Originally Posted by
canopy
Hi salib, the key consideration on whether to place a store under maintenance is whether your store will still continue to function properly during the time you are making the changes.
For example, if you are just changing a product's description, customers will still be able to view the product and checkout, so there is no need to put the store under maintenance. The same goes for adding a new product. Of course, I will usually make those changes when there are not many customers online. However, some sites will always have a considerable number of people at any time.
On the other hand, if you are performing an upgrade of your store (e.g. from version 1.2.7 to version 1.3.8a) then you will likely want to put the store under maintenance. That's because you want to make sure your upgrade has completed successfully by running some tests before actually allowing your customers access to it.
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