Elite Dangerous Server Maintenance | How to Check

Frontier Developments, the game’s developer, typically conducts weekly server maintenance on Thursdays at 7:00 AM UTC. These weekly maintenance periods are usually short, lasting between 15 to 30 minutes.

🛠 Known Maintenance / Downtime Information

• Elite Dangerous often schedules server maintenance particularly when new updates or patches are being deployed. For example, in the “Trailblazers Update 2,” the servers were taken offline at 9:00 UTC and expected back by 11:00 UTC.

• Sometimes maintenance windows are extended depending on how complex the update is or if issues arise.

• There have also been combined Live & Legacy server maintenance windows, with multiple hours of downtime expected.

• Frontier (the makers of Elite Dangerous) usually announces maintenance in advance via their dev trackers, forums, or social media.

🔍 How to Check If It’s Maintenance vs a Local Issue

Here’s how you can verify whether the servers are under maintenance (vs. something wrong on your end):

1. Check Frontier / Elite Dangerous official channels

   • Dev Trackers / Forums

   • Their Twitter / social media

   • Elite Dangerous “News” or server status feeds

2. Launcher / game client server status indicator

   • The launcher often shows whether servers are “online” or “offline.”

3. Community / Status‑monitor websites

   • Sites like “StatusGator,” “Downdetector,” or gaming community forums often show whether many players are reporting issues.

4. Check for announcements ahead of time

   • Maintenance is often scheduled and announced in advance — if you see a message “Servers will be down at X UTC for maintenance,” that is a clue.

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✅ What You Can Do If You Encounter Maintenance

• Wait it out — during maintenance, the servers will come back when the process completes.

• Follow the official announcements so you know when they expect servers to return.

• If after the scheduled time the servers are still down, check forums or announcements for delays or issues.

• If it seems like a local or connection issue (not global), you can try:
  • Restarting the game/launcher
  • Checking your internet connection
  • Disabling VPNs or proxy services
  • Checking firewall / network settings

If you are experiencing connection issues, and the servers are not officially down, it might be a problem on your end. The Frontier Support website has a connectivity troubleshooting guide that you can follow.