When will Destiny 2 servers come back online? Maintenance downtime, The Witch Queen preload, and expected bugs (February 22)

sportskeeda.com:

Destiny 2 The Witch Queen is just a few hours away, as Bungie prepares for the launch with one of the longest maintenances in the last few months. However, players can start pre-loading the updated files, as doing so will give them a headstart during the release and reduce the queuing time as well.

The latest expansion (with a size of 21 GB on Steam) is for the new 4.0.0.1 update. However, players will face a prompt in the game after the new official Witch Queen title screen stating, "The final pieces are being placed. No peeking."

The servers for Destiny 2 will be up after the ongoing maintenance at 9:00 am PST (1700 UTC). However, there will still be background maintenance that will continue until 10:00 am PST.

The Witch Queen has proved to be one of the most hyped expansions Bungie has released for Destiny 2. With the game's player base at an all-time high due to great writing in the Beyond Light seasons, sales for the Year 5 DLC reached one million just in pre-orders alone.

So it is safe to say that there are quite a lot of people lined up to play The Witch Queen after it goes live. However, Bungie has a history of making players wait after a major update, be it an entirely different expansion or a new season. To improve that, the company has shut down all servers today at 6:45 pm PST.

The server uptime of The Witch Queen for major regions are as follows:

Bungie's official Twitter support has updated the community regarding certain problems that players might face in the initial hours of the release. This includes:

Destiny 2 The Witch Queen is all set to release today at 9:00 am PST with version 4.0.0.1.