Maintenance – 11/15/2009 19:00 – 20:30 GMT

oDesk.com will be unavailable for a few minutes this weekend in order to perform scheduled maintenance.

Sometime during the time window of 19:00-20:30 PM GMT (11:00 AM-12:30 PM PST) our site will be unavailable for a few minutes. During this time, our typical “site down for maintenance” message will not be displayed, but you will be able to continue to log time to the last team you were logged into – your oDesk Team app will cache the time, memos, and screenshots, and automatically upload them to the server when the connection is restored.

If you need to work for a different team during this time, please keep in mind that you may discuss with your buyer the possibility of logging offline time in this instance.

If you do work during the maintenance window, please check your work diary after oDesk.com resumes service to make any necessary adjustments.

Maintenance Events Scheduled for 10/31/2009-11/1/2009

Maintenance Window #1 – 10/31/2009 15:00-16:00 GMT (08:00-09:00 PDT)
Maintenance Window #2 – 11/1/2009 16:00-21:00 GMT (08:00-1:00 PST)

Update: maintenance has been completed, but we ran into problems when trying to bring the service back online – as a result, users may have experienced difficulties around 21:00 GMT. We are monitoring to ensure all issues are resolved.

oDesk.com will be unavailable for two separate maintenance intervals this weekend in order to perform scheduled maintenance.

During the first maintenance window, on Saturday, October 31, odesk.com will be unavailable for approximately one hour at 15:00 GMT (8:00 am PDT)

On Sunday, November 1, we will have a second maintenance window, where odesk.com will be periodically unavailable between 16:00-21:00 GMT (8:00am-1:00pm PST). For those who observe Daylight Savings Time, please note these times reflect the change to Standard Time on November 1.

The approximate timeline for this second site maintenance is downtime from 16:00-16:40 GMT (8:00-8:40am PST), and again from 19:00-21:00 GMT (11:00am-1:00pm PST). Our goal is to complete the entire sequence as early as possible, so the second period of downtime may start earlier than planned. We’ll do our best to keep users informed via the maintenance blog and the on-site messaging.

During these maintenance windows, you can continue to log time to the last team you were logged into – your oDesk Team app will cache the time, memos, and screenshots, and will automatically upload them to the server when the connection is restored.

If you need to work for a different team during these times, please keep in mind that you may discuss with your buyer the possibility of logging offline time in this instance.

If you do work during the maintenance windows, please check your work diary after oDesk.com resumes service to make any necessary adjustments.

Maintenance – 10/18/2009 17:00 – 20:10 GMT

oDesk.com will be unavailable for two brief intervals on Sunday, October 18, in order to perform scheduled maintenance.

The first maintenance window is scheduled for 17:00-17:30 GMT (10:00-10:30 AM PDT).
The second is scheduled for 19:30-20:10 GMT (12:30-1:10 PM PDT).

During these windows, you can continue to log time to the last team you were logged into – your oDesk Team app will cache the time, memos, and screenshots, and will automatically upload them to the server when the connection is restored.

If you need to work for a different team during these times, please keep in mind that you may add offline time later.

If you do work during the maintenance windows, please check your work diary after oDesk.com resumes service to make any necessary adjustments.

Maintenance – 7/19/2009 16:00 and 20:00 (GMT)

oDesk.com will be down for two short maintenance intervals lasting approximately 15 minutes each on Sunday, June 28, in order to perform scheduled maintenance.

The first maintenance window is scheduled for 16:00-16:15 GMT (9:00-9:15 AM PDT).
The second is scheduled for 20:00-20:15 GMT (1:00-1:15 PM PDT).

During these windows, you can continue to log time to the last team you were logged into – your oDesk Team app will cache the time, memos, and screenshots, and will automatically upload them to the server when the connection is restored.

If you need to work for a different team during these times, please keep in mind that you may add offline time later.

If you do work during the maintenance windows, please check your work diary after oDesk.com resumes service to make any necessary adjustments.

