The following systems and services will be impacted for up to 8 hours within the outage window.
Note: In the event of a rollback, the entire outage window may be utilised.
Retail Service Provider (RSP – Customer) impacts:
Some features will be unavailable for use:
• Assurance Website & Assurance API
Fibre line testing functionality will be unavailable, however users will still be able to log faults.
• Line Test API
Fibre line testing functionality will be unavailable.
Overnight ONT data will not be updated:
• Chorus Portal will not be updated with the overnight ONT data until the change has been completed.
Service Company Impacts:
Some features will be unavailable for use:
• TechMate
Users will be unable to carry out fibre based line testing.
This planned outage is required for OS patching to be carried out on a supporting system.
Update as at 04/02 16:35
This planned work has been rescheduled to 11/02/2026 21:00 - 12/02/2026 05:00.
Posted on
Feb 04, 2026 - 11:58 NZDT
The following systems and services will be impacted for up to 5 hours within the outage window.
Note: In the event of a rollback, the entire outage window may be utilised.
Retail Service Provider (RSP – Customer) impacts:
Maintenance page/response will be displayed:
• Chorus Portal (SSP)
Some features will be unavailable for use:
• Fibre - Place API
Users will be unable to search for an address or location, retrieve a Place ID, request site information, view active products, open fibre orders and ONTs at the address or location.
• Fibre – Product Offering API
Users will be unable to view available products at an address.
• Fibre – Order Feasibility API
Users will be unable to request a feasible check at an address or location.
• Fibre – Manage Order API
Users will be unable to create, amend or cancel an order, and will be unable to retrieve attachments or notifications relating to an order via this API.
• Fibre – Manage Appointment API
Users will be unable to check site visit and Ready For Service (RFS) appointment availability, reserve or reschedule site visits, reschedule RFS appointments or retrieve appointment details.
• Fibre – Order Notification API
Users will not receive notifications about updates or changes to an order or active service.
• Assurance Website/Assurance API
Users will be unable to test Fibre services. However users will still be able to log Fibre faults.
• Line Test API
Fibre line testing functionality will be unavailable.
Overnight ONT data will not be updated:
• Chorus Portal will not be updated with the overnight ONT data until the change has been completed.
Service Company Impacts:
Maintenance page/response will be displayed:
• Chorus Portal (SSP)
Some features will be unavailable for use:
• TechMate
Users will be unable to test Fibre services. When searching a Fibre ASID this will generate: error code 99 timeout, server busy.
• Netmap
Users may receive an error while carrying out feasibility requests.
WRM features that will be impacted:
• RSP Initiated Appointments Management Unavailable – Fibre Fulfil.
• RSP Initiated Work Request Management Unavailable – Fibre Fulfil.
• RSP/Chorus Initiated Customer Order Management Unavailable.
• Fibre COM initiated notification to Service Companies will not occur.
• Service Company based customer order updates from WRM to FCOM on to RSPs will be impacted.
• Work Request Manager Fibre Fulfil Updates to FCOM (are not impacted unless components in the COM are unavailable).
This planned outage is required to carry out a release update.
Posted on
Jan 22, 2026 - 12:39 NZDT
The following systems and services will be impacted for up to 2 hours within the outage window.
Note: In the event of a rollback, the entire outage window may be utilised.
Some features will be unavailable for use:
• Network Events Website - the website will be unavailable, any updates to existing events or any new events will not appear until the outage is completed
• Network Events API - any updates to existing events or any new events will not flow through the API until the change is completed
• Assurance Website & Assurance API - during the change window, any faults that are lodged that are impacted by an Unplanned or Planned network event will not display the event ID on the fault ticket
• Planned/Unplanned Network Event notifications - Any planned or unplanned network notifications sent from Chorus NZ will queue and process once the change is completed
• Public Outages map - any new events/updates on existing outages will not appear until the change is completed
This planned outage is required to support the migration of a backend system that is approaching end of life to a new platform.
Posted on
Feb 05, 2026 - 13:02 NZDT