Guidance
Rural Payments service: check for maintenance and downtime
Check for maintenance and downtime of the Rural Payments service over the next 4 weeks
Change of https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rural-payments-service-check-for-maintenance-and-downtime
Change description : 2025-10-03 13:43:00: Added downtimes from the 8th of October to the 5th of November. [Guidance and regulation]
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Check for maintenance and downtime of the Rural Payments service over the next 4 weeks
There will be times when the Rural Payments service is unavailable because of essential planned maintenance and updates.
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) will aim to minimise disruption to the service by scheduling planned maintenance times. We will try to give as much notice as possible about maintenance and downtime of the service, though we may not always be able to do this.
Maintenance and downtime scheduled for the next 4 weeks. Some dates and times may change during the 4-week period.
| From | To | Reason for downtime |
|---|---|---|
| 6:00 pm Wednesday |
9:00 pm Wednesday |
General maintenance |
| 5:15 pm Thursday 09 October |
9:00 am Wednesday 10 October |
Major maintenance |
| 6:00 pm Wednesday 15 October |
9:00 pm Wednesday 15 October |
General maintenance |
| 6:00 pm Wednesday 22 October |
9:00 pm Wednesday 22 October |
General maintenance |
| 6:00 pm Wednesday 29 October |
9:00 pm Wednesday 29 October |
General maintenance |
| 6:00 pm Wednesday 05 November |
9:00 pm Wednesday 05 November |
General maintenance |
There are different types of maintenance that need to be carried out.
| Type of maintenance | Maintenance details |
|---|---|
| Major | Planned downtime to release new functionality and software upgrades |
| General | Weekly planned downtime to update land and customer details |
| System | To fix system functionality |
Added downtimes from the 8th of October to the 5th of November.
Removed completed downtimes and added downtime starting the 1st of October.
Added downtime for Friday the 19th of September.
Updated general maintenance too the 17th of September.
Removed old system downtime notifications that have been completed.
The downtime for Wednesday the 03rd of September has been cancelled and removed from this page.
Updated dates and times of downtimes to the 3rd of September and the 10th of September.
Removed the downtime that was scheduled for the 27th of August.
Changed the downtime starting 1st of September to the 2nd of September
Removed down time from 21st of August Added down times 20th of August to the 10th of September.
Downtime added from 4pm to 4.45pm on Friday 1 August.
Removed downtimes that have been completed, added downtime over Friday the 05th of September to Sunday the 07th of September.
Added downtimes notes for the 23rd of July and the 21st of August.
Updated the downtime to the 16th of July
Removed all completed downtimes, added downtime for 09th of July.
Updated downtime started the 25th, no starts 5:15 of the 25th, and ends 9am 26th.
Added downtime for 24th of June.
Removed previous 2 downtimes.
Removed downtime for 18th of June.
Added 4 downtime notices from the 11th of June to the 2nd of July.
Downtime from 19th - 20th of May moved to the 27th - 28th of May
Removed down time date for the 14th.
Removed, rescheduled and added new downtimes.
Removed past downtime from Thursday24th April
Downtime notification added for 24 April 2025 between 6pm and 10pm.
Added down time from 09/04 - 21/05. Removed downtime before 04/04.
Added and removed various dates and times of the downtimes
Removed 2 entries from the 12th of march.
The downtime for the 11th and 12th of March has been added.
Added entry for Thursday 19th March
Downtime notifications added to page for March and April 2025
Updates to Major downtime notifications for December.
Updated planned downtime for the remainder of October 2024
Further updates to October 2024 Downtime notifications added to page
Essential maintenance downtime added for Friday 20 September between 6pm and 8pm
Updated downtime scheduled.
Scheduled downtime added for Wednesday 7 August 2024
Scheduled maintenance added for 22 July.
Updates to planned downtime for July and August 2024.
Updates to June downtime!
Added downtime notification for 13 May
Updates to planned downtime to include additional downtime for 24 April
Updates to Rural Payments downtimes scheduled for May 2024
Updated Rural Payments downtime for May 2024.
Updates to Rural Payments downtime for March/April 2024
Updates to downtime times for the March and April 2024
Updated planned downtime for March
Further updates made to February/March 2024 scheduled downtimes
Downtime scheduled for today 21/02 has been updated
Updated scheduled Rural Payments downtime notifications for February 2024.
Updates to RP downtime scheduled for Friday 19 January
Updates to planned Rural Payments downtime for January 2024
Updates to Friday 12th January 2024 for planned downtime.
Downtime added for week commencing 1 January 2024
Updated downtime for week commencing 18 December.
Update to planned downtime during December 2023
Planned downtime entered for Wednesday 29th November from 6pm to 9pm
Updates to planned downtimes during November and December 2023.
The Rural Payments Service is back online
Rural Payments service unavailable due to unplanned system maintenance.
Updates to planned downtime for essential maintenance to Rural Payments for November.
Change of downtime.
Updated to scheduled Maintenance
First published.
