diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b3205b9..327ff92 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -305,6 +305,25 @@ run-patchday-dev:
   rules:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main"
 
+run-patchday-dev-digitalocean:
+  stage: run-patchday
+  before_script:
+    - echo "${ANSIBLE_VAULT_PASS_DEV}" > /tmp/vault-pass
+  script:
+    - 'command -v ssh-agent >/dev/null || ( apt-get update -y && apt-get install openssh-client -y )'
+    - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
+    - 'echo "$GITLAB_SSH_KEY" | tr -d "\r" | ssh-add -'
+    - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+    - chmod 0700 ~/.ssh
+    - '[[ -f /.dockerenv ]] && echo -e "Host *\n\tStrictHostKeyChecking no\n\n" >> ~/.ssh/config'
+    - ssh-add -L
+    - ansible-playbook -i stage-digitalocean patchday.yml --vault-password-file=/tmp/vault-pass -u gitlabci
+  after_script:
+    - rm /tmp/vault-pass
+  timeout: 2h
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main"
+
 run-patchday-qa:
   extends: .run-patchday
   resource_group: qa
diff --git a/patchday.yml b/patchday.yml
index 7ad45e7..84b70ca 100644
--- a/patchday.yml
+++ b/patchday.yml
@@ -9,19 +9,20 @@
     start: '{{ ansible_date_time.epoch }}'
 
   tasks:
-    - set_fact:
-        startsAt: "{{ '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' | strftime(start) }}"
-        endsAt: "{{ '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' | strftime( ( start | int ) + 3600 |int ) }}"
+    - name: "Set VAR for silence start and end"
+      set_fact:
+        silence_starts_at: "{{ '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' | strftime(start) }}"
+        silence_ends_at: "{{ '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' | strftime( ( start | int ) + 3600 |int ) }}"
 
-    - name: "set fact"
+    - name: "Set VAR - define prometheus silence object"
       set_fact:
         silence:
           matchers:
-          - name: job
-            value: .+
-            isRegex: true
-          startsAt: '{{ startsAt }}'
-          endsAt: '{{ endsAt }}'
+            - name: job
+              value: .+
+              isRegex: true
+          silence_starts_at: '{{ silence_starts_at }}'
+          silence_ends_at: '{{ silence_ends_at }}'
           createdBy: patchday-automatism
           comment: patchday
           id:
@@ -35,7 +36,8 @@
           Content-Type: application/json
         body_format: json
         body: '{{ silence | to_json }}'
-      ignore_errors: yes
+      ignore_errors: yes # noqa ignore-errors
+      # if failing, patchday continues
 
 - hosts: elastic
   serial: 1
@@ -149,20 +151,20 @@
     - name: "Smardigo Patchday: error-handling - ensure postgres started and check listing on net internal ip address"
       block:
 
-      - name: "Smardigo Patchday: error-handling - ensure service(s) started"
-        ansible.builtin.systemd:
-          name: postgresql
-          state: started
-
-      - name: "Smardigo Patchday: error-handling - check if postgres is listing on net internal ip address"
-        become: no
-        community.postgresql.postgresql_ping:
-          port: 5432
-          ssl_mode: require
-          login_host: '{{ stage_private_server_ip }}'
-        register: check_postgres_again
-        retries: 5
-        failed_when: not check_postgres_again.is_available
+        - name: "Smardigo Patchday: error-handling - ensure service(s) started"
+          ansible.builtin.systemd:
+            name: postgresql
+            state: started
+
+        - name: "Smardigo Patchday: error-handling - check if postgres is listing on net internal ip address"
+          become: no
+          community.postgresql.postgresql_ping:
+            port: 5432
+            ssl_mode: require
+            login_host: '{{ stage_private_server_ip }}'
+          register: check_postgres_again
+          retries: 5
+          failed_when: not check_postgres_again.is_available
 
       rescue:
         - name: "Smardigo Patchday: error-handling - send mail to DEVOPS-DL"
@@ -190,6 +192,12 @@
   serial: 10
   become: yes
   tasks:
+    - name: "set VAR"
+      set_fact:
+        stage_server_ip: "{{ lookup('community.general.dig', inventory_hostname + '.' + domain ) }}"
+      when:
+        - "'blackbox' in group_names"
+
     - name: "Smardigo Patchday: update pkgs"
       ansible.builtin.apt:
         upgrade: yes
@@ -231,6 +239,42 @@
         state: present
       loop: '{{ docker_compose_services.files }}'
 
