# PyPI (Python Infrastructure): Major incident: PyPI workers currently paused

**Summary:** _summary pending_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: major (vendor)
- Changed: 2024-03-12 20:00 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-19 17:03 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/gg6m7xkgyqyl](https://stspg.io/gg6m7xkgyqyl)
- [Company: PyPI (Python Infrastructure)](https://rewindex.com/company/pypi.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:669/z33lflbbsx5t@9ee7a1497b06
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

Incident page (full timeline): [PyPI workers currently paused](https://rewindex.com/company/pypi/incidents/z33lflbbsx5t.md)
## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

```diff
+ PyPI workers currently paused
```

**2. Added: Impact**

```diff
+ major
```

**3. Added: Status**

```diff
+ resolved
```

**4. Added: Start time**

```diff
+ 2024-03-12 20:00 UTC
```

**5. Added: Resolved time**

```diff
+ 2024-03-12 20:41 UTC
```

**6. Added: Affected components**

```diff
+ pypi.org - General, PyPI - pypi.org - General
```

**7. Added: Update** (identified) · 2024-03-12 20:00 UTC

```diff
+ A maintenance event requires us to pause our workers, which will delay cache purges and email delivery. We anticipate this will persist for up to 30 minutes.
```

**8. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2024-03-12 20:19 UTC

```diff
+ Workers have been restarted and are clearing backlog of enqueued tasks.
```

**9. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2024-03-12 20:41 UTC

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

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2024-03-12 20:00 UTC | Major incident: PyPI workers currently paused (this change) | major |

All PyPI (Python Infrastructure) changes: [timeline](https://rewindex.com/company/pypi/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._


---
Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/ie66254e6f5d6ff · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/change/ie66254e6f5d6ff.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/changes/ie66254e6f5d6ff · Generated 2026-10-20T00:00:48.581Z