2025-10-03 13:43
Added downtimes from the 8th of October to the 5th of November.
2025-09-29 11:36
Removed completed downtimes and added downtime starting the 1st of October.
2025-09-16 08:54
Added downtime for Friday the 19th of September.
2025-09-12 15:59
Updated general maintenance too the 17th of September.
2025-09-10 13:15
Removed old system downtime notifications that have been completed.
2025-08-28 11:28
The downtime for Wednesday the 03rd of September has been cancelled and removed from this page.
2025-08-22 15:51
Updated dates and times of downtimes to the 3rd of September and the 10th of September.
2025-08-22 15:18
Removed the downtime that was scheduled for the 27th of August.
2025-08-15 14:22
Changed the downtime starting 1st of September to the 2nd of September
2025-08-08 09:03
Removed down time from 21st of August Added down times 20th of August to the 10th of September.
2025-08-01 15:13
Downtime added from 4pm to 4.45pm on Friday 1 August.
2025-07-18 14:12
Removed downtimes that have been completed, added downtime over Friday the 05th of September to Sunday the 07th of September.
2025-07-14 13:48
Added downtimes notes for the 23rd of July and the 21st of August.
2025-07-11 14:30
Updated the downtime to the 16th of July
2025-07-08 14:34
Removed all completed downtimes, added downtime for 09th of July.
2025-06-24 13:21
Updated downtime started the 25th, no starts 5:15 of the 25th, and ends 9am 26th.
2025-06-24 10:32
Added downtime for 24th of June.
2025-06-18 10:18
Removed previous 2 downtimes.
2025-06-10 14:59
Removed downtime for 18th of June.
2025-06-06 10:27
Added 4 downtime notices from the 11th of June to the 2nd of July.
2025-05-16 13:26
Downtime from 19th – 20th of May moved to the 27th – 28th of May
2025-05-12 08:52
Removed down time date for the 14th.
2025-05-02 12:58
Removed, rescheduled and added new downtimes.
2025-04-29 12:31
Removed past downtime from Thursday24th April
2025-04-17 16:30
Downtime notification added for 24 April 2025 between 6pm and 10pm.
2025-04-07 10:28
Added down time from 09/04 – 21/05. Removed downtime before 04/04.
2025-03-27 14:56
Added and removed various dates and times of the downtimes
2025-03-11 15:22
Removed 2 entries from the 12th of march.
2025-03-07 15:03
The downtime for the 11th and 12th of March has been added.
2025-03-06 12:07
Added entry for Thursday 19th March
2025-03-06 09:23
Downtime notifications added to page for March and April 2025
2024-11-27 14:46
Updates to Major downtime notifications for December.
2024-10-15 13:57
Updated planned downtime for the remainder of October 2024
2024-09-20 10:26
Further updates to October 2024 Downtime notifications added to page
2024-09-19 23:19
Essential maintenance downtime added for Friday 20 September between 6pm and 8pm
2024-08-29 17:05
Updated downtime scheduled.
2024-08-05 09:13
Scheduled downtime added for Wednesday 7 August 2024
2024-07-22 12:58
Scheduled maintenance added for 22 July.
2024-06-18 15:02
Updates to planned downtime for July and August 2024.
2024-05-17 13:53
Updates to June downtime!
2024-05-10 13:51
Added downtime notification for 13 May
2024-04-22 11:18
Updates to planned downtime to include additional downtime for 24 April
2024-04-19 12:53
Updates to Rural Payments downtimes scheduled for May 2024
2024-04-02 13:34
Updated Rural Payments downtime for May 2024.
2024-03-19 12:35
Updates to Rural Payments downtime for March/April 2024
2024-03-08 12:23
Updates to downtime times for the March and April 2024
2024-02-28 10:45
Updated planned downtime for March
2024-02-22 11:12
Further updates made to February/March 2024 scheduled downtimes
2024-02-21 16:07
Downtime scheduled for today 21/02 has been updated
2024-02-06 11:40
Updated scheduled Rural Payments downtime notifications for February 2024.
2024-01-19 12:08
Updates to RP downtime scheduled for Friday 19 January
2024-01-12 10:14
Updates to planned Rural Payments downtime for January 2024
2024-01-05 15:54
Updates to Friday 12th January 2024 for planned downtime.
2024-01-02 10:57
Downtime added for week commencing 1 January 2024
2023-12-15 10:16
Updated downtime for week commencing 18 December.
2023-12-06 09:07
Update to planned downtime during December 2023
2023-11-27 11:43
Planned downtime entered for Wednesday 29th November from 6pm to 9pm
2023-11-14 10:48
Updates to planned downtimes during November and December 2023.
2023-11-02 15:44
The Rural Payments Service is back online
2023-11-02 11:11
Rural Payments service unavailable due to unplanned system maintenance.
2023-11-02 09:33
Updates to planned downtime for essential maintenance to Rural Payments for November.
2023-10-25 16:18
Change of downtime.
2023-10-18 10:39
Updated to scheduled Maintenance
2023-10-10 14:54
First published.