# Pipedream: Critical incident: HTTP Sources Outage

**Summary:** Pipedream reported a critical outage involving HTTP source timeouts, with temporary impact to its website, public API and platform; timer-based sources and workflows were later degraded by an event backlog. The incident started at 2023-12-14 03:05 UTC and was resolved at 2023-12-14 03:28 UTC, lasting 22 min; Pipedream reported mitigation but did not specify the root cause. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2023-12-14 03:05 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/7y5xg3q3vv4z](https://stspg.io/7y5xg3q3vv4z)
- [Company: Pipedream](https://rewindex.com/company/pipedream.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:61/sf5bvmc8z4n1@7c11abdffbe7
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ HTTP Sources Outage
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**2. Added: Impact**

```diff
+ critical
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**3. Added: Status**

```diff
+ resolved
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**4. Added: Start time**

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+ 2023-12-14 03:05 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2023-12-14 03:28 UTC
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**6. Added: Affected components**

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+ Backend - Event Sources - HTTP, Backend - Event Sources - Timer, Backend - GitHub Sync, Backend - Pipedream destinations, Backend - Workflows - Email, Backend - Workflows - HTTP, Backend - Workflows - Timer, Event Sources - HTTP, Event Sources - Timer, Frontend - https://pipedream.com, GitHub Sync, Pipedream, Pipedream destinations, Public APIs - REST API, REST API, Workflows - Email, Workflows - HTTP, Workflows - Timer
```

**7. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2023-12-14 02:41 UTC

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+ We are experiencing timeouts from HTTP sources, and we're investigating the causes of them.
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**8. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2023-12-14 02:51 UTC

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+ We identified a potential root cause for the downtime, and are working towards mitigating its impact. This will temporarily affect our website, public API, and platform, for a potentially short period.
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**9. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2023-12-14 02:57 UTC

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+ We identified a potential root cause for the downtime, and are working towards mitigating its impact. This will temporarily affect our website, public API, and platform, for a potentially short period.
```

**10. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2023-12-14 03:03 UTC

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+ The issue has been identified and we were able to mitigate its impact to a good extent. We will continue monitoring the issue until its full resolution.
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**11. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2023-12-14 03:05 UTC

```diff
+ The issue has been identified and we were able to mitigate its impact to a good extent. We will continue monitoring the issue until its full resolution.
```

**12. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2023-12-14 03:14 UTC

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+ At this moment, timer-based sources and workflows are degraded due to a backlog of events that still need to be processed. We will continue monitoring the situation until it comes back to normal.
```

**13. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2023-12-14 03:28 UTC

```diff
+ This incident has been resolved.
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023-12-14 03:05 UTC | Critical incident: HTTP Sources Outage (this change) | outage |

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