Deferring Maintenance
Parent: Atlas Maintenance Windows · Published reference · snapshot 2026-10-15 · viability 3.45 / 5 (research)
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How it works
- [medium] The 'Automatically defer maintenance for one week' option causes Atlas to defer future scheduled maintenance by one week each time, resulting in maintenance running every two weeks. Sources: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/tutorial/cluster-maintenance-window.md, https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/tutorial/configure-maintenance-window-settings.md [source]
- [high] The CLI command 'defer' postpones the next scheduled maintenance event by one week, but only functions when maintenance is already scheduled. Sources: https://github.com/mongodb/terraform-provider-mongodbatlas/issues/3155, https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/mongodbatlas/api-docs/maintenancewindow/ [source]
Problems, failure modes and limitations
- [high] The auto_defer_once_enabled attribute enables automatic deferral of all scheduled maintenance for the project by one week. An issue reporter in terraform-provider-mongodbatlas issue #3155 suggested this would also defer urgent security patches, but Atlas documentation says urgent maintenance such as security patches cannot wait for the chosen window. Sources: https://github.com/mongodb/terraform-provider-mongodbatlas/issues/3155, https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/mongodbatlas/api-docs/maintenancewindow/ [source]
Facts and statements
- [low] Atlas allows users to defer scheduled maintenance for one week or begin it immediately, with a banner displayed 48-72 hours prior and email notifications sent to Project Owners. Sources: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/tutorial/respond-to-required-maintenance.md [source]
- [medium] Automatic deferral of maintenance is unavailable for projects in an organization if any project within that organization has a maintenance wave configured. Sources: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/tutorial/cluster-maintenance-window.md, https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/tutorial/configure-maintenance-window-settings.md [source]
- [medium] Manual deferral of maintenance is restricted to projects with a maintenance wave configured only if they are assigned to Last Wave, and these projects are limited to at most one manual deferral. Sources: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/tutorial/cluster-maintenance-window.md, https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/tutorial/respond-to-required-maintenance.md, https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/tutorial/configure-maintenance-window-settings.md [source]
- [high] A single project maintenance event can be deferred up to two times, with the deferral count tracking how many times the current event has been postponed. Sources: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/tutorial/respond-to-required-maintenance.md, https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/mongodbatlas/api-docs/maintenancewindow/ [source]
- [low] The CLI command 'auto_defer' defers any scheduled maintenance for one week, excluding 'Urgent Maintenance Activity' such as security patches. Sources: https://github.com/mongodb/terraform-provider-mongodbatlas/issues/3155 [source]
- [low] Users should allow all deferred maintenance to complete to ensure their clusters are on the latest versions. Sources: https://intercom-help.mongodb.com/en/articles/16063007-july-2026-security-release [source]
Related concepts
- Maintenance — is a part of Deferring Maintenance
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