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Marathon Down on March 17 to Apply Patch 1.0.5

by Alex Co March 17, 2026 7:53 am in News
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If you’re having issues connecting to Marathon or can’t login the game, it’s not just you as Bungie has taken the Marathon servers down on March 17, and this is to conduct maintenance where a new title update will be released too.

For the complete schedule on when the servers will go back up, read on.

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Expect the update 1.0.5 patch notes to be made available near the downtime’s completion.

Marathon Servers Offline and Down for Maintenance on March 17

Update: The complete patch notes for today’s update is out, and it shakes up the economy via the Cryo Archive.

Tuesday, March 17, 2026 — Update 1.0.5

5:00 AM PDT UTC-7
  • Marathon will undergo maintenance.
  • Sign-on will be unavailable.
  • Players actively in runs will be able to complete them.
5:30AM PDT UTC-7
  • Marathon will begin being brought offline for expected maintenance.
  • Players will start being removed from activities.
~7:00 AM PDT UTC-7
  • The latest Marathon update is expected to become available across all platforms and regions.

~8:00 AM PDT

UTC-7
  • Players are expected to be able to log back into Marathon.
  • Players logging into the game may be placed in a queue and may experience sign-on issues as background maintenance is still ongoing.
9:00 AM PDT UTC-7
  • Marathon maintenance is expected to conclude.
  • Console players who encounter issues updating should restart their console and try downloading the update.
  • Players who observe issues should report to the Marathon Help Forum.

If the downtime gets extended, or something goes off-kilter, we’ll be sure to update the article and let our readers know.

Once the patch notes are out, expect a link out to the update article.

In other shooter news, ARC Raiders, Marathon’s closest rival, has received a game update today ushering in new cosmetics and gameplay changes.

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