# crates.io: Critical incident: static.crates.io not resolving

**Summary:** _summary pending_
## Part of an outage event

- [Azure outage, Jan 25, 2023: 14 vendors, 14 incidents](https://rewindex.com/events/2023-01-25-azure)
- This incident started in the same window without naming Azure (timing only, not evidence of a link). (timing only, posted +2 h 40 min vs the first vendor naming Azure)

```mermaid
flowchart LR
  root["Azure<br/>own incident not archived"]:::inferred
  h1["Within an hour<br/>1 vendor, 1 blamed Azure<br/>MongoDB Atlas"]:::blames
  root --> h1
  h4["1 to 4 hours later<br/>3 vendors, 2 blamed Azure<br/>Grafana Cloud, Retool, InfluxData (InfluxDB Cloud)"]:::blames
  root --> h4
  me["crates.io (this incident)<br/>posted +2 h 40 min"]:::me
  root -.->|"same window"| me
```

_Detected automatically from incidents that started together and named the same provider; a link means one incident named another vendor, not a confirmed cause._

- Kind: Major incident · Label: critical (vendor)
- Changed: 2023-01-25 09:40 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-19 17:33 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/9byhr3drdx4c](https://stspg.io/9byhr3drdx4c)
- [Company: crates.io](https://rewindex.com/company/crates-io.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:706/dl21vcm8pt98@c02250c9bed5
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

Incident page (full timeline): [static.crates.io not resolving](https://rewindex.com/company/crates-io/incidents/dl21vcm8pt98.md)
## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

```diff
+ static.crates.io not resolving
```

**2. Added: Impact**

```diff
+ critical
```

**3. Added: Status**

```diff
+ resolved
```

**4. Added: Start time**

```diff
+ 2023-01-25 09:40 UTC
```

**5. Added: Resolved time**

```diff
+ 2023-01-25 10:18 UTC
```

**6. Added: Affected components**

```diff
+ crates.io
```

**7. Added: Update** (identified) · 2023-01-25 09:40 UTC

```diff
+ Due to an infrastructure change, the DNS record for static.crates.io, the CDN serving crate releases, stopped resolving. The new records are propagating, the problem should be fixed soon.
```

**8. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2023-01-25 09:58 UTC

```diff
+ Traffic to static.crates.io is returning to normal levels and we're monitoring the situation.
```

**9. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2023-01-25 10:18 UTC

```diff
+ Traffic returned to normal levels.
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023-01-25 09:40 UTC | Critical incident: static.crates.io not resolving (this change) | critical |

All crates.io changes: [timeline](https://rewindex.com/company/crates-io/changes.md)
_Diff excerpts are shown on normalized text: dates, counters and tokens appear as ‹date›, ‹count›, ‹tok›; noise-only edits are hidden. Rewindex shows the changed passages, not a copy of the page._


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/i2fce74a2a6d8aa · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/change/i2fce74a2a6d8aa.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/changes/i2fce74a2a6d8aa · Generated 2026-10-20T00:48:39.120Z