# What is "The cluster is not currently accepting connections"? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [October 14, 2019, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-is-the-cluster-is-not-currently-accepting-connections/195594 "2019-10-14T11:05:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ryan\_561](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ryan_561/32/164788_2.png) [@Ryan\_561](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ryan_561)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-is-the-cluster-is-not-currently-accepting-connections/195594/1 "2019-10-14T11:05:02Z")
I want to play eve online, but I keep getting popups in the title. I do not know the cause of this. ---
**Author:** ![Eivar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/eivar/32/178879_2.png) [@Eivar](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Eivar)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-is-the-cluster-is-not-currently-accepting-connections/195594/2 "2019-10-14T11:07:25Z")
They’re bringing the servers back online. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_561](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ryan_561/32/164788_2.png) [@Ryan\_561](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ryan_561)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-is-the-cluster-is-not-currently-accepting-connections/195594/3 "2019-10-14T11:09:00Z")
Is the server down? ---
**Author:** ![Krovak\_Voltry](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/krovak_voltry/32/171508_2.png) [@Krovak\_Voltry](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Krovak_Voltry)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-is-the-cluster-is-not-currently-accepting-connections/195594/4 "2019-10-14T11:09:49Z")
Took a little longer this time. Too much to cleanup perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![Rekindle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/rekindle/32/382332_2.png) [@Rekindle](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Rekindle)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-is-the-cluster-is-not-currently-accepting-connections/195594/5 "2019-10-14T11:26:59Z")
Usually downtime happens rather quickly but sometimes down time takes longer. A lot of the time during start up the cluster is online but not accepting connections. I’m guessing its so CCP can ninja all the good stuff in Jove space before we log in – or i could be a quality control operation. ---
**Author:** ![Solecist\_Project](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/solecist_project/32/479741_2.png) [@Solecist\_Project](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Solecist_Project)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-is-the-cluster-is-not-currently-accepting-connections/195594/6 "2019-10-14T12:13:08Z")
When the server’s locked for VIPs only, what really happens is that the devs grab all the good stuff before anyone else can. Then they log off, open the cluster and let the plebs farm all the scraps. :3 ---
**Author:** ![Derath\_Ellecon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/derath_ellecon/32/289725_2.png) [@Derath\_Ellecon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Derath_Ellecon)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-is-the-cluster-is-not-currently-accepting-connections/195594/7 "2019-10-14T13:19:32Z")
Still so much better than it used to be back in the day. I’m still impressed how fast it has become. ---
**Author:** ![CCP\_Falcon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ccp_falcon/32/143229_2.png) [@CCP\_Falcon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/CCP_Falcon)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-is-the-cluster-is-not-currently-accepting-connections/195594/8 "2019-10-17T10:24:12Z")
Usually, this message means that the cluster is not currently accepting connections 😉 You’ll usually see this message around downtime (between 11:00 and 12:00 UTC) when the server is taken down daily for a quick restart and some database maintenance. It’s displayed when the server is up and online, but we’ve restricted access to it while we’re checking that everything is working fine. Generally, you’ll only see this message when the cluster is in VIP mode for startup checks after a deployment, but I’ve seen it happen in the past when we’ve had issues with our login system too. We haven’t had any issues with our login system for a while now, so you’ve more than likely been trying to connect when we’ve been in VIP, or right after downtime when the cluster is still starting up 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Aedaxus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aedaxus/32/393915_2.png) [@Aedaxus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aedaxus)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-is-the-cluster-is-not-currently-accepting-connections/195594/10 "2019-10-25T15:58:01Z")
> [@Solecist\_Project](#): > > When the server’s locked for VIPs only, Besides CCP mains and alts the secret code holders can also login. During that time we have all dev tools at our disposition and can generate the items we need. Keep this between us! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![karma\_balancer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/karma_balancer/32/477046_2.png) [@karma\_balancer](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/karma_balancer)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-is-the-cluster-is-not-currently-accepting-connections/195594/12 "2019-10-27T12:28:05Z")
Vip mode. They will be the only connections on it the rate this game is nosediving under political correctness. How boring. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-is-the-cluster-is-not-currently-accepting-connections/195594/13 "2020-01-25T12:28:07Z")
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