Will Honor convert to gold currency?

This has been asked before and in the past it has between seasons but was curious if there was maybe a chance it wouldn’t convert with a renown cap on honor gear. Do servers go down on that monday into slands release or stay up leading into a “live” release? I believe that’s how bfa was but definitely could be wrong.

I understand it converts at beginning of the next season 1 honor for 35s.