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crates.io: Major incident: Background job processing stalled

Major incidentdegradation (model (Jev), 60%)Changed Detected status.crates.io (opens in new tab)
Summary

crates.io reported stalled background job processing with major impact starting at 2026-10-26 08:00 UTC. The incident was still open when archived, with duration unknown; the vendor was investigating and had not stated a cause or fix.

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What changed

Struck in red is what crates.io removed; blue is what they added. Muted text is unchanged context.

AddedTitle#1
Before: not present
After: Background job processing stalled
AddedImpact#2
Before: not present
After: major
AddedStatus#3
Before: not present
After: investigating
AddedStart time#4
Before: not present
After: 2026-10-26 08:00 UTC
AddedAffected components#5
Before: not present
After: crates.io
AddedUpdateinvestigating#6
Before: not present
After: We are currently investigating this issue.

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History of this incident

Monday, October 26

4 incident changes

Cite this

Major incident: Background job processing stalled on crates.io’s status page, changed 2026-10-26 08:00 UTC (change 1 of 4).

Title
Major incident: Background job processing stalled
Vendor
crates.io
Date
URL
https://rewindex.com/change/id065dfbfcab49a

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