Deployments

This page tracks upcoming deployments of software to the Wikimedia Foundation servers.

Getting started

Ensure you joined the #wikimedia-operations ^connect IRC channel as all deployment-related communications happen there. If you need help, contact Release Engineering on IRC at #wikimedia-releng ^connect; and ping Tyler (thcipriani).

MediaWiki is deployed weekly through the Deployment Train. Other services follow their own schedule.
Times are pinned to San Francisco, thus the UTC time changes in March and November per DST.
Prefer regular Backport windows over adding new windows. To request deployment of a config change or backport, add your username and Gerrit URL to one of the backport windows on this page. You must be online in #wikimedia-operations on IRC during your deployment and install WikimediaDebug ahead of time. The #wikimedia-operations channel requires you to register your nickname before you can join.
- You can use the backport scheduling tool to more easily edit this page.
Tasks that meet Inclusion criteria require their own windows, which includes long-running tasks. Schedule more time than you think you need to account for delays and set backs, we recommend one hour for most tasks.
- To create or modify a recurring deploy window, send a patchset to deployments-calendar.yaml file in repos/releng/release.git.
- Announce changes to the ops mailing list ahead of time if they are likely to affect HTTP caching, introduce new cookies, or utilize new database tables.
- Announce deployments of major features to the community via Tech News and/or via other Product communication channels.
Something went wrong? See Incident response. Is there a user-impacting problem? Communicate in the #wikimedia-operations ^connect IRC channel. If there is a Phabricator task, ensure #Wikimedia-Incident is tagged, and consider setting the Unbreak Now priority.

Subscribe in Google Calendar via wikimedia.org_rudis09ii2mm5fk4hgdjeh1u64@group.calendar.google.com.
This may not include one-off windows. If there are differences, then the wiki page is canonical and correct.

Week of December 23

Sunday, December 22

08:00–08:00 UTC #
00:00–00:00 PST

No deploys all day! See Deployments/Emergencies if things are broken.
Deployer
Changes	No Deploys

Monday, December 23

08:00–09:00 UTC #
00:00–01:00 PST

UTC morning backport window
**Your patch may or may not be deployed at the sole discretion of the deployer**
Deployer	Amir (Amir1), Martin (Urbanecm), Adam (awight)
Changes	Requesting Developer (irc-nickname) Gerrit link to backport or config change

11:00–12:00 UTC #
03:00–04:00 PST

MediaWiki infrastructure (UTC mid-day)
Deployer	SRE team
Changes	MediaWiki-related infrastructure changes that need a kubernetes deployment.

14:00–15:00 UTC #
06:00–07:00 PST

UTC afternoon backport window
**Your patch may or may not be deployed at the sole discretion of the deployer**
Deployer	Lucas (Lucas_WMDE), Martin (Urbanecm), Sammy (TheresNoTime)
Changes	ZhaoFJx (ZhaoFJx) [config] 1100228 (deploy commands) zhwiki: Allow local securepoll setup - task T380020 Requesting Developer (irc-nickname) Gerrit link to backport or config change

16:30–17:00 UTC #
08:30–09:00 PST

Wikimedia Portals Update
Deployer	Jan Drewniak (jan_drewniak)
Changes	Weekly window for the portals page: https://www.wikipedia.org/

18:00–19:00 UTC #
10:00–11:00 PST

MediaWiki infrastructure (UTC late)
Deployer	SRE team
Changes	MediaWiki-related infrastructure changes that need a kubernetes deployment.

18:00–18:30 UTC #
10:00–10:30 PST

Wikidata Query Service weekly deploy
Deployer	Ryan (ryankemper)
Changes	...

21:00–22:00 UTC #
13:00–14:00 PST

UTC late backport window
**Your patch may or may not be deployed at the sole discretion of the deployer**
Deployer	Roan (RoanKattouw), Martin (Urbanecm), Clare (cjming), Sammy (TheresNoTime), Stef (kindrobot)
Changes	Bartosz (MatmaRex) [1.44.0-wmf.8] 1106340 (deploy commands) Fix Azeri alias lang code - task T382717 task T381048 Requesting Developer (irc-nickname) Gerrit link to backport or config change

22:00–00:00 UTC #
14:00–16:00 PST

Weekly Security deployment window
Deployer	Sam (Reedy), Scott (sbassett), Maryum (Maryum), Manfredi (manfredi)
Changes	Held deployment window for Security-team related deploys.

