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crates.io: Background job processing stalled

MajorStatus: resolvededitedStarted Resolved (1.2 h)4 updatesstatus.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.

Machine-written from the archived incident (Sol). Check the timeline before relying on it.

Affected components: crates.io

Timeline of updates

  1. investigating

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. monitoring

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  3. monitoring

    Updates to the git index are still being processed, but the rest of the system should be recovered now.

  4. resolved

    This incident has been resolved.

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Impact, status and times are the vendor’s own, as last archived. View on status.crates.io (opens in new tab).

Cite this

Status incident (vendor impact label: major) posted by crates.io, started 2026-10-26 08:00 UTC, resolved after 1.2 h, 4 update(s); edited after publishing.

Title
Background job processing stalled
Vendor
crates.io
Date
URL
https://rewindex.com/company/crates-io/incidents/wk8b439tblt8

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