---
title: "Site Factory 2.88 - April 17, 2019"
date: "2025-09-12T05:57:24+00:00"
summary: "Site Factory 2.88 update: Improved maintenance mode, variable namespacing, and API endpoints. Bug fixes for cron jobs and site updates."
image:
type: "announcement"
url: "/site-factory/release/2019-04-17/80576-site-factory-288-april-17-2019"
id: "5d138fff-a21a-4f6f-871f-900dd93dfdb3"
---

As part of this release, Acquia recommends you upgrade your websites to use the latest version of the [Site Factory Connector module](https://www.drupal.org/project/acsf).

*   Change Drupal 8 websites now disable the maintenance mode checkbox during Site Factory code releases.
*   Change The namespacing of variables in `sites.php`, `sites.inc` and `settings.php` has been improved to prevent collisions.
*   Change The [List deployable refs](https://docs.acquia.com/site-factory/site-factory-api#operation/post_Sites_createSite#operation/get_Vcs_getRefs) [Site Factory API](/site-factory/extend/api/) endpoint examples have been updated.
*   Fix Subscriber unit tests failed when running PHPUnit tests against existing non-default websites.
*   Fix In certain circumstances, websites remained in maintenance mode after code releases.
*   Fix On Drupal 7 websites with many public files, website update tasks took a long time to complete.
*   Fix Cron handlers on unused [stacks](/site-factory/stacks) displayed errors.
*   Fix When re-deploying the current code tag in a release, the [audit log](/site-factory/monitor/auditlog) was not updated.
*   Fix In certain circumstances, Drupal 8 websites displayed an invalid **Export site** action.
*   Fix Certain expressions, including `drush ev` statements in Site Factory [cron jobs](/site-factory/manage/preferences/tasks/factory) caused cron jobs to display errors.