Planned Maintenance

Please see below for current and upcoming scheduled maintenance which may impact users of BriCS services and facilities.

If you are concerned about the impact of upcoming maintenance, or encounter unexpected issues you suspect are related to a maintenance event, please get in touch with the BriCS team.

Date and Time	Description	Services Affected	Expected Impact	Notes
Week Commencing 2026-02-23	Preparing an update to the management system	Isambard-AI Phase 1	Low risk of service disruption	This work will be conducted by HPE.
2026-02-26 @ 09:00 to 11:00 UTC	JupyterHub Service maintenance	Isambard-AI Phase 1, Isambard-AI Phase 2	Potential disruption to users	The JupyterHub Service will remain available during this time, but users may experience brief disconnections. If disconnected, please refresh your browser session. If code was running during a disconnection, you may need to restart your Python kernel.
2026-03-02 @ 08:00 to 2026-03-05 @ 15:00 UTC	Multi-day outage for management system and storage updates	Isambard-AI Phase 1	Service will be unavailable	During this time the entire Isambard-AI Phase 1 service will be unavailable including login nodes. Please save any open work and close your session prior to this work beginning. Service will be resumed as soon as it is possible.