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Disaster recovery exercise

Disaster Recovery Test Rescheduled to May 2: GAAR, GATR, and UAD 3.6 File Validation Impacts

DATE:
AUTHOR: The Cotality CMS team

Valuation and Decision Services Disaster Recovery Test – May 2, 2026

Cotality will conduct a disaster recovery test on Saturday, May 2, 2026, from 5:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. CST (approximately 9 hours), rescheduled from March 28. Users must hold all related activity during this period.

Service-Specific Impacts

  • GAAR and GATR (5:00 am – 10:00 am CST): Both unavailable; orders will queue and process after maintenance concludes.

  • Common Workflow (10:00 am – 2:00 pm CST): UAD 3.6 File Validation and UCDP submission intermittently unavailable.

  • File Vault: UAD 3.6 and Mercury Network EPC intermittently unavailable.

  • ENV Service: Downtime expected for GAAR, Image Analytics, and external vendor operations.

  • Fee Worksheet Service: Inaccessible for CMS.Net Title orders.

Will the Applications Change?

No changes will be made to the applications themselves.

Will There Be Downtime?

Intermittent and extended downtime is expected for the named services only.

Critical Warning

"Access to the system is not an indication of operational status" during maintenance. Users must hold all traffic, as processes initiated during this window may fail without queuing guarantees.

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