The ASKAP Update for September includes reports on survey progress, unexpected CASDA downtime, and the resumption of long-track spectral line observations. There is also an update on the ASKAP Cutting Edge Science Symposium, which had been provisionally been scheduled for November but which will be delayed until next year, possibly around April/May. The figure above shows a historical analysis of processing backlogs represented as the time in days between observation and CASDA (CSIRO ASKAP Science Data Archive) deposit, for selected Survey Science Project observations. The impact of various throughput issues has manifested across continuum and spectral line projects, but there is a noticeable lack of spectral line data during the worst periods due to our limited raw data storage capacity. ASKAPsoft optimisation and Setonix platform improvements have resulted in significantly decreased processing times over the last few months and further improvements are in progress. (Image credit: Matthew Whiting)