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
2026-10-14 @ 08:00 to 17:00 BST	Follow-up work to complete the upgrade to the management system that runs Isambard-AI Phase 2.	Isambard-AI Phase 2	The system will remain available but should be considered at risk during this time. There may be brief periods where Slurm commands do not respond, or other short-lived issues. Running jobs and queued jobs will be unaffected, and we do not expect any interruption to SSH connections. If you experience an issue, please wait a couple of minutes and try again. We appreciate your understanding while we carry out this work. If you continue to experience issues after the maintenance window has ended, please get in touch with the BriCS team.
2026-10-19 @ 10:00 to 12:00 BST	Essential network maintenance.	Isambard-AI Phase 2, Isambard 3	During this time, brief, intermittent network interruptions are expected. Your SSH connections may drop and you will need to reconnect. If this happens, please wait a few minutes and try again. Running jobs may experience a brief interruption to Internet access and will need to retry if affected. Queued jobs will be unaffected. We appreciate your understanding while we carry out this work. If you continue to experience issues after the maintenance window has ended, please get in touch with the BriCS team.