Advanced Features

Maintenance Windows

Suppress alerts during planned maintenance to prevent false alarms.

Updated 2026-02-18

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Maintenance Windows#

What Is Maintenance Mode?#

When you know your site will be temporarily down for updates, deployments, or migrations, enable maintenance mode to:

Suppress all alerts — No false alarm notifications

Exclude from uptime — Planned downtime doesn't affect your uptime percentage

Inform your team — Dashboard shows maintenance status with notes

How to Enable#

Go to your site's Settings

Click "Enable Maintenance Mode"

Optionally set an end time (auto-disables when reached)

Add maintenance notes (what you're doing)

Scheduled Maintenance#

For recurring maintenance windows:

Go to your site's Maintenance tab

Create a schedule (e.g., every Sunday 2–4 AM)

LemWatch automatically enters and exits maintenance mode

During Maintenance#

Dashboard shows a 🔧 icon next to the site

Team members see your maintenance notes

Alerts are suppressed but checks still run (so you can verify after)

Status page (if configured) shows "Scheduled Maintenance"

After Maintenance#

When maintenance ends (manually or via scheduled time):

Normal alerting resumes

LemWatch runs an immediate check to verify the site is back

Any issues detected post-maintenance trigger alerts as normal

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