03:00–04:00 UTC #
(Mon) 19:00–20:00 PST

Automatic branching of MediaWiki, extensions, skins, and vendor – see Heterogeneous_deployment/Train_deploys
Deployer	N/A
Changes	Branch `wmf/0.00.0-wmf.0`

04:00–05:00 UTC #
(Mon) 20:00–21:00 PST

Automatic deployment of of MediaWiki, extensions, skins, and vendor to testwikis only – see Heterogeneous_deployment/Train_deploys
Deployer	N/A
Changes	Deploy `wmf/0.00.0-wmf.0` to testwikis

05:00–06:00 UTC #
(Mon) 21:00–22:00 PST

Automatic removal of all obsolete MediaWiki versions from the deployment and bare metal servers (except the most-recent obsolete version)
Deployer	N/A
Changes	Runs `scap clean auto`

07:00–08:00 UTC #
(Mon) 23:00–00:00 PST

MediaWiki infrastructure (UTC early)
Deployer	SRE team
Changes	MediaWiki-related infrastructure changes that need a kubernetes deployment.

07:00–07:30 UTC #
(Mon) 23:00–23:30 PST

Primary database switchover
Deployer	Manuel Arostegui (marostegui), Amir (Amir1), Arnaud (arnaudb)
Changes	Held deployment window for database primary masters maintenance

Tuesday, December 24

08:00–08:00 UTC #
00:00–00:00 PST

No deploys all day! See Deployments/Emergencies if things are broken.
Deployer
Changes	No Deploys

Wednesday, December 25

08:00–08:00 UTC #
00:00–00:00 PST

No deploys all day! See Deployments/Emergencies if things are broken.
Deployer
Changes	No Deploys

Thursday, December 26

08:00–08:00 UTC #
00:00–00:00 PST

No deploys all day! See Deployments/Emergencies if things are broken.
Deployer
Changes	No Deploys

Friday, December 27

08:00–08:00 UTC #
00:00–00:00 PST

No deploys all day! See Deployments/Emergencies if things are broken.
Deployer
Changes	No Deploys

Saturday, December 28

08:00–08:00 UTC #
00:00–00:00 PST

No deploys all day! See Deployments/Emergencies if things are broken.
Deployer
Changes	No Deploys

Sunday, December 29

08:00–08:00 UTC #
00:00–00:00 PST

No deploys all day! See Deployments/Emergencies if things are broken.
Deployer
Changes	No Deploys

Week of December 30

Monday, December 30

08:00–08:00 UTC #
00:00–00:00 PST

No deploys all day! See Deployments/Emergencies if things are broken.
Deployer
Changes	No Deploys

Tuesday, December 31

08:00–08:00 UTC #
00:00–00:00 PST

No deploys all day! See Deployments/Emergencies if things are broken.
Deployer
Changes	No Deploys

Wednesday, January 1

08:00–08:00 UTC #
00:00–00:00 PST

No deploys all day! See Deployments/Emergencies if things are broken.
Deployer
Changes	No Deploys

Week of December 30

Sunday, December 29

08:00–08:00 UTC #
00:00–00:00 PST

No deploys all day! See Deployments/Emergencies if things are broken.
Deployer
Changes	No Deploys

Monday, December 30

08:00–09:00 UTC #
00:00–01:00 PST

UTC morning backport window
**Your patch may or may not be deployed at the sole discretion of the deployer**
Deployer	Amir (Amir1), Martin (Urbanecm), Adam (awight)
Changes	Requesting Developer (irc-nickname) Gerrit link to backport or config change

11:00–12:00 UTC #
03:00–04:00 PST

MediaWiki infrastructure (UTC mid-day)
Deployer	SRE team
Changes	MediaWiki-related infrastructure changes that need a kubernetes deployment.

