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# Maintenance Planning

To seamlessly recover from maintenance, plan and prepare.

Maintenance events, whether planned or unplanned, are designed to maintain and improve Salesforce overall performance, security, and availability. Generally, maintenance requires the instance your org resides on to be [read-only](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.setup_maintenance_mode_overview.htm&type=5&language=en_US), which is why it’s good to plan and prepare for this downtime.

- **[Why Salesforce Performs Maintenance](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.availability_why_salesforce_performs_maintenance.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Learn why maintenance occurs and how it improves your Salesforce instance’s performance, security, and availability.
- **[Maintenance Types](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.availability_maintenance_types.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Learn about maintenance types and how to prepare for them.
- **[Maintenance and Release Timing](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.availability_maintenance_and_release_timing.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Keep up to date on scheduled maintenance and incidents by using Salesforce Trust Status.
- **[Org Maintenance](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.availability_plan_and_prepare_for_org_maintenance.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Learn how you can prepare for downtime during org maintenance.