SMART Availability for Calendar Year 2026

SMART is generally available to users as follows:

Day	Open Time	Closing Time
Sunday	1 pm	12 am
Monday	12 am	7 pm
Tuesday – Friday	6 am	7 pm
Saturday	6 am	6 pm

The dates below are exceptions where the system may not be available to users. Any changes to the below will be communicated by a SMART announcement.

System Maintenance

The dates listed below are maintenance days where the system may not be available at the normal time on Sunday. The maintenance window begins Saturday evenings at 6 pm and the system will open at 1 pm on Sunday if maintenance is complete, or immediately following the completion of the maintenance if after 1 pm. 

February 1

March 1

April 5

May 3

June 7

July 5

August 2

September 6

October 4

November 1

December 6

Fiscal Year-End

The dates listed below are days the system will not be available to end users due to fiscal year-end processing:

Friday, June 26, 2026 – Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Monday, July 6, 2026 unavailable 6 am – 10 am*

*Available after year end closing is complete. A SMART announcement will be sent when the system is opened for users.

System Upgrade

The system will be unavailable to end users due to an infrastructure upgrade in the 1^st half of 2026 and a software upgrade in the 2^nd half of 2026.

Specific dates for each will be announced with as much lead time as possible.

System Critical Patch Updates (CPUs)

CPUs are released quarterly and will be applied if there is a significant security impact on SMART. Specific dates for their application will be announced with as much lead time as possible.

System Archiving

The system will be unavailable to end users due to system archiving scheduled in Spring 2026. A specific date will be announced with as much lead time as possible.

Thank you,

The SMART Team