Today we’re launching an exciting new feature – maintenance mode.
We strive to make your deployment and management experience as seamless as possible, for both the developers and the end users. Part of any management task is performing routine maintenance tasks, from database migrations to more complex site upgrades. When you’re in the midst of doing these maintenance tasks, wouldn’t it be great to show your users a nice maintenance page, instead of a broken site? With the Heroku maintenance mode, now you can.
This quick 3:30 video shows you how to use maintenance mode, and even how to customize it for your own look and feel: