# Vapor: Bypassing Maintenance Mode

DevFeed: [Vapor: Bypassing Maintenance Mode](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/vapor-bypassing-maintenance-mode-3943.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://laravel.com/blog/vapor-bypassing-maintenance-mode>)

Author: Mohamed Said

Published: 2020-09-29T14:30:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Laravel Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/laravel-blog.md>)

Topics: [Vapor](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/swift-vapor.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browser.md>)

Tags: [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [feature](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/feature.md>), [token](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/token.md>), [v1](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/v1.md>)

## AI overview

Vapor now supports bypassing application maintenance mode with a secret token. Visiting the matching URL sets a browser cookie, allowing normal application access despite maintenance mode.

## Source excerpt

When putting your application in maintenance mode using the `vapor down` command, your application will respond with a status code of 503 on every request. Beginning today, you may use the `secret` o...