# GitLab: Intermittent HTTP 50X errors when attempting to access to GitLab.com

- Impact (vendor’s label): critical
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2026-03-04 06:18 UTC · Resolved: 2026-03-04 09:01 UTC · Duration: 2.7 h
- Updates: 3 · Affected components: Website
- [Vendor status page: https://status.gitlab.com/pages/incident/5b36dc6502d06804c08349f7/69a7ceb3e63f5f0588aae6a1](https://status.gitlab.com/pages/incident/5b36dc6502d06804c08349f7/69a7ceb3e63f5f0588aae6a1)
- [Company: GitLab](https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **investigating** 2026-03-04 06:18 UTC: Users are intermittently seeing HTTP 50X errors when attempting to access to GitLab.com. We will post again when we have material updates.
- **monitoring** 2026-03-04 06:54 UTC: We identified the cause of errors as excessive access by a specific user and implemented mitigation measures. We continue to monitor the overall status of our services.
- **resolved** 2026-03-04 09:01 UTC: This incident has now been mitigated and services are back to normal.

## Rewindex changes for this incident

- 2026-03-04 06:18 UTC: [Critical incident: Intermittent HTTP 50X errors when attempting to access to GitLab.com](https://rewindex.com/change/i8c0d4dc6e2b19b.md)


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