> **Description:** Stay informed about scheduled maintenance times for Vipps MobilePay services and learn how to plan your operations around these windows.

# Maintenance window

## Weekly maintenance schedule

**Scheduled time:** Monday 01:00-05:00 CET

During this weekly maintenance window, Vipps MobilePay services may be unavailable without further notice. This time slot is reserved for system updates, improvements, and routine maintenance.

## Service availability

During the maintenance window:

* Payment processing may be temporarily unavailable
* API requests may fail or time out
* User-facing apps may show limited functionality

## Notifications and status updates

### Operational status channel

**Subscribe:** [status.vippsmobilepay.com](https://status.vippsmobilepay.com)

We strongly recommend that all merchants and partners subscribe to our operational status channel to receive:

* **Planned maintenance:** Notifications for any scheduled downtime outside the regular maintenance window
* **Unplanned interruptions:** Real-time updates about unforeseen operational issues
* **Security measures:** Alerts about necessary emergency maintenance for security purposes

### Best practices

* Monitor the status channel regularly
* Plan critical operations outside the maintenance window
* Implement retry logic in your integration to handle temporary unavailability
* Test your error handling for maintenance scenarios

> **Full site overview:** For every page in this documentation, read [https://developer.vippsmobilepay.com/llms.txt](https://developer.vippsmobilepay.com/llms.txt).