On August 15, 2012, a scheduled database upgrade was planned for GitHub, starting at 22:00 PDT, during which the website and repositories would be temporarily inaccessible. The maintenance was expected to last only a few minutes, with a rollback plan ready if it exceeded 15 minutes. Users were assured that the upgrade aimed at enhancing the site's speed and efficiency. The update concluded successfully, as noted in a follow-up post by Will Farrington.