | Identity Management Servers Maintenance - Saturday, December 24, 7-9pm |
Upgrades will be performed on one of several identity management servers (CS authentication, LDAP, DNS). Because of the redundancy, we expect minimal impact to our user community. |
Light |
| 12.26.2022 00:12 | Core network upgrade - Sunday, December 25, 1 PM to midnight |
Network outage of up to 20 minutes projected in early afternoon. Other intermittent network disruptions of a short duration and packet loss are possible for all traffic through the CS datacenter during the full maintenance window. Users in IRB may experience packet loss but should not experience a network outage to the internet. |
Heavy |
| 12.22.2022 11:57 | FTP Service Discontinued |
The CS FTP service has been discontinued. The content previously accessible at ftp://ftp.cs.umd.edu is still accessible at https://ftp.cs.umd.edu. |
Light |
| 12.07.2022 14:50 | Windows/Samba File Shares - Server IP Addresses Changed |
The IP addresses for all Windows/Samba file servers have changed. If you can not access shares/samba, please clear your DNS cache and/or contact the helpdesk. |
Light |
| 11.24.2022 12:42 | cPanel Shared Hosting Maintenance Windows- Nov 11, 5:00 PM |
We are performing maintenance on our cPanel Shared Hosting platform. A short outage can be expected while the server reboots. |
Light |
| 11.24.2022 12:42 | Main Load Balancer SSL Certificates Updated - 10/2 |
The new certificates are ECC instead of RSA, but this should not affect any supported web browser. Contact the helpdesk if you have issues accessing department services due to SSL certificate issues. |
Light |
| 10.25.2022 18:20 | Gitlab will be undergoing software updates on Tuesday, 10/25 |
Gitlab will be undergoing software updates on Tuesday, 10/25, between 5 PM and 7 PM EDT and may be unavailable for short periods during that time. |
Light |
| 10.23.2022 17:41 | Network Maintenance - Expected Connectivity/Packet loss |
During the maintenance period, users on the CS network can expect a minimum of two network outages lasting no longer than 2 minutes during the maintenance window. All long-running connections in/out of the datacenter may be dropped. Other intermittent network disruptions of a short duration and packet loss are possible throughout the maintenance window. |
Light |
| 10.23.2022 17:08 | Network Maintenance - Expected Connectivity/Packet loss |
During the maintenance period, users on the CS network can expect a minimum of two network outages lasting no longer than 2 minutes during the maintenance window. All long-running connections in/out of the datacenter may be dropped. Other intermittent network disruptions of a short duration and packet loss are possible throughout the maintenance window. |
Light |
| 10.02.2022 23:02 | Storage Failover Testing - 10/2 |
On Sunday, Oct 2nd we will perform a failover test of our network attached storage system during the maintenance period of 2:30pm - 4:00pm. See details in the email sent on September, 22. |
Light |