Summary: GSTN has issued an advisory dated 28 October 2026 announcing the temporary unavailability of certain e-Invoice-related services because of a scheduled infrastructure upgrade. The maintenance period will begin at 9:00 AM IST on 31 October 2026 and end at 1:00 PM IST on 1 November 2026. The advisory concerns specified services on the GST e-Invoice portal at https://einvoice.gst.gov.in. During this period, the affected functions will include retrieval and processing of e-Invoice data from IRPs, auto-population of e-Invoice data in GSTR-1, and e-Invoice JSON downloads through both the portal and APIs. The interruption therefore covers the listed data retrieval, return auto-population and download services during the announced maintenance window. Taxpayers and other stakeholders have been advised to plan their activities accordingly, taking account of the temporary unavailability of these functions. The advisory states that the affected services are expected to resume after the maintenance is completed. Resumption is expressed as an expectation following completion of the upgrade. Team GSTN has regretted the inconvenience caused by the scheduled interruption. The communication sets out the start and end timings, identifies the three affected services and asks stakeholders to arrange their activities around the maintenance period.
Goods and Services Tax
Government of India, States and Union Territories
Advisory – Scheduled Maintenance of e-Invoice Services (31 October – 1 November 2026)
Oct 28th, 2026
Dear Taxpayers,
Due to a scheduled infrastructure upgrade, certain e-Invoice-related services on the GST portal (https://einvoice.gst.gov.in) would remain temporarily unavailable during the following period:
Start: 31 October 2026, 9:00 AM (IST)
End: 1 November 2026, 1:00 PM (IST)
Affected services:
1. e-Invoice data retrieval and processing from IRPs.
2. Auto-population of e-Invoice data in GSTR-1.
3. e-Invoice JSON downloads through the portal and APIs.
Taxpayers and other stakeholders are advised to plan their activities accordingly. The affected services are expected to resume after completion of the maintenance.
The inconvenience caused is regretted.
Thanks,
Team GSTN
