Set Blackout Period

This topic explains how to create, edit, and manage blackout periods to prevent certain tasks from running during specified time frames.

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To create, edit, or delete a blackout period, you must have the Admin or Edit Blackout Period global permissions.

Create a Blackout Period

A blackout period prevents specific tasks from starting during a defined time range.

To create a blackout period:

1. In the navigation pane, under RELEASES, click Releases.

2. Click the Calendar tab to switch to calendar view.

3. Hover over the desired day and click the three dots .

4. In the Blackout Period dialog:

   • Enter a descriptive name in the Label field
   • Select the start date and time
   • Select the end date and time

5. Click Save.

   You can see all the blackout periods in the calendar view. On the calendar, the blackout period appears as a black marked area.

   

Tasks in Blackout Period

All the tasks can be prevented from starting during a blackout period. You can do this by postponing each task until blackout period is over.

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If a task is already running, it cannot be postponed.

To Postpone a Task:

1. In the left navigation bar, under the Releases, select Releases.

2. Select the release and then the task you want to postpone.

3. Click the Scheduling tab in the left panel.

4. Turn on the Postpone during blackout toggle to postpone tasks during the blackout period.

   

The task scheduled start date is reset to 1 minute after the set end date of the blackout period.

If a task is postponed during blackout period, you can manually override the setting and start the task immediately.

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To enable, disable, or override the Postpone during blackout period setting on a task, you must have the Admin global permissions or the Edit Task Blackout release permissions.

Edit Blackout Period

To edit a blackout period:

1. In the left navigation bar, under the Releases, select Releases.

2. Click the Calendar tab and select the blackout period you want to edit. The Blackout period dialog appears.

   

3. Edit the required properties.

4. Click Save.

Delete Blackout Period

To delete a blackout period:

1. In the left navigation bar, under the Releases, select Releases.

2. Click the Calendar tab and select the blackout period you want to delete.

   The Delete Blackout dialog appears.

   

3. Click Delete.

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   If a task is set to Postpone during blackout period and you delete the blackout period, the task retains the current scheduled start date.