30 April, 2026
| Activity | Details |
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| Campus-Wide Network Upgrade | When Recurring daily, 7:00 PM to 11:30 PM Starting from Thursday, 23 April 2026 to Saturday, 30 May 2026 Impact Each building may experience a short outage (up to 20 minutes) affecting internet, Wi-Fi, IP phones, and connected systems. Fire alarm connectivity may also be briefly impacted in affected buildings.
Action Required Save your work in advance and plan for brief connectivity interruptions during the window. |
| Data Backup Services Maintenance (Atempo Lina) | When Thursday, 30 April 2026, 3:00 PM to Sunday, 2 May 2026, 10:00 AM
Impact Backup and restore services will be unavailable during the maintenance window.
Action Required Please avoid using backup services to back up or restore data during this time. We recommend planning any backup or restore activities before or after the maintenance window.
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| Active Directory Infrastructure Upgrade | When Thursday, 30 April 2026, 9:00 PM to 1:00 AM Impact You may experience intermittent login or authentication issues across KAUST systems.
Action Required Avoid accessing critical systems during this time where possible. If you experience issues, wait a few minutes and try again.
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| GitLab Upgrade | When Thursday, 30 April 2026, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Impact GitLab services will be offline (read only) during the upgrade.
Action Required Avoid performing critical work on GitLab during this time where possible.
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