Deployments/Yearly calendar/2024
See also the calendar for 2023 and the forthcoming one for 2025.
| What | When | Deployment decision | What happened? |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Year's Day | Mon 1 Jan | No deploys | ✅ No MW deploys |
| Martin Luther King Jr Day | Mon 15 Jan | No UTC Late backport window | 2× MW deploys |
| U.S. Presidents' Day | Mon 19 Feb | No UTC Late backport window | ✅ No MW deploys |
| Northward Switchover: Services + Traffic | Tue 19 Mar | Deployments run as normal. Switchover window: 14:00-15:00 UTC | — |
| Northward Switchover: Mediawiki | Wed 20 Mar | Deployments run as normal. Switchover window: 14:00-15:00 UTC | — |
| Earth Day | Mon 22 Apr | No deploys | ✅ No MW deploys |
| U.S. Memorial Day | Mon 27 May | No UTC Late backport window | — |
| Juneteenth | Wed 19 Jun | No UTC Late backport window | — |
| Fourth of July | Thu 4 Jul | No UTC Late backport window | — |
| U.S. July Holiday | Fri 5 Jul | No deploys (not that there are ever deploys on Friday) | ✅ No MW deploys |
| International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples | Fri 9 Aug | No deploys (not that there are ever deploys on Friday) | ✅ No MW deploys |
| U.S. Labor Day | Mon 2 Sep | No UTC Late backport window | — |
| Southward Switchover: Services + Traffic | Tue 24 Sept | Deployments run as normal. Switchover window: 14:00-16:00 UTC (target time: 15:00 UTC) | — |
| Southward Switchover: Mediawiki | Wed 25 Sept | Deployments run as normal. Switchover window: 14:00-16:00 UTC (target time: 15:00 UTC) | — |
| Columbus Day (also Indigenous Peoples' Day) | Mon 14 Oct | No UTC Late backport window | — |
| Veterans' Day | Mon 11 Nov | No UTC Late backport window | — |
| Developer Experience Offsite | Mon 09 Dec–Fri 13 Dec | No Train (1.44.0-wmf.7), backports as normal | — |
| End of Year Holiday | Tues 24 Dec – Wed 1 Jan | No Train (1.44.0-wmf.9 & .10) or deploys | |
| 1st week of 2025 (silent work week (if the WMF keeps quiet week)) | Tues 07 Jan, 2025 – Thu 09 Jan, 2025 | No Train (1.44.0-wmf.11) |