14:00–15:00 UTC #
06:00–07:00 PST

UTC afternoon backport window
**Your patch may or may not be deployed at the sole discretion of the deployer**
Deployer	Lucas (Lucas_WMDE), Martin (Urbanecm), Sammy (TheresNoTime)
Changes	Requesting Developer (irc-nickname) Gerrit link to backport or config change

16:30–17:00 UTC #
08:30–09:00 PST

Wikimedia Portals Update
Deployer	Jan Drewniak (jan_drewniak)
Changes	Weekly window for the portals page: https://www.wikipedia.org/

18:00–19:00 UTC #
10:00–11:00 PST

MediaWiki infrastructure (UTC late)
Deployer	SRE team
Changes	MediaWiki-related infrastructure changes that need a kubernetes deployment.

18:00–18:30 UTC #
10:00–10:30 PST

Wikidata Query Service weekly deploy
Deployer	Ryan (ryankemper)
Changes	...

21:00–22:00 UTC #
13:00–14:00 PST

UTC late backport window
**Your patch may or may not be deployed at the sole discretion of the deployer**
Deployer	Roan (RoanKattouw), Martin (Urbanecm), Clare (cjming), Sammy (TheresNoTime), Stef (kindrobot)
Changes	Requesting Developer (irc-nickname) Gerrit link to backport or config change

22:00–00:00 UTC #
14:00–16:00 PST

Weekly Security deployment window
Deployer	Sam (Reedy), Scott (sbassett), Maryum (Maryum), Manfredi (manfredi)
Changes	Held deployment window for Security-team related deploys.

00:00–01:00 UTC #
(Mon) 16:00–17:00 PST

Web Team deployment window
Deployer	Web Team
Changes	NOTE: often skipped, the web team does not typically check IRC so assume this is not being used if 5 minutes past the start

03:00–04:00 UTC #
(Mon) 19:00–20:00 PST

Automatic branching of MediaWiki, extensions, skins, and vendor – see Heterogeneous_deployment/Train_deploys
Deployer	N/A
Changes	Branch `wmf/`

04:00–05:00 UTC #
(Mon) 20:00–21:00 PST

Automatic deployment of of MediaWiki, extensions, skins, and vendor to testwikis only – see Heterogeneous_deployment/Train_deploys
Deployer	N/A
Changes	Deploy `wmf/` to testwikis

05:00–06:00 UTC #
(Mon) 21:00–22:00 PST

Automatic removal of all obsolete MediaWiki versions from the deployment and bare metal servers (except the most-recent obsolete version)
Deployer	N/A
Changes	Runs `scap clean auto`

07:00–08:00 UTC #
(Mon) 23:00–00:00 PST

MediaWiki infrastructure (UTC early)
Deployer	SRE team
Changes	MediaWiki-related infrastructure changes that need a kubernetes deployment.

07:00–07:30 UTC #
(Mon) 23:00–23:30 PST

Primary database switchover
Deployer	Manuel Arostegui (marostegui), Amir (Amir1), Arnaud (arnaudb)
Changes	Held deployment window for database primary masters maintenance

Tuesday, December 31

08:00–09:00 UTC #
00:00–01:00 PST

UTC morning backport window
**Your patch may or may not be deployed at the sole discretion of the deployer**
Deployer	Amir (Amir1), Martin (Urbanecm), Adam (awight)
Changes	Requesting Developer (irc-nickname) Gerrit link to backport or config change

11:00–12:00 UTC #
03:00–04:00 PST

MediaWiki infrastructure (UTC mid-day)
Deployer	SRE team
Changes	MediaWiki-related infrastructure changes that need a kubernetes deployment.

