2026 Production Maintenance Calendar (including Environment Freeze dates)

 

Production Maintenance for 2026:

The Production maintenance schedule for 2026 will occur monthly, typically on the last Friday of each month from 9 PM to 2 AM ET (Sat 2 AM to 7 AM GMT) unless there is a Company Holiday or conflict that month. 


This maintenance schedule will impact ALL PeopleFluent products including Reflektive and Watershed.

 

Production Maintenance DateTime
Jan 30, 2026
9 PM to 2 AM ET (Sat 2 AM to 7 AM GMT)
Feb 27, 2026
9 PM to 2 AM ET (Sat 2 AM to 7 AM GMT)
Mar 27, 2026
9 PM to 2 AM ET (Sat 1 AM to 6 AM GMT)
May 1, 2026
9 PM to 2 AM ET (Sat 1 AM to 6 AM GMT)
May 29, 2026
9 PM to 2 AM ET (Sat 1 AM to 6 AM GMT)
Jun 26, 2026
9 PM to 2 AM ET (Sat 1 AM to 6 AM GMT)
Jul 31, 2026
9 PM to 2 AM ET (Sat 1 AM to 6 AM GMT)
Aug 28, 2026
9 PM to 2 AM ET (Sat 1 AM to 6 AM GMT)
Sep 25, 2026
9 PM to 2 AM ET (Sat 1 AM to 6 AM GMT)
Oct 30, 2026
9 PM to 2 AM ET (Sat 1 AM to 6 AM GMT)
Nov 20, 2026 (moved up a week due to Thanksgiving)
9 PM to 2 AM ET (Sat 2 AM to 7 AM GMT)
Dec 18, 2026 (moved up a week due to end-of-year freeze)
9 PM to 2 AM ET (Sat 2 AM to 7 AM GMT)


 Non-Production Maintenance for 2026:

The Non-Production maintenance includes rolling patching which may be pushed to systems at any time during the month.  A window for more intrusive changes is scheduled monthly, typically on a Friday after the second Tuesday of each month (to accommodate OS Patch releases requiring restarts) from 2 PM to 7 PM ET (7 PM to 12 AM GMT).


This non-production maintenance schedule will impact ALL PeopleFluent Test sites and products including Reflektive and Watershed.

 

Non-Production Maintenance DateTime
Jan 16, 20262 PM to 7 PM ET (7 PM to 12 AM GMT)
Feb 13, 20262 PM to 7 PM ET (7 PM to 12 AM GMT)
Mar 13, 2026
2 PM to 7 PM ET (7 PM to 12 AM GMT)
Apr 17, 2026
2 PM to 7 PM ET (6 PM to 11 PM GMT)
May 15, 2026
2 PM to 7 PM ET (6 PM to 11 PM GMT)
Jun 12, 2026
2 PM to 7 PM ET (6 PM to 11 PM GMT)
Jul 17, 2026
2 PM to 7 PM ET (6 PM to 11 PM GMT)
Aug 14, 2026
2 PM to 7 PM ET (6 PM to 11 PM GMT)
Sep 11, 2026
2 PM to 7 PM ET (6 PM to 11 PM GMT)
Oct 16, 2026
2 PM to 7 PM ET (6 PM to 11 PM GMT)
Nov 13, 2026
2 PM to 7 PM ET (7 PM to 12 AM GMT)
Dec 11, 2026
2 PM to 7 PM ET (7 PM to 12 AM GMT)


 

Environment Freeze:

“Hard Freeze” windows are designed to prevent ALL changes when resources are unavailable to implement or address non-critical issues.  

“Soft Freeze” windows are designed to minimize changes and reduce risk leading into a hard freeze.  Soft freezes are typically a window of time leading into a hard freeze or are periods where Hosting has reduced staffing/coverage.  

All freeze periods begin with a soft freeze at 5pm in the customer’s local time zone the day before the announced freeze date. A hard freeze begins when the last Hosting resource is available to support their workday (5pm) and continues until the primary Hosting resource supporting that region resumes work, no sooner than 9 AM after the last day of the freeze.


Please contact your Customer Success Manager, Consultant or Project Manager with any questions or concerns for project work around the production freeze dates.

 

Soft Freeze Dates

Hard Freeze Dates

Event

Environment(s)

 Jan 1, 2026New Year's Day - (All)All
 Jan 19, 2026Martin Luther King Jr. Day (US)All
 Feb 16, 2026President’s Day (US)
Family Day/Heritage Day/Islander Day/Louis Riel Day (CA)
All
Feb 17, 2026 - Feb 19, 2026
 Chinese & Lunar New Year (HK & PH)Learning
Apr 2, 2026Apr 3, 2026 -Apr 6, 2026Maundy Thursday (PH)
Good Friday (UK, CA, PH, HK)
Easter Monday (UK, CA, HK)
All
May 1, 2026 Labor Day / May Day (PH, HK)Learning
 May 25, 2026Memorial Day (US)
Spring Bank Holiday (UK)
Birthday of the Buddah (HK)
All
Jul 1, 2026-Jul 2, 2026,
Jul 6, 2026
Jul 3, 2026Canada Day (CA)
Independence Day (US)
All
Aug 31, 2026 August Bank Holiday (UK)
National Hero’s Day (PH)
All
Sep 4, 2026Sep 7, 2026Labor Day (US)
Labour Day (CA)
All
Nov 25, 2026Nov 26, 2026 - Nov 27, 2026Thanksgiving (US)All
Dec 1, 2026Last day to submit 2026 Production Release & Upgrade Tickets
Any requests after this date will not be deployed by Operations to customer sites until the 1st Monday after freeze in 2027.
All
Dec 18, 2026Dec 21, 2026 - Dec 25, 2026Christmas (All)All
Dec 28, 2026- Dec 31, 2026Jan 1, 2027New Year's Day - 2027 (All)All

 

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