Read-Only Mode and Maintenance Window

March 6, 2026 · View on GitHub

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Freeze writes quickly and communicate clearly during incidents, migrations, or index rebuilds. Keep retrieval online while protecting data integrity and user trust.

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Acceptance targets

  • All write endpoints return 423 or 503 with Retry-After
  • No production writes in storage audit during the window
  • Read paths healthy: error budget unaffected
  • Banner or Statuspage posted before and after with exact times
  • ΔS and λ trends flat during the window for read requests

60-second checklist

  1. Flip read-only flag
    Global feature flag read_only=true. Middleware blocks writes, tool calls that mutate state, and ingestion jobs.
  2. Communicate
    Post Statuspage and in-product banner with start and end times. Include contact and rollback plan.
  3. Queue writes
    Buffer allowed write intents to a durable queue with idempotency keys. Drop non-critical writes.
  4. Headers
    Write endpoints respond with Retry-After: <seconds> and a stable error code for clients to respect.
  5. Drains
    Stop background writers, disable compaction and long migrations during the window.

Minimal playbook

  • Scope: enumerate write surfaces including embeddings backfills, vector upserts, tool call side effects, KV mutations.
  • Guard: enforce in API gateway and service layer. Return machine-readable errors.
  • Observe: track blocked write count, queue depth, read latency, ΔS and λ.
  • End: re-enable writes, run a short soak, publish closure notice, then backfill the queued intents.

Common pitfalls → fix

  • A background job keeps writing
    → include job scheduler in the flag check and stop crons.
  • Clients spin on retries
    → add jittered backoff and a max-retry budget. See Retry Backoff.
  • Cached stale banners
    → set short TTL and purge caches on start and end.

Escalate

If read errors or ΔS spikes appear, extend the window and execute a limited Rollback & Fast Recovery.


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