# Arc XP Scheduled Maintenance and Operational Changes

Source: https://docs.arcxp.com/en/resources/arc-xp-scheduled-maintenance-and-operational-changes.html

This article provides a list of past and upcoming scheduled maintenance and operational changes that affect your Arc XP environment. Use this information to prepare and take action accordingly.

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| Content Platform Draft API Sandbox Database Upgrade                                                                                                                                         | Arc XP will perform a scheduled database upgrade that briefly affects the Draft API in sandbox environments. During each maintenance window, content creation and editing in Composer, content imports in Migration Center, and integrations that call the Draft API may be unavailable for typically under a minute.Production environments and published, live sites are not affected.Each region has two maintenance windows: a preparation window followed by the upgrade window. All times are shown in each region’s local timezone.**Customer action required**— Move any stories scheduled to publish or unpublish during your regional maintenance window to a time outside the window. We also recommend confirming that your integrations handle a brief Draft API failure gracefully. Calls to the Draft API return a503 Service Unavailableresponse during the switchover.**Preparation windows**• ap-southeast-2 — Wed, October 7, 2026, 00:30–02:30 AEDT• ap-northeast-1 — Thu, October 8, 2026, 01:00–03:00 JST• eu-central-1 — Fri, October 9, 2026, 03:00–05:00 CEST• us-east-1 — Mon, October 12, 2026, 01:00–03:00 EDT**Upgrade windows**• ap-southeast-2 — Wed, October 14, 2026, 00:30–02:30 AEDT• ap-northeast-1 — Thu, October 15, 2026, 01:00–03:00 JST• eu-central-1 — Fri, October 16, 2026, 03:00–05:00 CEST• us-east-1 — Mon, October 19, 2026, 01:00–03:00 EDT |
| Subscriptions Database Upgrade                                                                                                                                                              | Each region has two brief maintenance windows — a short preparatory step, then the upgrade. During each window, Subscriptions (purchases and retail transactions, sign-ups, logins) and the Subscriptions Admin UI are briefly unavailable, then resume automatically. No customer action is required.All times are shown in each region’s local timezone.**Preparation windows**— a quick preparatory step, typically under a minute.• ap-southeast-2 (Sydney) — Thu, August 20, 2026, 23:30–01:30 AEST• ap-northeast-1 (Tokyo) — Sat, August 22, 2026, 01:00–03:00 JST• eu-central-1 (Frankfurt) — Mon, August 24, 2026, 03:00–05:30 CEST• us-east-1 (Virginia) — Tue, August 25, 2026, 01:00–03:00 EDT**Upgrade windows**— the upgrade itself, typically \~10 seconds, up to 5 minutes.• ap-southeast-2 (Sydney) — Mon, August 24, 2026, 23:30–01:30 AEST• ap-northeast-1 (Tokyo) — Wed, August 26, 2026, 01:00–03:00 JST• eu-central-1 (Frankfurt) — Wed, August 26, 2026, 03:00–05:30 CEST• us-east-1 (Virginia) — Thu, August 27, 2026, 01:00–03:00 EDT                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| [Photo Center 1.84.5](https://docs.arcxp.com/en/what-s-new-in-arc-xp/what-s-new-in-photo-center.html#UUID-4d869b0c-0b90-d162-4254-94365bf9c0f3%5FUUID-912201df-3dfd-9402-ad1f-8c9ca0de7342) | Sandbox: February 17, 2026Production: February 24, 2026                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |