# crates.io: crates.io slowness

- Impact (vendor’s label): minor
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2026-06-14 01:20 UTC · Resolved: 2026-06-14 01:53 UTC · Duration: 33 min
- Updates: 3 · Affected components: crates.io
- [Vendor status page: https://stspg.io/nk2j6lz660s8](https://stspg.io/nk2j6lz660s8)
- [Company: crates.io](https://rewindex.com/company/crates-io.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **investigating** 2026-06-14 01:20 UTC: crates.io responses are unusually slow due to database issues, with occasional 500s due to database timeouts. We are investigating.
- **identified** 2026-06-14 01:37 UTC: The read-only replica database used for many of our common queries is under heavy load. We are evaluating options to deal with this.
- **resolved** 2026-06-14 01:53 UTC: The primary source of the load appears to have been a scraper abusing our API. We have blocked the scraper and the replica database has returned to its normal heavily loaded state instead of being overloaded.


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