# \[RESOLVED\] Extended Downtime Notification - 21 October, 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Tags:** extended-downtime\ **Created:** [October 19, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/resolved-extended-downtime-notification-21-october-2026/520485 "2026-10-19T16:51:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CCP\_Swift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ccp_swift/32/381987_2.png) [@CCP\_Swift](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/CCP_Swift)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/resolved-extended-downtime-notification-21-october-2026/520485/1 "2026-10-19T16:51:03Z")
Hello gamers! On Wednesday, 21 October, we will be having an extended downtime for an estimated one hour, running from 11:00 UTC to 12:00 UTC. For those, like me, who aren’t extremely technically savvy: some of our hamsters are being relocated, and we need time to settle them in and make sure they’re happy in their new homes. For a deeper look, we’ll be moving some of our production databases to a new DB cluster running SQL 2025. As a result, Tranquility will be down while we do the migration, with some VIP time for comprehensive validation to ensure everything is running smoothly. Web services, the EVE store, and ESI may be affected during this period as well. We’ll have updates here and [EVE Status](https://status.eveonline.com/) on the day. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Azariah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mike_azariah/32/512626_2.png) [@Mike\_Azariah](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Mike_Azariah)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/resolved-extended-downtime-notification-21-october-2026/520485/2 "2026-10-19T17:20:47Z")
comprehensive validation? oooh someone is using the BIG words hope all goes well set up a long skill queue m ---
**Author:** ![Dyver\_Phycad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dyver_phycad/32/358575_2.png) [@Dyver\_Phycad](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dyver_Phycad)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/resolved-extended-downtime-notification-21-october-2026/520485/3 "2026-10-19T17:23:57Z")
Advance warning before the fact. How novel. Good to know. This will be pushed to the launcher as well when it takes place, right? ---
**Author:** ![Gronk\_McDerp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gronk_mcderp/32/515271_2.png) [@Gronk\_McDerp](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gronk_McDerp)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/resolved-extended-downtime-notification-21-october-2026/520485/4 "2026-10-19T17:39:51Z")
…remembers when DT was always an hour… ---
**Author:** ![CCP\_Swift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ccp_swift/32/381987_2.png) [@CCP\_Swift](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/CCP_Swift)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/resolved-extended-downtime-notification-21-october-2026/520485/5 "2026-10-19T17:57:07Z")
Yeah, it’ll appear at the top of a launcher as we usually do for extended downtimes with a reference to this very thread! (and hopefully we’ll be done sooner) ---
**Author:** ![CCP\_Swift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ccp_swift/32/381987_2.png) [@CCP\_Swift](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/CCP_Swift)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/resolved-extended-downtime-notification-21-october-2026/520485/6 "2026-10-19T17:57:17Z")
Sometimes even deleting boot.ini! ---
**Author:** ![Dyver\_Phycad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dyver_phycad/32/358575_2.png) [@Dyver\_Phycad](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dyver_Phycad)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/resolved-extended-downtime-notification-21-october-2026/520485/7 "2026-10-19T18:25:23Z")
The good old times. 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Elinore\_en\_Divalone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/elinore_en_divalone/32/507815_2.png) [@Elinore\_en\_Divalone](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Elinore_en_Divalone)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/resolved-extended-downtime-notification-21-october-2026/520485/8 "2026-10-19T19:50:55Z")
WIll you set the db compatibility level to SQL Server 2025 too? 🤓 …or leave it at 80? 🤡 ---
**Author:** ![Arline\_Kley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/arline_kley/32/466734_2.png) [@Arline\_Kley](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Arline_Kley)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/resolved-extended-downtime-notification-21-october-2026/520485/9 "2026-10-19T19:53:35Z")
DB compatibility at 80 AD Functional level is set to Server 2000 ---
**Author:** ![Uta\_Asmai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uta_asmai/32/476817_2.png) [@Uta\_Asmai](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uta_Asmai)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/resolved-extended-downtime-notification-21-october-2026/520485/10 "2026-10-19T21:03:34Z")
…remembers when a simple patch killed the boot.ini of EVERY pc involved…that was fun… ---
