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Maintenance Mode

Temporarily take your site offline and show a maintenance page to visitors.

Enabling maintenance mode​

  1. Go to your site's Access tab
  2. Under Maintenance Mode, toggle it on
  3. Optionally enter a custom message
  4. Click Save

How it works​

When maintenance mode is enabled:

  • All requests return a 503 Service Unavailable status
  • A styled maintenance page is shown to visitors
  • A Retry-After header is included (important for SEO — search engines know to come back later)
  • Your custom message is displayed if provided, otherwise a default message is shown

Custom message​

You can set a custom maintenance message to inform visitors. For example:

  • "We're upgrading our systems. Back in 30 minutes."
  • "Scheduled maintenance in progress. Please check back soon."

SEO impact​

Using 503 status code (instead of 404 or 200) tells search engines that the downtime is temporary. This prevents:

  • Pages being removed from search indexes
  • Loss of page rankings
  • Broken link reports

Notes​

  • Maintenance mode takes effect immediately — no redeployment needed
  • When you disable maintenance mode, your site is instantly live again
  • The maintenance page is served by WebStadia's edge network, so it loads fast globally