Maintenance – 7/4/2009 18:00-19:00 (GMT)

oDesk.com will be down for one maintenance interval lasting approximately one hour on Saturday, July 4, in order to perform scheduled maintenance.

The maintenance window is scheduled for 18:00-19:00 PM GMT (11:00 AM -12:00 PM PDT).

During this windows, you can continue to log time to the last team you were logged into – your oDesk Team app will cache the time, memos, and screenshots, and will automatically upload them to the server when the connection is restored.

If you need to work for a different team during these times, please keep in mind that you may add offline time later.

If you do work during the maintenance windows, please check your work diary after oDesk.com resumes service to make any necessary adjustments.

UPDATE: due to some unforeseen complications, we weren’t able to start until 18:45, so we are running behind schedule. The current estimate for finishing maintenance is 19:30. Thanks for your patience.

UPDATE 2: maintenance is complete as of 20:40 GMT. Thanks for your patience.

Maintenance – 6/28/2009 17:00 PM and 21:00 PM (GMT)

oDesk.com will be down for two short maintenance intervals lasting approximately 15 minutes each on Sunday, June 28, in order to perform scheduled maintenance.

The first maintenance window is scheduled for 17:00-17:15 GMT (10:00-10:15 AM PDT).
The second is scheduled for 21:00-21:15 GMT (2:00-2:15 PM PDT).

During these windows, you can continue to log time to the last team you were logged into – your oDesk Team app will cache the time, memos, and screenshots, and will automatically upload them to the server when the connection is restored.

If you need to work for a different team during these times, please keep in mind that you may add offline time later.

If you do work during the maintenance windows, please check your work diary after oDesk.com resumes service to make any necessary adjustments.

Scheduled Maintenance – 5/31/2009 16:00 – 18:15 GMT

oDesk.com will be down for two short maintenance intervals lasting approximately 15 minutes each on Sunday, May 31, in order to improve the performance of our servers.

The first maintenance window is scheduled for 4:00-4:15 PM GMT (9:00-9:15 AM PDT).
The second is scheduled for 8:00-8:15 PM GMT (1:00-1:15 PM PDT).

During these maintenance windows, you can continue to log time to the last team you were logged into – your oDesk Team app will cache the time, memos and screenshots, and will upload to the server when the connection is restored.

If you need to work for a different team during these times, keep in mind that you may add offline time later.

If you do work during the maintenance windows, please check your work diary after oDesk.com resumes service to make any necessary adjustments.

UPDATE: Maintenance is completed – thanks for your patience!

Maintenance – 12/19/2008 02:00 – 03:00 GMT

oDesk.com will be unavailable for about 1 hour beginning 02:00 GMT, Friday, December 19, 2008 (Thursday, December 18, 6:00PM PST). This is one day later than the usual maintenance window; we are postponing it due to a holiday event at the oDesk office (yes, we do get to party too) so instead of the usual Thursday morning (GMT) window we will perform the maintenance on Friday 02:00 GMT.

We will be using this time to roll out the new user interface that will make it easier to find things and navigate where you need to go.

As always, providers can continue to log time to the last team they were logged into during this maintenance window.

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

Planned Database Maintenance – 12/6/2008 02:00 – 03:00 GMT

oDesk.com will be unavailable for about 1 hour starting at 02:00 GMT, Saturday, December 6, 2008 (6:00PM PST Friday evening).

We will be using this time to do some hardware upgrades to add capacity to our systems.

During this maintenance window providers can continue to log time to the last team they were logged into.

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

Planned Database Maintenance – 11/30/2008 18:00 – 20:00 GMT

oDesk.com will be unavailable for about 2 hours starting at 10:00 AM PST (18:00 GMT), Sunday, November 30, 2008.

We will be using this time to do some hardware upgrades to add capacity to our systems.

During this maintenance window providers can continue to log time to the last team they were logged into.

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

UPDATE: maintenance is complete as of 12:22PM PST (20:22 GMT).