# GitLab: Rate Limiting Errors on GitLab.com

- Impact (vendor’s label): minor
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2025-09-17 21:45 UTC · Resolved: 2025-09-17 23:45 UTC · Duration: 2.0 h
- Updates: 5 · Affected components: Website
- [Vendor status page: https://status.gitlab.com/pages/incident/5b36dc6502d06804c08349f7/68cb2c146e1a1f0578e1818f](https://status.gitlab.com/pages/incident/5b36dc6502d06804c08349f7/68cb2c146e1a1f0578e1818f)
- [Company: GitLab](https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **investigating** 2025-09-17 21:45 UTC: Certain users may see elevated rate limiting errors on GitLab.com. We're currently investigating. More info: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20564
- **investigating** 2025-09-17 21:50 UTC: Certain users may see elevated "Too Many Requests" error messages on GitLab.com. We're currently investigating. More info: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20564
- **identified** 2025-09-17 22:02 UTC: We've identified the cause of the elevated "Too Many Requests" error messages on GitLab.com. Mitigation is incoming. More info: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20564
- **monitoring** 2025-09-17 22:44 UTC: We've deployed a fix and are currently monitoring the situation. If you still see elevated "Too Many Requests" errors on GitLab.com, please open a support ticket.
- **resolved** 2025-09-17 23:45 UTC: The fix has been deployed and GitLab.com has returned to normal operation. If you still see elevated "Too Many Requests" errors on GitLab.com, please open a support ticket.


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