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# Maintenance & Releases

## Release Schedule

Paradex performs releases on all weekdays during the following window:

#### 4:30 AM UTC / 12:30 PM SGT

Daily maintenance window

#### \~15 Minutes

Typical release duration

## Release Sequence

During each release, the platform transitions through three modes:

#### CANCEL\_ONLY (\~2 min)

Clean state preparation before deployment.

#### POST\_ONLY (\~2 min)

Markets stabilize with maker-only liquidity.

#### OK

Full trading resumes.

## Feature Availability

|                           | CANCEL\_ONLY | POST\_ONLY |  OK |
| ------------------------- | :----------: | :--------: | :-: |
| View balances & positions |              |            |     |
| Cancel existing orders    |              |            |     |
| Post-Only / RPI orders    |              |            |     |
| All other order types     |              |            |     |
| Liquidations              |              |            |     |
| TP/SL triggers            |              |            |     |

## Price Protection

Orders in CANCEL\_ONLY and POST\_ONLY modes must be within **±5 bps** of the External Fair Price. Orders outside this band are automatically canceled.

### Example

BTC with an External Fair Price of \$100,000:

|      | Band Limit | Accepted          | Auto-Canceled     |
| ---- | ---------- | ----------------- | ----------------- |
| Buy  | \$100,050  | Price ≤ \$100,050 | Price > \$100,050 |
| Sell | \$99,950   | Price ≥ \$99,950  | Price \< \$99,950 |

### How the External Fair Price Is Calculated

$\text{External Fair Price} = \text{Spot Oracle Price} \times (1 + \text{External Basis Rate})$

$\text{External Basis Rate} = \operatorname{median}(\text{Binance},\ \text{OKX},\ \text{Bybit},\ \text{Hyperliquid},\ \text{Paradex}^*)$

\* Paradex Basis is calculated as an EMA with a 1h half-life.

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