**Author:** ![Tonto\_Auri](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tonto_auri/32/388339_2.png) [@Tonto\_Auri](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tonto_Auri)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/resolved-extended-downtime-notification-21-october-2026/520485/11 "2026-10-20T07:33:19Z")
t’was `boot.ini`… as has been pointed out earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Uta\_Asmai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uta_asmai/32/476817_2.png) [@Uta\_Asmai](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uta_Asmai)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/resolved-extended-downtime-notification-21-october-2026/520485/12 "2026-10-20T10:28:14Z")
And in what form does this make anything better? 🙂 But i changed it, just for your calmness…i just do not understand why you are even mentioning it… ---
**Author:** ![Lafield\_Revalin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lafield_revalin/32/508596_2.png) [@Lafield\_Revalin](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Lafield_Revalin)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/resolved-extended-downtime-notification-21-october-2026/520485/13 "2026-10-20T11:19:06Z")
Don’t accidentally delete your db, brothers! ---
**Author:** ![EM00](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/em00/32/416391_2.png) [@EM00](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/EM00)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/resolved-extended-downtime-notification-21-october-2026/520485/14 "2026-10-20T11:56:37Z")
> [@CCP\_Swift](#): > > moving some of our production databases Does “production” mean manufacturing, research or PI databases? Just asking so that we will know which areas of the game to check to make sure everything is working and all hamsters are happy afterwards. Or does it mean something else? Moving 2025 SQueeLy hamsters… good luck! 😆 PS - Are you helping with the move @CCP_Swift ? If yes, then other devs please keep him away from the character names database… some “FC” names might change back to “CCP” 🤣 Just joking. ---
**Author:** ![Roolin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/roolin/32/507502_2.png) [@Roolin](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Roolin)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/resolved-extended-downtime-notification-21-october-2026/520485/15 "2026-10-20T14:34:29Z")
> [@EM00](#): > > Does “production” mean manufacturing, research or PI databases? “Production” in the context of servers, means the database we are all using with all the live data (i.e. not the test server or development server). ---
**Author:** ![EM00](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/em00/32/416391_2.png) [@EM00](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/EM00)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/resolved-extended-downtime-notification-21-october-2026/520485/16 "2026-10-20T14:42:32Z")
Thank you for explaining. I learned something new and appreciate it. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Effie\_Kusoni](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/effie_kusoni/32/515571_2.png) [@Effie\_Kusoni](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Effie_Kusoni)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/resolved-extended-downtime-notification-21-october-2026/520485/17 "2026-10-21T09:01:06Z")
An hour? We used to kiss our EVE family goodbye, set a long skill, put our affairs in order and just hope it came back up this month. ---
**Author:** ![cpu939](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/cpu939/32/515586_2.png) [@cpu939](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/cpu939)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/resolved-extended-downtime-notification-21-october-2026/520485/18 "2026-10-21T11:02:04Z")
Hamsters and new home I’m hoping it’s not a farm up state. I wonder how many people remember when 1 hour was standard for DT. but honestly good luck with the migration ---
**Author:** ![Dyver\_Phycad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dyver_phycad/32/358575_2.png) [@Dyver\_Phycad](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dyver_Phycad)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/resolved-extended-downtime-notification-21-october-2026/520485/19 "2026-10-21T11:03:29Z")
Fascinating. CCP pushed the Extended DT notification to the launcher prior to the DT, but now it’s gone again… How even? :facepalm: ---
**Author:** ![bob\_Patrouette](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/bob_patrouette/32/411374_2.png) [@bob\_Patrouette](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/bob_Patrouette)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/resolved-extended-downtime-notification-21-october-2026/520485/20 "2026-10-21T11:16:47Z")
I do rember those times [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/resolved-extended-downtime-notification-21-october-2026/520485.md?page=2)