Rural Payments Agency
February 22
11:12
2024
There will be times when the Rural Payments service is unavailable because of essential planned maintenance and updates.
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) will aim to minimise disruption to the service by scheduling planned maintenance times. We will try to give as much notice as possible about maintenance and downtime of the service, though we may not always be able to do this.
What maintenance and downtime is scheduled
Maintenance and downtime scheduled for the next 4 weeks. Some dates and times may change during the 4-week period.
| From | To | Reason for downtime |
|---|---|---|
| 5:15pm Thursday 22 February | 9:00am Friday 23 February | Major maintenance |
| 11:00pm Monday 26 February | 7:00am Tuesday 27 February | Major maintenance |
| 11:00pm Tuesday 27 February | 7:00am Wednesday 28 February | Major maintenance |
| 6:00pm Friday 1 March | 12:00am Saturday 2 March | Major maintenance |
| 6:00pm Wednesday 6 March | 9:00pm Wednesday 6 March | Major maintenance |
| 5:15pm Thursday 7 March | 9:00am Friday 8 March | Major maintenance |
Types of maintenance
There are different types of maintenance that need to be carried out.
| Type of maintenance | Maintenance details |
|---|---|
| Major | Planned downtime to release new functionality and software upgrades |
| General | Weekly planned downtime to update land and customer details |
| System | To fix system functionality. Not planned |