On Sep 29, 3:32 pm, Roy Smith <roy.smith....@googlemail.com> wrote: > Since I've never seen my app during maintenance, can you elaborate on the > "nice message" bit? Are all GAE apps disabled, or are they allowed to run > with reduced functionality? If the latter, is there any systemic information > available to the app to tell it that it's running in maintenance mode?
Usually Google only stops write access when in maintenance. There is an undocumented API which allows your app to detect if a particular capability is not available, or will become unavailable in a given timespan. I detailed my use of it here: http://appengine-cookbook.appspot.com/recipe/gracefully-handling-system-maintenance --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---