On September 24, 2026, the World of Warcraft: Forever beta server went into scheduled maintenance as the team rolls out a new build, 70009. Blizzard promises to be done within 'at least a couple of hours' but gives no firm time for the server to come back online.

On September 24 at 14:50 UTC, community manager Kaivax confirmed in an official blue post that the Forever beta server has been taken offline for maintenance and to deploy a fresh build. Blizzard is giving no timeline for coming back from the downtime, but promises to keep it to 'at least a couple of hours'. Full dev notes with the list of changes and an updated list of known issues are tied to the server's return — they'll be published once the build goes live.

The forever-codex source notes: the changes are filed under build number 70009.

The easiest way to track the beta's return is the official Blue Tracker: as soon as Kaivax posts about the maintenance being done, the build notes will show up there too. Until the server is back, keep an eye on updates.