13:00–14:00 UTC #
05:00–06:00 PST

Mobileapps/RESTBase/Wikifeeds
Deployer	Content Transform Team
Changes	Content transform team node services (mobileapps/wikifeeds)

14:00–15:00 UTC #
06:00–07:00 PST

UTC afternoon backport window
**Your patch may or may not be deployed at the sole discretion of the deployer**
Deployer	Lucas (Lucas_WMDE), Martin (Urbanecm), Sammy (TheresNoTime)
Changes	Requesting Developer (irc-nickname) Gerrit link to backport or config change

16:00–17:00 UTC #
08:00–09:00 PST

SRE Collaboration Services office hours
Deployer	Eoghan (eoghan), Jelto (jelto), Arnold (arnoldokoth), Daniel (mutante)
Changes	Services including Gerrit, Phorge (Phabricator), GitLab

17:00–18:00 UTC #
09:00–10:00 PST

Puppet request window
**(Max 6 patches)**
Deployer	JHathaway (jhathaway), Reuven (rzl)
Changes	Requesting Developer (irc-nickname) Gerrit link to Puppet change

18:00–19:00 UTC #
10:00–11:00 PST

MediaWiki infrastructure (UTC late)
Deployer	SRE team
Changes	MediaWiki-related infrastructure changes that need a kubernetes deployment.

21:00–22:00 UTC #
13:00–14:00 PST

UTC late backport window
**Your patch may or may not be deployed at the sole discretion of the deployer**
Deployer	Roan (RoanKattouw), Martin (Urbanecm), Clare (cjming), Sammy (TheresNoTime), Stef (kindrobot)
Changes	Requesting Developer (irc-nickname) Gerrit link to backport or config change

22:00–23:00 UTC #
14:00–15:00 PST

Web Team deployment window
Deployer	Web Team
Changes	NOTE: often skipped, the web team does not typically check IRC so assume this is not being used if 5 minutes past the start

07:00–08:00 UTC #
(Tue) 23:00–00:00 PST

MediaWiki infrastructure (UTC early)
Deployer	SRE team
Changes	MediaWiki-related infrastructure changes that need a kubernetes deployment.

Wednesday, January 1

08:00–09:00 UTC #
00:00–01:00 PST

UTC morning backport window
**Your patch may or may not be deployed at the sole discretion of the deployer**
Deployer	Amir (Amir1), Martin (Urbanecm), Adam (awight)
Changes	Requesting Developer (irc-nickname) Gerrit link to backport or config change

11:00–12:00 UTC #
03:00–04:00 PST

MediaWiki infrastructure (UTC mid-day)
Deployer	SRE team
Changes	MediaWiki-related infrastructure changes that need a kubernetes deployment.

12:00–13:00 UTC #
04:00–05:00 PST

Services – Citoid / Zotero
Deployer	Marielle (mvolz)
Changes	See Citoid

14:00–15:00 UTC #
06:00–07:00 PST

UTC afternoon backport window
**Your patch may or may not be deployed at the sole discretion of the deployer**
Deployer	Lucas (Lucas_WMDE), Martin (Urbanecm), Sammy (TheresNoTime)
Changes	Requesting Developer (irc-nickname) Gerrit link to backport or config change

15:00–16:00 UTC #
07:00–08:00 PST

Wikifunctions Services UTC Afternoon
Deployer	Abstract Wikipedia team (Africa, Europe, Eastern Americas)
Changes	Wikifunctions back-end k8s services

18:00–19:00 UTC #
10:00–11:00 PST

MediaWiki infrastructure (UTC late)
Deployer	SRE team
Changes	MediaWiki-related infrastructure changes that need a kubernetes deployment.

21:00–22:00 UTC #
13:00–14:00 PST

UTC late backport window
**Your patch may or may not be deployed at the sole discretion of the deployer**
Deployer	Roan (RoanKattouw), Martin (Urbanecm), Clare (cjming), Sammy (TheresNoTime), Stef (kindrobot)
Changes	Requesting Developer (irc-nickname) Gerrit link to backport or config change

22:00–23:00 UTC #
14:00–15:00 PST

Wikifunctions Services UTC Late
Deployer	Abstract Wikipedia team (North and South America)
Changes	Wikifunctions back-end k8s services

23:00–00:00 UTC #
15:00–16:00 PST

Web Team deployment window
Deployer	Web Team
Changes	NOTE: often skipped, the web team does not typically check IRC so assume this is not being used if 5 minutes past the start

07:00–08:00 UTC #
(Wed) 23:00–00:00 PST

MediaWiki infrastructure (UTC early)
Deployer	SRE team
Changes	MediaWiki-related infrastructure changes that need a kubernetes deployment.

