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20 November 2009 22:51 GMT

Operational status

This page gives real-time information on the status of SWIFT's systems and messaging services, as well as information on recovery plans during outages. It also gives the planning of the scheduled network downtime and of weekends during which SWIFT performs business continuity tests. You can subscribe to receive by e-mail the updates of the operational status.

Current status

SWIFT's systems and services are offered 24 hours a day, seven days a week. See our availability statistics below:

Availability by service (3Q2009)

3Q2009
YTD 2009
FIN
99.99%
99.99%
SWIFTNet
99.99%
99.99%

  • This table shows the availability percentages of the FIN and SWIFTNet core services, as well as the year-to-date (YTD) percentages. These statistics are produced on a monthly basis.
    View the monthly report for 2009 here.
Dual-P availability by number of providers (2Q2009)
Dual Providers?
Dual-P
Connections
Downtime
Minutes
Availability
No
287
3,417.72
99.9902%
Yes
290
2,295.98
99.9935%
Total
577
5,713.70
99.9919%
  • This table represents the connection ability of the customers that have a Dual-P connection. It shows the downtimes and the availability percentage for customers that have a single network provider (Dual Providers=No), and for customers that have two network providers (Dual Providers=Yes). These statistics are produced on a quarterly basis.

Planned maintenance on the SWIFTNet Integration Testbed


SWIFT organises planned maintenance on the SWIFTNet Integration Testbed (ITB) environment every Friday, from 12:00 GMT to Saturday 08:00 GMT.


Planned maintenance of the Alliance Lite service

SWIFT organises planned maintenance of the Alliance Lite service every weekend. The maintenance begins on Saturday at 05:00 GMT and lasts until Sunday 17:00 GMT. During this period, the Alliance Lite service may be unavailable for the whole duration of the planned downtime, or only intermittently.

SWIFT organises planned maintenance of the Alliance Lite Test service every Tuesday. The maintenance begins at 12:00 GMT and lasts until 16:00 GMT. During this period, the Alliance Lite Test service may be unavailable for the whole duration of the planned downtime, or only intermittently.


Planned maintenance on swift.com

Due to planned maintenance on swift.com, all password protected applications on swift.com will be unavailable:

  • on Saturday 21 November 2009 between 16:00 and 18:00 GMT 
  • on Saturday 28 November 2009 between 16:30 and 22:00 GMT

Planned maintenance of the SWIFTNet messaging services

SWIFT organises planned maintenance, and business continuity testing, which occur during Allowable Downtime Windows (ADW). These maintenance windows and test windows begin on Saturday at 16:00 GMT. During the maintenance windows, the SWIFTNet messaging services (FIN, InterAct, FileAct and Browse) are subject to interruption as described below:
  • Maintenance window: during these periods, which can last for 2, 8 or 12 hours, the SWIFTNet messaging services may experience intermittent periods of connectivity loss or of service interruption. Exceptionally, longer periods of service disruption may occur within the window.
  • Business continuity testing, and cold start testing: during these tests, which can last for 12 hours, the SWIFTNet messaging services are subject to short interruptions. Extended interruptions may occur for the duration of the window.

Please consult the table below for the exact start times and end times of the ADWs.

ADW schedule for November 2009

Legend: 
16 hours
 
12 hours
 
8 hours
 
2 hours
* 8 or 12 hours ADW - to be defined
PeriodADW startsADW endsReason
All times mentioned are in GMT
12 Hours07 November 2009 16:0008 November 2009 04:00Maintenance
12 Hours14 November 2009 16:0015 November 2009 04:00Maintenance
2 Hours21 November 2009 16:0021 November 2009 18:00Maintenance
2 Hours28 November 2009 16:0028 November 2009 18:00Maintenance