+    - name: "Ensure SMA-portal is up and running"
+      # there is a hard dependency within SMA-portal (VM: <<stage>>-management-01) during application start process
+      # to iam-instance (VM: <<stage>>-iam-01)
+      # grouped tasks within ansible block statement is just a work around until smardigo-app depending problem will be fixed
+      #
+      # ATTENTION: iam-server must be up and running => SMA-portal will be restarted and will finished successfully its application start process
+      block:
+        - name: "Check SMA-portal if reachable"
+          become: no
+          uri:
+            url: "https://{{ stage }}-management-01-connect.{{ domain }}:{{ admin_port_service }}/management/prometheus"
+            method: GET
+            status_code: [200]
+          register: sma_portal_avail
+          delay: 10
+          retries: 5
+          no_log: true
+          until: sma_portal_avail.status in [200]
+
+      rescue:
+        - name: "Smardigo Patchday: SMA-portal not reachable - shutdown services"
+          community.docker.docker_compose:
+            project_src: '{{ item.path | dirname }}'
+            state: absent
+          loop: '{{ docker_compose_services.files }}'
+
+        - name: "Smardigo Patchday: SMA-portal not reachable - start services again"
+          community.docker.docker_compose:
+            project_src: '{{ item.path | dirname }}'
+            state: present
+          loop: '{{ docker_compose_services.files }}'
+
+      when:
+        - "'management' in inventory_hostname"
+
+
 - hosts: k8s_cluster
   serial: 1
   become: yes
diff --git a/templates/prometheus/config/prometheus/alert.rules.j2 b/templates/prometheus/config/prometheus/alert.rules.j2
index 18c966a..7bc7b0d 100644
--- a/templates/prometheus/config/prometheus/alert.rules.j2
+++ b/templates/prometheus/config/prometheus/alert.rules.j2
@@ -302,19 +302,19 @@ groups:
 
   - alert: offsite backup pending
     expr: |
-      (time() - offsite_backup_archive_started_seconds) > 25 * 3600 or
-      (time() - offsite_backup_archive_ended_seconds) > 25 * 3600 or
-      (time() - offsite_backup_transfer_started_seconds) > 25 * 3600 or
-      (time() - offsite_backup_transfer_ended_seconds) > 25 * 3600 or
-      (time() - offsite_backup_forget_started_seconds) > 25 * 3600 or
-      (time() - offsite_backup_forget_ended_seconds) > 25 * 3600
+      (time() - offsite_backup_archive_started_seconds) > 27 * 3600 or
+      (time() - offsite_backup_archive_ended_seconds) > 27 * 3600 or
+      (time() - offsite_backup_transfer_started_seconds) > 27 * 3600 or
+      (time() - offsite_backup_transfer_ended_seconds) > 27 * 3600 or
+      (time() - offsite_backup_forget_started_seconds) > 27 * 3600 or
+      (time() - offsite_backup_forget_ended_seconds) > 27 * 3600
     for: 1m
     labels:
       severity: critical
     annotations:
       identifier: '{{ '{{' }} $labels.instance {{ '}}' }}'
-      summary: "one or more offsite backup metric timestamps for Instance <{{ '{{' }} $labels.instance {{ '}}' }}> older then 25h"
-      description: "offsite backups older then 25h."
+      summary: "one or more offsite backup metric timestamps for Instance <{{ '{{' }} $labels.instance {{ '}}' }}> older then 27h"
+      description: "offsite backups older then 27h."
 
   - alert: offsite backup metrics unavailable
     expr: |