07:00–07:30 UTC #
(Wed) 23:00–23:30 PST

Primary database switchover
Deployer	Manuel Arostegui (marostegui), Amir (Amir1), Arnaud (arnaudb)
Changes	Held deployment window for database primary masters maintenance

Thursday, January 2

08:00–09:00 UTC #
00:00–01:00 PST

UTC morning backport window
**Your patch may or may not be deployed at the sole discretion of the deployer**
Deployer	Amir (Amir1), Martin (Urbanecm), Adam (awight)
Changes	Requesting Developer (irc-nickname) Gerrit link to backport or config change

11:00–12:00 UTC #
03:00–04:00 PST

MediaWiki infrastructure (UTC mid-day)
Deployer	SRE team
Changes	MediaWiki-related infrastructure changes that need a kubernetes deployment.

13:00–14:00 UTC #
05:00–06:00 PST

Mobileapps/RESTBase/Wikifeeds
Deployer	Content Transform Team
Changes	Content transform team node services (mobileapps/wikifeeds)

14:00–15:00 UTC #
06:00–07:00 PST

UTC afternoon backport window
**Your patch may or may not be deployed at the sole discretion of the deployer**
Deployer	Lucas (Lucas_WMDE), Martin (Urbanecm), Sammy (TheresNoTime)
Changes	Requesting Developer (irc-nickname) Gerrit link to backport or config change

16:00–17:00 UTC #
08:00–09:00 PST

Train log triage
Deployer
Changes	See Heterogeneous_deployment/Train_deploys#Breakage

17:00–18:00 UTC #
09:00–10:00 PST

Puppet request window
**(Max 6 patches)**
Deployer	JHathaway (jhathaway), Reuven (rzl)
Changes	Requesting Developer (irc-nickname) Gerrit link to Puppet change

18:00–19:00 UTC #
10:00–11:00 PST

Cloud Services/Technical Documentation weekly deploy (Toolhub, Developer portal, Striker)
Deployer	bd808
Changes	...

18:00–19:00 UTC #
10:00–11:00 PST

MediaWiki infrastructure (UTC late)
Deployer	SRE team
Changes	MediaWiki-related infrastructure changes that need a kubernetes deployment.

21:00–22:00 UTC #
13:00–14:00 PST

UTC late backport window
**Your patch may or may not be deployed at the sole discretion of the deployer**
Deployer	Roan (RoanKattouw), Martin (Urbanecm), Clare (cjming), Sammy (TheresNoTime), Stef (kindrobot)
Changes	Requesting Developer (irc-nickname) Gerrit link to backport or config change

22:00–23:00 UTC #
14:00–15:00 PST

Web Team deployment window
Deployer	Web Team
Changes	NOTE: often skipped, the web team does not typically check IRC so assume this is not being used if 5 minutes past the start

07:00–08:00 UTC #
(Thu) 23:00–00:00 PST

MediaWiki infrastructure (UTC early)
Deployer	SRE team
Changes	MediaWiki-related infrastructure changes that need a kubernetes deployment.

Friday, January 3

08:00–08:00 UTC #
00:00–00:00 PST

No deploys all day! See Deployments/Emergencies if things are broken.
Deployer
Changes	No Deploys

12:00–12:30 UTC #
04:00–04:30 PST

GitLab version upgrades
Deployer	Eoghan (eoghan), Jelto (jelto), Arnold (arnoldokoth), Daniel (mutante)
Changes	GitLab version upgrades

Saturday, January 4

08:00–08:00 UTC #
00:00–00:00 PST

No deploys all day! See Deployments/Emergencies if things are broken.
Deployer
Changes	No Deploys