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# Maintenance and Pauses

> Scheduled maintenance windows, trading pauses, and exchange pauses

## Scheduled Maintenance

Every **Thursday from 3:00 AM to 5:00 AM ET**, Kalshi runs scheduled maintenance. During this window, a **trading pause** is in effect. In rare cases, a more intensive maintenance may require a full **exchange pause** instead.

Clients should be prepared for session disconnections during this window and reconnect after 5:00 AM ET.

## Trading Pause vs Exchange Pause

| | Trading Pause | Exchange Pause |
| - | - | - |
| **When** | Every Thursday 3:00–5:00 AM ET | Rare; during scheduled maintenance if intensive work is needed, or unscheduled if Kalshi has a temporary outage |
| **Place / amend orders** | No | No |
| **Cancel orders** | Yes | No |
| **Resting orders** | Remain on the book (unless CancelOrderOnPause is set) | Remain on the book (unless CancelOrderOnPause is set) |

If an exchange pause occurs outside the scheduled Thursday window, it indicates a temporary Kalshi Exchange outage.

## CancelOrderOnPause

When placing an order, you can set `CancelOrderOnPause` to control whether the order is automatically cancelled during either type of pause.

| Value | Behavior |
| - | - |
| true / Y | Order is automatically cancelled when a trading or exchange pause begins |
| false / N (default) | Order remains resting on the book and resumes when activity reopens |

Set this field on order creation:

* **REST**: `cancel_order_on_pause` field on the create order request
* **FIX**: Tag `21006` (CancelOrderOnPause) on New Order Single (35=D) messages


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