One of the benefits of using SAP BTP ABAP Environment is that updates and upgrades are applied by SAP to the systems in quite a high frequency and close to the corresponding release time.
Find the latest known schedule of Major Upgrade Windows and Weekly Maintenance Windows for 2025 in this blog post.
Major Upgrade Windows
As in 2024, the SAP BTP ABAP Environment will have 4 Major Upgrade Windows in 2025. These 24 hours of potential system unavailability are used to upgrade the systems to the next major version.
The events for the Major Upgrade Windows are harmonized between all SAP Cloud Products and scheduled for the following weekends:
February 15th – 16th (Release 2502) May 17th – 18th (Release 2505) August 16th – 17th (Release 2508) November 15th – 16th (Release 2511)
Depending on the data center region, the 24 hours downtime will start/end at:
APJ: FRI 9 pm – SAT 9 pm UTCEurope: SAT 4 am – SUN 4 am UTCAmericas: SAT 10 am – SUN 10 am UTC
The upgrade of the free tier systems takes place on the Thursday before the respective weekend.
Weekly Maintenance Windows
Potentially every weekend, the SAP BTP ABAP Environment could use a downtime of 4 hours, to apply database updates, Hotfix Collections and other changes.
Depending on the data center region, the 4 hours downtime may start at:
APJ: SAT 3 pm UTCEurope: SAT 10 pm UTCAmericas: SUN 4 am UTC
The update of the free tier systems takes place on the Thursday before the respective weekend.
The following events for the release 2502 are planned as Weekly Maintenance Windows in 2025:
Hotfix Collection 4 for Release 2502 (only for systems which belong to the pre-upgrade)
February 15th – 16th, 2025Hotfix Collection 5 for Release 2502 | February 26th – 27th, 2025Hotfix Collection 6 for Release 2502 | March 15th – 16th, 2025Hotfix collection 7 for Release 2502 | March 29th – 30th, 2025
For more details about the Reduction of Planned Maintenance Windows for HFC Imports and Upgrades see our roadmap.
Client Safety of CDS and AMDP
To support client-safe implementation please read Client Handling in ABAP – SAP Community for an overview.
Technical background is provided in SAP Note 3472859 – AMDP: How to make AMDP methods client-safe.
Please adopt these recommendations. SAP will turn today’s warning messages into error messages with the upgrade to release 2508, which is planned for August 2025.
Cloud System Notification Subscriptions (CSNS)
Please register to Cloud System Notification Subscriptions (CSNS) to get important information about planned and unplanned downtimes:
Access to Cloud System Notification Subscriptions (CSNS): https://me.sap.com/systemsprovisioning/getNotifiedFind more information about Cloud System Notification Subscriptions (CSNS) in this documentation and video guideTo find the SAP BTP ABAP Environment entry select:
Cloud Product: SAP Extension Suite – Development Efficiency
Cloud Service: SAP BTP ABAP environment
References
Maintenance Windows and Major Upgrade Windows for SAP Cloud ServicesSAP Note 2888562 – Intelligent Enterprise Suite: Harmonized release calendar for SAP Cloud productsService Level Agreement for SAP Cloud Services
One of the benefits of using SAP BTP ABAP Environment is that updates and upgrades are applied by SAP to the systems in quite a high frequency and close to the corresponding release time.Find the latest known schedule of Major Upgrade Windows and Weekly Maintenance Windows for 2025 in this blog post. Major Upgrade WindowsAs in 2024, the SAP BTP ABAP Environment will have 4 Major Upgrade Windows in 2025. These 24 hours of potential system unavailability are used to upgrade the systems to the next major version.The events for the Major Upgrade Windows are harmonized between all SAP Cloud Products and scheduled for the following weekends:February 15th – 16th (Release 2502) May 17th – 18th (Release 2505) August 16th – 17th (Release 2508) November 15th – 16th (Release 2511) Depending on the data center region, the 24 hours downtime will start/end at:APJ: FRI 9 pm – SAT 9 pm UTCEurope: SAT 4 am – SUN 4 am UTCAmericas: SAT 10 am – SUN 10 am UTCThe upgrade of the free tier systems takes place on the Thursday before the respective weekend. Weekly Maintenance WindowsPotentially every weekend, the SAP BTP ABAP Environment could use a downtime of 4 hours, to apply database updates, Hotfix Collections and other changes.Depending on the data center region, the 4 hours downtime may start at:APJ: SAT 3 pm UTCEurope: SAT 10 pm UTCAmericas: SUN 4 am UTCThe update of the free tier systems takes place on the Thursday before the respective weekend.The following events for the release 2502 are planned as Weekly Maintenance Windows in 2025:Hotfix Collection 4 for Release 2502 (only for systems which belong to the pre-upgrade)February 15th – 16th, 2025Hotfix Collection 5 for Release 2502 | February 26th – 27th, 2025Hotfix Collection 6 for Release 2502 | March 15th – 16th, 2025Hotfix collection 7 for Release 2502 | March 29th – 30th, 2025For more details about the Reduction of Planned Maintenance Windows for HFC Imports and Upgrades see our roadmap.Client Safety of CDS and AMDPTo support client-safe implementation please read Client Handling in ABAP – SAP Community for an overview.Technical background is provided in SAP Note 3472859 – AMDP: How to make AMDP methods client-safe.Please adopt these recommendations. SAP will turn today’s warning messages into error messages with the upgrade to release 2508, which is planned for August 2025. Cloud System Notification Subscriptions (CSNS)Please register to Cloud System Notification Subscriptions (CSNS) to get important information about planned and unplanned downtimes:Access to Cloud System Notification Subscriptions (CSNS): https://me.sap.com/systemsprovisioning/getNotifiedFind more information about Cloud System Notification Subscriptions (CSNS) in this documentation and video guideTo find the SAP BTP ABAP Environment entry select:Cloud Product: SAP Extension Suite – Development EfficiencyCloud Service: SAP BTP ABAP environmentReferencesMaintenance Windows and Major Upgrade Windows for SAP Cloud ServicesSAP Note 2888562 – Intelligent Enterprise Suite: Harmonized release calendar for SAP Cloud productsService Level Agreement for SAP Cloud Services Read More Technology Blogs by SAP articles
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