Planned Maintenance

The list below details any planned disruption to services to the best of our knowledge. Disruption to any of these can impact the performance of Sequoia.

This information can change at very short notice. Unless otherwise specified, all times are local.

Last change to the information on this page: Monday 15 Jun 2026 10:01

Service Start time End time Details
ASM Online Services
CCS-UK
CDS Live Service
04/07/2026 19:00 05/07/2026 01:30 Planned outage on to
See message from CDS Live Service

Due to scheduled maintenance the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) will be unavailable to all users from 8:00 pm Saturday 04th July until 02:30 am on Sunday 05th July 2026.

Declarations should not be submitted during the outage period.

Creating, updating, or embarking a goods movement reference (GMR) during this time might be affected.

Only goods with pre-lodged declarations attached to a GMR will be allowed to move using Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS).


For import movements using GVMS, you should check the declaration status and arrive where needed https://www.gov.uk/guidance/manually-arrive-your-goods-in-the-uk

If moving consignments containing controlled goods with pre-lodged declarations, read:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/list-of-goods-imported-into-great-britain-from-the-eu-that-are-controlled and, attend port inspection facilities or inland border facilities for goods to be inspected and released.

Exports should have Permission to Progress (P2P) before travelling.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
CDS Test Service (TDR)
CNS Compass
Lavanya's Test
MCP Destin8
NCTS/CTC
Pentant
Playwright Test Live
Playwright Test Planned