# Maintenance Mode **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [January 7, 2024, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/maintenance-mode/865398 "2024-01-07T05:29:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![devin\_mm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@devin\_mm](https://forums.plex.tv/u/devin_mm)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/maintenance-mode/865398/1 "2024-01-07T05:29:58Z")
It would be nice if there you could put the server into maintenance mode where existing streams could play out but if someone starts a new one they would get a notification that the server was going down for maintenance. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 5:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/maintenance-mode/865398/2 "2024-01-07T05:31:53Z")
A request for the same (or at least very similar) feature exists already, and it has more votes. > [@Send server messages](https://forums.plex.tv/t/send-server-messages/23773/1): > > It would be great as a PlexPass user to unlock a feature to send messages to the viewers. Information on planned maintenance (running every 20min or so) Restart information (one time message) and so on. This would be nice to have when you have a shared server. Vote on the poll, and maybe give a comment in suggestions to make this feature request better. Best regards Sleepwalker Therefore this one is closed, to prevent spreading the votes across several threads, even though they vote for the same (or at least very similar thing). Votes are given back to the users who voted on this request. Please think of re-voting in the other thread if you still want it. * * * Rules for the Feature Suggestions forum section: - Please **search** before creating a new suggestion thread. - Only one feature per thread. See existing feature suggestions, sorted by **most popular** first: [https://forums.plex.tv/c/general/feature-suggestions/8/l/votes](https://forums.plex.tv/c/general/feature-suggestions/8/l/votes) ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 5:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/maintenance-mode/865398/3 "2024-01-07T05:31:55Z")